Midnight Madness Blog

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Archival footage
Chocolate Intro & Q&A;
Two Girls, One Movie
CITYNews Does Midnight Madness
J.T. Petty Holding A Large Dog!
Before the Bargin Bin There Was BloodSport

Biography
Blogging By The Numbers
Movie Theatre Memories
Geeking Out At Not Quite Hollywood (warning: Leprechaun inside)
"He has his own music"

Celebrities
JCVD's New Film - "FULL LOVE"
Sexykiller and The Horror Mashup
Who is Macarena Gómez?
Meet The Ladies Of Martyrs
JCVD, JT and the "Re-Emergence" Film

Cinematography
Orphans - The Lost Films of Midnight Madness 2008
FLASH POINT: Who is Donnie Yen?

Directors
JCVD's New Film - "FULL LOVE"
Sexykiller and The Horror Mashup
Genre Down Under: An Email Roundtable
"The Burrowers" Joins Revisionist Canon
"Ozploitation": A Model for Canada?

Distribution
"Ozploitation": A Model for Canada?
Deposit More Coins!
So THAT's How Much a Zombie Costs...
MM Flashback: ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE

Free Speech
THE CIRCUIT - Film Festival Reviews From Space
Conversation From The Line Reaction to Deadgirl
In The Rush Line For JCVD

Humour
Love and Madness
"He has his own music"
Training like a MADMAN!!!
We Love You Too, Suzie.

Memories
Midnight Madness: Year One
Day Ten
Sexykiller and The Horror Mashup
More Conversations From The Line
Detroit Metal City and Japanese Duality

Music
Cue Theme Music
What's That Sound?

Panels
Devil's Chair video
Sukiyaki opening!

Parties
The Burrowers Intro & Q&A;
Deadgirl Intro & Q&A;
Detroit Metal City Intro & Q&A;
JCVD Intros & Q&As;
Flash Point: no longer just an overlooked Rolling Stones live album

Picks
Tear the roof off the suckah
What to doin the event a giant bouncing, squeezing baby eyeball attacks your city
And now for something completely different...
And that was the best beating I've ever seen
Catch That Rave!

Politics
"Ozploitation": A Model for Canada?
Detroit Metal City and Japanese Duality
Horror as a Political Platform

War & Conflict
Detroit Metal City and Japanese Duality

Posts by: Sanjay Rajput
September 17, 2021
Chocolate Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 6:13 PM
File under: Archival footage
Jija set the place on fire! MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 42/47 Screenings Missed: 5 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 4.5   It's a good thing there was a firetruck nearby after the midnight screening of Chocolate because the  crowd was on fire!  Prachya Pinkaew's triumphant return to midnight madness once again brought the crowd to its feet and introduced us all to another Thai whirlwind: Jija Yanin. The icing on the cake was the brutal outtake sequence that showed the audience what our beloved action heroes go through to keep us on the edge of our seats. And...

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September 13, 2021
Sexykiller Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 10:37 AM
Careful Colin, Macarena Gomez is a SexyKILLER!!!   MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 38/47 Screenings Missed: 4 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 5   You know one of the things that makes a movie like Sexykiller cool? The title speaks for itself. Thankfully, most of the midnights have been that way this year. JCVD is about JCVD. Deadgirl? You got it: a dead girl. Martyrs? Shudder… Must stop thinking about Martyrs… And Sexykiller… Yup, a Sexy Killer! The only improvement could’ve been calling it...

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September 12, 2021
Eden Log Intro
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 10:00 AM
Franck Vestiel offers Colin an up close look at the Eden Log facility   MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 34/47 Screenings Missed: 2 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 4.5   I decided to skip a couple of non-midnight screenings today to catch up on some much needed sleep. My limbs were starting to go numb, at first I thought it was a Burrower bite, but after a solid 5 hours sleep everything seems to be back to normal.   Eden Log was easily the most contemplative midnight madness of the fest so far. A much appreciated change of pace...

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September 11, 2021
Martyrs Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 9:59 AM
Colin, a very much alive Morjana Alaoui, & Pascal Laugier   MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 31/47 Screenings Missed: 0 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 4.1   Just a word of warning to those contemplating seeing films like Martyrs or Deadgirl: (or any other Midnight Madness). These films can be brutal. A lot of times the endings ain’t happy and the good guys don’t always win. They’ll take you to dark places within yourself that you didn’t know existed. After all it’s called Midnight MADNESS not Midnight Feelgood.   So, did Martyrs live up...

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September 10, 2021
The Burrowers Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 7:41 AM
File under: Parties
Karl Geary, JT Petty, Colin, & Clancy Brown keeping the streets free of any Burrowers   MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 27/47 Screenings Missed: 0 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 4.1   Apparently JT Petty wasn’t done creeping me out in 2006 with S&MAN. This year he came back, along with Clancy Brown and Karl Geary, to freak me out with ants. Yeah, that’s right, he scared me with ants.   Normally, ants don’t bother me… much. Of course normally I sleep more than 4 hours a night. So when JT Petty...

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September 9, 2021
Acolytes Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 2:38 AM
  Jon Hewitt assures Colin that no Canadians were harmed during the filming of Acolytes MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 22/47 Screenings Missed: 0 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 3.75   Two things the human body desperately needs to function are sleep and oxygen. Most of you know by now I haven't slept since sometime in 1976 and last night the audience of Acolytes deprived me of precious oxygen.   This was one of those films where you're holding your breath every few seconds because you never know when that creepy neighbor serial killer guy is gonna pop...

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September 8, 2021
Not Quite Hollywood Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 7:58 AM
  Colin & Mark Hartley want you... to learn nore about Australian cinema. MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 17/47 Screenings Missed: 0 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 3.8   Sanjay Rajput was found asleep in the Ryerson theater last night. He did however have some notes scribbled on a pad he carries around with him that read:   Anyone interested in crazy genre cinema and Australia's contribution should check out Not Quite Hollywood. There are a few scenes that might result in the production of chunder (which can also be brought about by a little to many tubes). Let me guess,...

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September 7, 2021
Deadgirl Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 6:25 AM
File under: Parties
  Colin with Deadgirl leads Shiloh Fernandez and Noah Segan... Has anyone seeen Colin since this picture was taken?    MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 11/47 Screenings Missed: 0 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 4.2   Deadgirl… A movie about, (SPOILER ALERT)… A dead girl! Well, a mostly dead girl… Trust me, you want to see this movie!  Both directors and nearly the entire cast were on hand for yet another rockin’ evening at the Ryerson. I’d write more but it’s been 7 hours since I drank my last shot of 6 hour energy so...

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The People's Program at The People's Festival
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 3:25 AM
I'm taking a break from the usual Q&A & intro posting tonight to respond to something I saw online: http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/09/06/6678136-sun.html Last night I was hanging out with practically the entire cast and crew after the world premiere of Deadgirl. Me and dozens of other "cinephiles, working stiffs, the common folk". At the premiere of Detroit Metal City: Dozens of fans were ON THE RED CARPET with the star and director. And we all sat in the reserved section.  A couple of eager young filmmakers were out trying to drum up interest in a werewolf project they were working on. Colin sent me and...

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September 6, 2021
Kurgan will be in the house!!!
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 8:04 PM
If you've been to the last couple of madness screenings then you've probably noticed director JT Petty hangin' out. JT was responsible for the creepy S&MAN that screened here a few years back. I'm not going to say ANYTHING about S&MAN as I have no intention of ruining it for anyone. Suffice to say that it was a collosal mindscrew that totally rocked. What I can say is the JT confirmed that Clancy Brown will be in the house for the premiere of The Burrowers on Tuesday Night. Who is Clancy Brown you ask?...

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One Hot Night in Not Quite Hollywood
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 7:30 PM
  From the you can't make this up file: This was posted on the Globe and Mail website recently. Anyone think there'll be any flare-up at the screening of Not Quite Hollywood? Only one way to find out, join us Sunday night! Hot stuff on red carpet Perhaps the Toronto Fire Department should be on hand for the Sept. 8 screening of Not Quite Hollywood, the raucous Australian documentary that's part of TIFF's Midnight Madness series. It tells the madcap story of Ozploitation films, a flood of soft-core sex romps, splatter flicks and road movies...

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Detroit Metal City Intro & Q&A;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 3:32 PM
File under: Parties
  MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 7/47 Screenings Missed: 0 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 4   This 4 hours of sleep a night is killing me. Like Danny Glover always said “I’m getting’ to old for this!” BTW, did I mention my birthday was September 10th? Caffeine pills would be greatly appreciated.   Big shoutout to Karen Shute for the awesome red carpet pics posted in the Facebook Midnight Madness Group.  Wait, you aren't a member?!!? Don't make me send Johannes Krauser II after you!   Detroit Metal City had it’s international premiere...

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September 5, 2021
JCVD Intros & Q&As;
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 2:13 PM
File under: Parties
Colin & JCVD Direct Mabrouk El Mechri Preparing to Kick Butt! MM Scorecard: Screenings Attended: 2/47 Screenings Missed: 0 Average Hours Slept Per Night: 4   JCVD? How can I explain it? I’ll take ya’ frame by frame it. We’ll have y’all jumpin’, shoutin’ sayin’ it. J is for Jean C is Claude scratch your temple… The VD well that’s not that simple Check it… Read to the tune of OPP by Naughty by Nature....

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September 1, 2021
Devolution of a Midnight Maniac
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 6:30 PM
See that handsome devil on the left? Yeah, that's me on day 1 of the festival. The Zombie Walk participant on the right is me after day 10. Thanks to my festival pass I've got 46 films I'm planning on seeing. I might skip a morning screening or two, but I'll never skip a madness. If I'm lucky, I'll get about 6 hours of sleep a night. Did I mention this is my vacation? Since I'll be at all midnight screenings I'll be doing my best to report on the...

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August 29, 2021
Top Ten Midnight Madness Moments of ALL TIME! (Part 2)
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 10:34 PM
File under: Memories
Now that the server isn't being slammed from across the globe here is the long awaited top 5 (part 1 is located here)5 & 4. Happy Birthday Dario! Last year’s opener was Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears and it happened to be Dario’s Birthday. So Colin led the crowd in a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday. And during the film, the fire alarm went off! Rather than streaming out of the theater like Midnight Maniacs everyone stayed firmly in place. Mainly because most of us thought it was part of the score. Eventually someone yelled “TURN...

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August 25, 2021
Top Ten Midnight Madness Moments of ALL TIME! (Part 1)
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 7:00 PM
File under: Memories
If you're reading this then the server hasn't crashed as millions of film fans furiously attempt to access this stellar blog post... Or the schedule just went live. What follows is part 1 of the top 10 Midnight Madness moments in the history of time. Unless someone comments otherwise, consider this list DEFINITIVE (Yeah, that’s a challenge folks, the gauntlet has been thrown!) Part 2 will follow soon... 10. Andrew Howard creeps himself out. About 3 minutes into the Q&A for last year’s The Devil’s Chair the star/villain assumed a squatting position...

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August 21, 2021
Training like a MADMAN!!!
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 6:35 PM
File under: Humour
Seeing 45-50 films in 10 days is harder than it sounds. Over the years I’ve come up with multiple training regimes to figure out how best to get up in time for my first 9:00 am screening and still be awake for the 2:00 am Midnight Madness Q&A. So here, for your reading pleasure are the results of my rigorous training tests: Training scheme #1: practice sitting around for weeks before the festival. For the weeks leading up to the festival I just sat around watching movies as much as I could...

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August 18, 2021
What's the big deal about Tony Jaa?
Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 11:59 PM
File under: Memories
            Some of you might be wondering what all the fuss over Tony Jaa is about so let’s set the wayback machine to 2003 shall we. It was Friday, September 6th and my buddy and I had just seen 5 stellar films: Matchstick Men, Zatoichi, I Love Your Work, Alien, Bright Future and the last film of the day was Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior. We were pretty fried but Colin got everyone pumped up and set the bar pretty high by claiming that Tony Jaa was going to make Jet Li & Jackie Chan look like...

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