History
of the
Toronto International Film Festival's
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
Programme
Midnight Madness 2009
Programmer: Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Cineplex
Jennifer's Body (USA) Dir. Karyn Kusama
A Town Called Panic (Belgium/Luxembourg/France) Dir. Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar
Bitch Slap (USA) Dir. Rick Jacobson
Daybreakers (Australia/USA) Dir. Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead (Canada) Dir. George A. Romero
The Loved Ones (Australia) Dir. Sean Byrne
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (Thailand) Dir. Tony Jaa
[REC] 2 (Spain) Dir. Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
Solomon Kane (UK) Dir. Michael J. Bassett
Symbol (Japan) Dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto
Midnight Madness 2008
Programmer: Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Space
JCVD (France/Luxembourg/Belgium) Dir. Mabrouk El Mechri
Detriot Metal City (Japan) Dir. Toshio Lee
Deadgirl (USA) Dir. Marcel Sarmiento & Gadi Harel
Not Quite Hollywood (Austalia) Dir. Mark Hartley
Acolytes (Australia) Dir. Jon Hewitt
The Burrowers (USA) Dir. J.T. Petty
Martyrs (Canada/France) Dir. Pascal Laugier
Eden Log (France) Dir. Franck Vestiel
Sexykiller (Spain) Dir. Miguel Martí
Chocolate (Thailand) Dir. Prachya Pinkaew
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Midnight Madness 2007
Programmer: Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Space
The Mother of Tears (Italy/USA) Dir. Dario Argento
Frontiére(s) (France) Dir. Xavier Gens
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (USA) Dir. George Romero
Vexille (Japan) Dir. Sori
Stuck (USA/Canada) Dir. Stuart Gordon
Sukiyaki Western Django (Japan) Dir. Takeshi Miike
Flash Point (Hong Kong) Dir. Wilson Yip
The Devil's Chair (UK) Dir. Adam Mason
Dainipponjin (Japan) Dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto
À l'intérieur (France) Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo
Midnight Madness 2006
Programmer: Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Space
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakstan (USA) Dir. Larry Charles
The Host (South Korea) Dir. Bong Joon-ho
Black Sheep (New Zealand) Dir. Jonathan King
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA) Dir. Jonathan Levine
Trapped Ashes (USA/Japan/Canada)
Dir. Monte Hellman, Ken Russell, John Gaeta, Sean Cunningham & Joe Dante
The Abandoned (Spain) Dir. Nacho Cerda
Severance (UK) Dir. Christopher Smith
Princess (Denmark) Dir. Anders Morgenthaler
S&MAN (USA) Dir. JT Petty
Sheitan (France) Dir. Kim Chapiron
Midnight
Madness 2005
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored by eye magazine & Space
The Great Yokai War (Japan) Dir. Takashi Miike
Bangkok Loco (Thailand) Dir. Pornchai Hongrattanaporn
SPL (Hong Kong) Dir. Wilson Yip
Evil Aliens (UK) Dir. Jake West
Banlieue 13 (France) Dir. Pierre Morel
The District (Hungary) Dir. Áron Gauder
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (Canada) Dir. Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (USA) Dir. Liam Lynch
Isolation (UK/Ireland) Dir. Billy O'Brien
Hostel (USA) Dir. Eli Roth
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Midnight
Madness 2004
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored
by eye magazine & Space
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
(Japan) Dir. Mamoru Oshii
Creep (UK/Germany) Dir. Christopher Smith
The Machinist (Spain) Dir. Brad Anderson
Rahtree: Flower of the Night (Thailand) Dir. Yuthlert Sippapak
The Raspberry Reich (Germany) Dir. Bruce LaBruce
Dead Birds (USA) Dir. Alex Turner
Zebraman (Japan) Dir. Takashi Miike
Calvaire (Belgium/France/Luxembourg) Dir. Fabrice
du Welz
Saw (USA) Dir. James Wan
Kontroll (Hungary) Dir. Nimród Antal
Midnight
Madness 2003
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored by eye magazine & Drive-In Classics
Cypher (USA)
Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Ong-Bak:
Muay Thai Warrior (Thailand) Dir. Prachia Pinkaew
Haute Tension (France) Dir. Alexandre Aja
Underworld (USA) Dir. Len Wiseman
Ju-On: The Grudge (Japan) Dir. Takashi Shimizu
End of The Century: The Story of the Ramones (USA) Dir. Jim
Fields & Michael Gramaglia
Gozu (Japan) Dir. Takashi Miike
Save The Green Planet (South) Dir. Jang Jun-hwan
Undead (Australia) Dir. Michael & Peter Sperig
Midnight
Madness 2002
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored by eye magazine,
Space & Drive-In Classics
Cabin Fever (USA)
Dir. Eli Roth
Alive
(Japan) Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
MC5: A True Testimonial (USA) Dir. David Thomas
Spun (USA) Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Bubba Ho-tep (USA) Dir. Don Coscarelli
The Eye (Hong Kong/Thailand) Dir. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Volcano High (South Korea) Dir. Kim Tae-kyun
My Little Eye (UK) Dir. Marc Evans
Midnight
Madness 2001
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Altoids
Full
Time Killer (Hong Kong) Dir. Johnnie To Kei-fung, Wai Ka-fai
Antinome
(France) Dir. Grégory Morin (short)
Ichi the Killer (Japan) Dir. Takashi Miike
The Bunker (UK) Dir. Rob Green
Bang Rajan The Village of the Warriors (Thailand) Dir. Thanit
Jitnukul
Clip Cult (Music Video Compilation) Dir. Chris Cunningham,
Hiroyuki Nokomo, etc.
Electric Dragon 80,000 V (Japan) Dir. Sogo Ishii
Dogtown and Z-Boys (USA) Dir. Stacy Peralta
Versus (Japan) Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
The American Astronaut (USA) Dir. Cory McAbee
The Brotherhood of the Wolf (France) Dir. Christophe Gans
Midnight
Madness 2000
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Altoids
The Mission (Hong Kong) Dir. Johnnie To Kei-fung
City of Lost Souls (Japan) Dir. Takashi Miike
Wild Zero (Japan) Dir. Tetsuro Takeuchi
The Irredutable Truth About Demons (New Zealand) Dir. Glenn
Standring
American Nightmare (USA) Dir. Adam Simon
The Foul King (Korea) Dir. Kim Jee Woon
Tell Me Something (Korea) Dir. Chang Younhyun
6ixtynin9 (Thailand) Dir. Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Time And Tide (Hong Kong) Dir. Tsui Hark
Quartered At Dawn (Germany) Dir. Norbert Keil
Midnight Madness
1999
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Altoids
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby (USA)
Dir. Matthew Bright
The Wisdom of Crocodiles (UK) Dir. Po Chih Leong
The Item (USA) Dir. Dan Clark
Born To Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie (USA) Dir. Lech
Kowalski
Wadd: The Life & Times at John C. Holmes (USA) Dir. Cass
Paley
Possessed (Denmark) Dir. Anders Ronnow-Klarlund
Fever (USA/UK) Dir. Alex Winter
Komodo (USA) Dir. Michael Lantieri
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (Japan) Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
George Lucas In Love (USA) Dir. Joe Nussbaum (short)
Midnight
Madness 1998
Programmer:
Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Altoids
The Acid House (Great Britain) Dir. Paul McGuigan
Perdita Durango (Spain) Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Heaven (USA/New Zealand) Dir. Scott Reynolds
Six-String Samurai (USA) Dir. Lance Mungia
Bystander
From Hell (USA) Dir. Mathew Harrision (short)
Hang The DJ (Canada) Dir. Marco La Villa & Mauro La Villa
Cascadeur - The Amber Chamber (Germany) Dir. Hardy Martins
I Woke Up Early The Day I Died (USA) Dir. Arlis Iliopulos
Night Time (Germany) Dir. Peter Fratzscher
Mighty Peking Man (Hong Kong) Dir. Ho Meng-hua
Midnight Madness 1997
Programmer:
Noah Cowan & Colin Geddes
Sponsored by Freewheelin'
magazine
Office Killer (USA) Dir. Cindy Sherman
A Chinese Ghost Story - The Tsui Hark Animation (Hong Kong)
Dir. Tsui Hark
Orgazmo (USA) Dir. Trey Parker
I Married A Strange Person (USA) Dir. Bill Plympton
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (USA)
Dir. Kirby Dick
Fudoh: The New Generation (Japan) Dir. Takashi Miike
The Ugly (New Zealand) Dir. Scott Reynolds
Love God (USA) Dir. Frank Grow
Midnight
Madness 1996
Programmer:
Noah Cowan
Sponsored by Sam the
Video Man
Curdled (USA) Dir. Reb Braddock
Killer Tongue (Spain) Dir. Alberto Sciamma
Road Movie (USA) Dir. Peter Care
Organ (Japan) Dir. Kei Fujiwara
The Stendhal Syndrome (Italy) Dir. Dario Argento
All Of Them Witches (Mexico) Dir. Daniel Gruener
Ratchet (USA) Dir. John Johnson
Screwed (USA) Dir. Alexander Crawford
Gamera 2: Assault of Legion (Japan) Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Midnight Madness 1995
Programmer:
Noah Cowan
Sponsored by Sam the
Video Man
Screamers (USA/Canada/Japan) Dir. Christian
Duguay
Crying Freeman (USA/Canada/France/Japan) Dir. Christophe
Gans
Tokyo Fist (Japan) Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Mute Witness (USA/Russia) Dir. Anthony Waller
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe (Japan) Dir. Shusuke
Kaneko
Trailer Camp (USA) Dir. Jenni Olson
To Kill A Dead Man (UK) Dir. Alexander Hemming (short)
Synthetic Pleasures (USA) Dir. Iara Lee
An Evil Town (USA) Dir. Richard Sears (short)
The Day of the Beast (Spain) Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Wizard of Darkness (Japan) Dir. Shimako Sato
Midnight
Madness 1994
Programmer:
Noah Cowan
Nightwatch (Denmark) Dir. Ole Bornedal
Love and a .45 (USA) Dir. C.M. Talkington
Schramm (Germany) Dir. Jörg Buttgereit
Naked Killer (Hong Kong) Dir. Clarence Fok
Dellamorte Dellamore (Italy) Dir. Michele Soavi
Tokarev (Japan) Dir. Junji Sakamoto
S.F.W. (USA) Dir. Jefery Levy
The Eagle-Shooting Hero (Hong Kong) Dir. Jeff Lau
Music Video programme
Midnight
Madness 1993
Programmer:
Noah Cowan
Dazed and Confused (USA) Dir. Richard Linklater
Freaked (USA) Dir. Alex Winter
Wicked City (Japan) Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Wicked City (Hong Kong) Dir. Mak Tai Kit
Trauma (Italy/USA) Dir. Dario Argento
Accion Mutante (Spain) Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
The Making of And God Spoke (USA) Dir. Arthur Borman
Jack Be Nimble (New Zealand) Dir. Garth Maxwell
Frauds (Australia) Dir. Stephen Elliot
The Last Border (Finland) Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Music Video programme
Midnight Madness
1992
Programmer:
Noah Cowan
Candyman (USA) Dir. Bernard Rose
Back to the USSR (Finland) Dir. Jari Halonen
Romper Stomper (Australia) Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Braindead (New Zealand) Dir. Peter Jackson
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (Japan) Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Swordsman II (Hong Kong) Dir. Ching Tsui Tung
Tokyo Decadence (Japan) Dir. Ryu Murakami
Man Bites Dog (Belgium) Dir. Rémy Belvaux, André
Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde
Midnight Madness
1991
Programmer:
Noah Cowan
Sponsored by Carlsberg
Light
Children of the Night (USA) Dir. Tony Randel
The Sect (Italy) Dir. Michele Soavi
The Borrower (USA) Dir. John McNaughton
The Arrival (USA) Dir. David Schmoeller
Motorama (USA) Dir. Barry Shils
Guilty As Charged (USA) Dir. Sam Irvin
The Raid (Hong Kong) Dir. Tsui Hark
Blood & Concrete (USA) Dir. Jeffrey Reiner
A Chinese Ghost Story III (Hong Kong) Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Midnight
Madness 1990
Programmer: Noah Cowan
Sponsored by Metropolis
weekly and Sinister Cinema
Two Evil Eyes (Italy/USA)
Dir. Dario Argento, George Romero
The Bride of the Re-Animator (USA) Dir. Brian Yuzna
Hardware (Great Britain/USA) Dir. Richard Stanley
My Degeneration (USA) Dir. Jon Moritsugu
The Church (Italy) Dir. Michele Soavi
Frankenhooker (USA) Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Def By Temptation (USA) Dir. James Bond III
Meet The Feebles (New Zealand) Dir. Peter Jackson
Iron Man (Japan) Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Midnight Madness
1989
Programmer: Noah Cowan
Sponsored by Metropolis
weekly
Dr. Caligari (USA) Dir. Stephen Sayadian
Lenny Henry: Live and Unleashed (Great Britain) Dir. Andy
Harries
Opera (Italy) Dir. Dario Argento
Carnival of Souls (USA) Dir. Harold Harvey
Space Avenger (USA) Richard W. Haines
Funny (USA) Dir. Bran Ferren
Over Easy (USA) Dir. Ignacio Valero (short)
Shimmelsteen (USA) Michael Wolfe (short)
No Such Thing As Gravity (USA) Alyce Wittenstein (short)
Whoregasm (USA) Dir. Nick Zedd (short)
Heavy Petting (USA) Dir. Obie Benz
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Over-Fiend (Japan) Dir. Hideki
Takayama
Midnight
Madness 1988
Programmer: Noah Cowan
Sponsored by Metropolis weekly
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal
Years (USA) Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Big Time (USA) Dir. Chris Blum
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (USA) Dir. Tony Randel
Heavy Petting (USA) Dir. Obie Benz
Forbidden to Forbid (Germany) Dir. Lothar Lambert
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (Australia) Dir. Ray Boseley (short)
Brand New Day (Great Britain/France) Dir. Amos Gitai (short)
Brain Damage (USA) Dir. Frank Henenlotter
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