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 7, 2021

Deadgirl Intro & Q&A;

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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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September 6, 2021

Detroit Metal City Intro & Q&A;

Posted By Sanjay Rajput At 3:32 PM

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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 10^th? 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

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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 15, 2021

Flash Point: no longer just an overlooked Rolling Stones live album

Posted By Shane McNeil At 11:51 AM

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So, just to keep everyone rolling in fresh material, our good friend Bob was nice enough to send us some stills from the Flash Point screening the other night. Wilson Yip was blown away by the response, and we were just plain blown away by Wilson Yip. Also we have a great shot of the true star of the night... Colin's laptop! His mac has been the underappreciated star of this year's fest, and were it not for that computer, we'd never know that we're all on a first name basis...

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September 13, 2021

Take My Picture

Posted By Shane McNeil At 11:31 AM

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Well, our good friend Suzie Maynard (whom you may remember recently narrowly escaped the clutches of many zombies after they accosted her at a Yonge St. bus stop) has provided us with some stellar shots from the duration of the Madness program. I especially appreciate this because in my struggle to man two cameras at once, I often end up screwing up the photos, for the sake of video documentation. I know, inept isn't the word we're looking for, but it's frighteningly close to accuracy, no? Anyway, again a reminder...

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September 11, 2021

Stuck: or as I like to call it, R.Kelly's 'Trapped in a Windshield'

Posted By Shane McNeil At 9:03 AM

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First off, much thanks to Sanjay Rajput for the video, This does set a record for time on getting this video in. The intro is in the first clip, the three following this post maked up the entire Q&A. We thank you for opting to help us over the possibility of actually getting to bed before 4 a.m. "What's wrong with you?" No, not you Sanjay. That one line seemed to be wedging itself in everyone's mind last night like Stephen Rea's face through our collective dashboards as we sat in awe of our...

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September 9, 2021

Diary of The Diary of the Dead

Posted By Shane McNeil At 1:02 PM

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What do you get when you add screaming fan-boys, 50 live zombies and acute social commentary? Naturally, you get a George A. Romero premiere. He unleashed The Diary of the Dead onto the world last night and returned to the form that first put his name in horror history. The film is a sharp, biting criticism on the information age and how much technology has come to govern our lives. One of the key lines in the film, just as everything’s falling to pieces...

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I'll show you mine...

Posted By Shane McNeil At 11:42 AM

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If you show me yours. Pictures and videos, that is. This is just a slice of what goes on every night at the Madness. I'd love to see what all of you have captured on your phones, cameras, etc. If any of you out in the Midnight Wilderness have pictures or videos from any of our midnight screenings feel free to send them to us at [email protected] and we'll try to get some of the best of them up here soon. We look forward to your

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September 7, 2021

As Promised...

Posted By Shane McNeil At 6:28 PM

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The videos may still ahve to wait a bit, I'm sorry to say. However, here are some excellent shots from the Mother of Tears party, held before last nights' premiere. First off is the man of the evening, Mother of Tears director Dario Argento. Argento greets Diary of the Dead director and Dawn of the Dead co-conspirator, George A. Romero with a great big hug. L to... (more...)
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Opening Night Wrap-Up

Posted By Midnight Madness Blog Reporter At 9:21 AM

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I promise that this post will have exclusive pics and video later on, but for now here's a quick wrap on all that went down around our premiere of Dario Argento's Mother of Tears. The night kicked off with a launch party for the film where basically everyone you'd ever want to meet showed up. Naturally, Dario and Asia Argento stole the night away, but that only scratches the surface. Also on hand to revel in the rapturous gore that was Mother of Tears were Diary of the Dead director George A. Romero and a...

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