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Guillermo del Toro is hosting a horror film festival in Toronto this summer

Phoebe Knight

created: May 29, 2025, 2:53 p.m. | updated: May 30, 2025, 10:09 p.m.

World-famous director Guillermo del Toro is hosting a brand-new Canadian horror film festival in Toronto this summer. You can't spell Toronto without Toro, and, at this point, the Oscar-winning director of The Shape of Water and Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro, is right up there with Drake in terms of publicly expressing his love for the city. Now, he's taking things to the big screen with a brand-new horror film festival running from July 9 to 13, entitled From Rabid to Skinamarink: Canadian Movie Madness, and it's all taking place at the TIFF Lightbox. The showcase features a lineup of films by Canadian filmmakers handpicked by del Toro himself, including David Cronenberg's Rabid (1977), Vincenzo Natali’s Cube (1997) and Kyle Edward Ball's directorial debut Skinamarink (2022). Expect everything from creepy camp to downright bone-chilling as Guillermo del Toro explains and breaks down the tropes, tactics and thrills that make a great horror flick.

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