Tis’ the season for a scare! VIFF has a variety of anxiety-arousing, shiver-inducing, hair-raising films to keep you on edge and in suspense throughout the festival. If you’re a fan of the thriller in it’s many forms—this list is for you!
1. Norwegian psychodrama style: Thelma
Screening Monday, October 9 @ 6:30pm at Vancouver Playhouse
2. An eerie thriller of hypnotic, mysterious intensity: Loveless
Screening Monday, October 9 @ 9:15pm at Vancouver Playhouse
Screening Tuesday, October 10 @ 9:00pm at Vancouver Playhouse and Friday, October 13 @ 12:30pm at SFU Goldcorp
4. Enough plot twists and reversals to keep even the most seasoned thriller aficionados guessing: At the End of the Tunnel
Screening Monday, October 9 @ 1:15pm at Rio Theatre and Thursday, October 12 @ 9:00pm at Vancouver Playhouse
5. Dark psychological thriller: Infiltration
Screening Sunday, October 8 @ 3:45pm at SFU Goldcorp
6. Fantastical horror that creeps under your skin while gluing you to the screen: The Endless
Screening Monday, October 9 @ 9:00pm at Rio Theatre
7. Blackly comic thriller about obsessive passion: Thirst Street
Screening Wednesday, October 11 @ 9:00pm at The Cinematheque and Thursday, October 12 @ 4:00pm at International Village
8. Murder-mystery black-comic art-horror-thriller: The Last Roar of Mother Bear
Screening Sunday, October 8 @ 7:00pm at The Cinematheque and Thursday, October 12 @ 1:45pm at Vancity Theatre
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