Here Comes the Madness…

It is a strange way to decompress after attending multiple art and prestige films at the Toronto International Film Festival. At midnight every night, in one of the festivals largest venues, the multitudes come out to get the latest in the extreme and fringe genre films. Programmer Collin Geddes and company always put together a classy and upscale (if that is the right phrase) collection of films to challenge genre fans and this year is no different. Personal highlights are the Thai female martial arts epic from the Ong Bak folks, Chocolate, as well as the strange Being John Malkovich-esque biopic on the Muscles from Brussels, JCVD, the documentary on Australian exploitation cinema Not Quite Hollywood, and the dark French science fiction pic Eden Log.

Here are the programme guide entries for all 10 Midnight Madness entries: