What they are saying about Midnight Madness now that the Fest has come to a close? Here is a quick overview. Find any other good reviews or blurbs on the web? Send them over to us at ultra8pictures@gmail.com.
Over at Fangoria, Chris Alexander screams praises to the dark heavens in his overview of Midnight Madness: '...Outside of the snarling traffic and the glut of people standing around at industry parties waiting for something to happen or someone to show up, this year was one hell of a festival for the dark-movie-minded. Nowhere else was this more evident than in programmer Colin Geddes’ jaw-dropping Midnight Madness lineup, a searing assortment of highly anticipated works by our beloved genre’s top dogs and a couple of surprise sucker punches by those just starting to carve their gory marks into our silver-screen skins.'
Also check his review of GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DIARY OF THE DEAD.
Over at Twitchfilm.net there is a fury of reviews and reports including:
INSIDE - 'Believe the hype on this one. Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s debut film is one of the harshest, most brutal and disturbing things to hit celluloid in recent years, an unrelenting cavalcade of pain and fear. It is an absolute bloodbath featuring some stunningly graphic imagery, imagery that shocks and chills to the core. It is also surprisingly classic in form, a film that nods to the masterful psychological thrillers of old and recognizes that true horror lies in the soul rather than outward behavior.'
and: 'It is only fitting that on the final night of the festival we were witness to a movie rife with terror, tension and head trauma. Soaked in blood and left to dry for 85 minutes Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s debut film À l’intérieur is an exhilarating story of murderous intent and revenge. It hits its furious stride early and is unrelenting until its final moments.'
DAINIPPONJIN; VEXILLE ;FLASH POINT; SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO - '...the film is a loopy explosion of energy, the most overtly crowd pleasing effort from the prolific cinematic freak show since Zebraman. Bright, brash, violent, and intentionally camp Sukiyaki Western Django is that rarest of things: an intentional cult film that succeeds on all fronts.'; STUCK; GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DIARY OF THE DEAD; FRONTIERE(S); THE MOTHER OF TEARS
Meanwhile we have another round of reporting over at Bloody-Disgusting.com's exclusive TIFF07 coverage including an interview with FRONTIERE(S) director Xavier Gens and STUCK director Stuart Gordon.
Zipping to Ain't It Cool, Copernicus spins around on INSIDE: 'As in every horror, there were a few times when I found myself thinking 'Why don't you just turn on the lights, climb out the window, call the cops...', but in the end, we don't want the characters to do the smart thing -- we want them to do the dumb thing! Carnage should always trump sanity.'
Other bits and pieces include first time AICN reviewer El Giante who has his eyes widened by DAINIPPONJIN; Anton Sirius sees some of Bill Maher's RELIGULOUS and all of DAINIPPONJIN in Toronto; Copernicus Checks Out FLASHPOINT And VEXILLE; Art Snob turns up his nose at a batch from TIFF including Stuart Gordon's STUCK; Anton Sirius Draws Down On Miike’s SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO; Another Spy Saddles Up With Miike’s SUKIYAKA WESTERN DJANGO; Another Spy Takes A Page From Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD; Copernicus brings you word of Stuart Gordon's STUCK from the Midnight Series at TIFF; Anton Sirius on George Romero's DIARY OF THE DEAD;