I am a Midnight Madness obsessive and have bought a ten ticket pass every year since 2008 (100$ as a student back in the day! R.I.P pass). My favorite movie going memories are the ones I made waiting in line for hours with friends (rain or shine), reacting as one with an audience when a film works like gangbusters, and the long discussions we’d have afterwards at 2 AM over pizza at the Big Slice around the corner of the Ryerson Cinema (R.I.P Big Slice. We loved you so.)
Below, you’ll find a list of all the films that played Midnight Madness since its inception in 1988.
Noah Cowan programmed the series from 1988-1997
Colin Geddes programmed the series from 1997-2016
Peter Kuplowsky programmed the series from 2017-
2019:
- Blood Quantum by Jeff Barnaby
- The Platform by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
- Colour Out of Space by Richard Stanley
- Saint Maud by Rose Glass
- The Vigil by Keith Thomas
- The Twentieth Century by Matthew Rankin
- Gundala by Joko Anwar
- The Vast of Night by Andrew Patterson
- First Love by Takashi Miike
- Crazy World by Nabwana I.G.G.
2018:
- The Standoff at Sparrow Creek by Henry Dunham
- The Man Who Feels no Pain by Vasan Bala
- Diamantino by Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
- In Fabric by Peter Strickland
- Climax by Gaspar Noé
- Assassination Nation by Sam Levinson
- Nekrtonic by Kiah Roache-Turner
- The Predator by Shane Black
- Halloween by David Gordon Green
- The Wind by Emma Tammi
2017:
- Bodied by Joseph Kahn
- The Ritual by David Bruckner
- Great Choice by Robin Comisar
- Mom and Dad by Brian Taylor
- Revenge by Coralie Fargeat
- The Disaster Artist by James Franco
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 by S. Craig Zahler
- Let the Corpses Tan by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzan
- The Crescent by Seth A. Smith
- Downrange by Ryuhei Kitamur
- Vampire Clay by Sôichi Umezawa
2016:
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe by André Øvredal
- The Belko Experiment by Greg McLean
- Blair Witch by Adam Wingard
- Dog Eat Dog by Paul Schrader
- Free Fire by Ben Wheatley
- The Girl with All the Gifts by Colm McCarthy
- Headshot by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto
- Rats by Morgan Spurlock
- Raw by Julia Ducournau
- Sadako vs. Kayako by Kōji Shiraishi
2015:
- Baskin by Can Evrenol
- The Chickening by Davy Force and Nick DenBoer
- The Devil’s Candy by Sean Byrne
- The Final Girls by Todd Strauss-Schulson
- The Girl in the Photographs by Nick Simon
- Green Room by Jeremy Saulnier
- Hardcore by Ilya Naishuller
- The Mind’s Eye by Joe Begos
- Southbound by Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner & Patrick Horvath
- SPL II: A Time For Consequences by Soi Cheang
- Yakuza Apocalypse by Takashi Miike
2014:
- [REC]4 Apocalypse by Jaume Balagueró
- Big Game by Jalmari Heleander
- Cub by Jonas Govaerts
- The Editor by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films by Mark Hartley
- It Follows by David Robert Mitchell
- The Guest by Adam Wingard
- Tokyo Tribe by Sion Sono (Opening Night film)
- Tusk by Kevin Smith
- What We Do in the Shadows by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
2013:
- Afflicted by Derek Lee and Clif Prowse
- All Cheerleaders Die by Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson
- Almost Human by Joe Begos
- The Green Inferno by Eli Roth
- Oculus by Mike Flanagan
- R100 by Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Rigor Mortis by Juno Mak
- Blutgletscher by Marvin Kren
- Why Don’t You Play in Hell? by Sion Sono
- Witching and Bitching by Álex de la Iglesia
2012:
- The ABCs of Death – Multiple directors
- Aftershock – Nicolás López
- The Bay – Barry Levinson
- Come Out and Play – Makinov
- Dredd – Pete Travis
- Hellbenders – JT Petty
- John Dies at the End – Don Coscarelli
- The Lords of Salem – Rob Zombie
- No One Lives – Ryuhei Kitamura
- Seven Psychopaths – Martin McDonagh
2011:
- The Day by Doug Aarniokoski
- God Bless America by Bobcat Goldthwait
- The Incident by Alexandre Courtes
- Kill List by Ben Wheatley
- Livid by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo
- Lovely Molly by Eduardo Sánchez
- The Raid by Gareth Evans
- Sleepless Night by Frédéric Jardin
- Smuggler by Katsuhito Ishii
- You’re Next by Adam Wingar
2010:
- Bunraku by Guy Moshe
- The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman by Wuershan
- Fire of Conscience by Dante Lam
- Insidious by James Wan
- Red Nights by Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud
- Stake Land by Jim Mickle
- Super by James Gunn
- Vanishing on 7th Street by Brad Anderson
- The Ward by John Carpenter
- Fubar II by Michael Dowse
- The Legend of Beaver Dam by Jerome Sable
2009:
- Bitch Slap by Rick Jacobson
- Daybreakers by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig
- Survival of the Dead by George A. Romero
- Jennifer’s Body by Karyn Kusama
- The Loved Ones by Sean Byrne
- Ong Bak 2 by Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai
- [REC 2] by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza
- Solomon Kane by Michael J. Bassett
- Symbol by Hitoshi Matsumoto
- A Town Called Panic by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar
2008:
- Acolytes by Jon Hewitt
- The Burrowers by J. T. Petty
- Chocolate by Prachya Pinkaew
- Deadgirl by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel
- Detroit Metal City by Toshio Lee
- Eden Log by Franck Vestiel
- JCVD by Mabrouk El Mechri
- Martyrs by Pascal Laugier
- Not Quite Hollywood by Mark Hartley
- Sexykiller by Miguel Marti
2007:
- Dainipponjin directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto
- The Devil’s Chair directed by Adam Mason
- Flash Point (Dao Huo Xian) directed by Wilson Yip
- Frontier(s) (Frontière(s)) directed by Xavier Gens
- George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead directed by George A. Romero
- Inside (À l’intérieur) directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury
- The Mother of Tears directed by Dario Argento
- Stuck directed by Stuart Gordon
- Sukiyaki Western Django directed by Takashi Miike
- Vexille directed by Fumihiko Sori
2006:
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (USA) Larry Charles
- Black Sheep (New Zealand) Jonathan King
- All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA) Jonathan Levine
- Trapped Ashes (USA/Japan/Canada) Cunningham/Dante/Gaeta/Hellman/Russell
- The Abandoned (Spain) Nacho Cerdà
- The Host (South Korea) Bong Joon-ho #BuscandoANemo10
- Severance (UK) Christopher Smith
- Princess (Denmark) Anders Morgenthaler
- S&Man (USA) JT Petty
- Sheitan (France) Kim Chapiron
2005:
- Bangkok Loco, Pornchai Hongrattanaporn
- Banlieue 13, Pierre Morel
- The District!, Áron Gauder
- Evil Aliens, Jake West
- The Great Yokai War, Takashi Miike
- Hostel, Eli Roth
- Isolation, Billy O’Brien
- Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
- Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic, Liam Lynch
- SPL: Sha Po Lang, Wilson Yip
2004
- Calvaire (Fabrice du Welz)
- Creep (Christopher Smith)
- Dead Birds (Alex Turner)
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Mamoru Oshii)
- Kontroll (Nimród Antal)
- The Machinist (Brad Anderson)
- Rahtree: Flower of the Night (Yuthlert Sippapak)
- The Raspberry Reich (Bruce LaBruce)
- Saw (James Wan)
- Zebraman (Takashi Miike)
2003:
- Cypher directed by Vincenzo Natali
- End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones directed by Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia
- Gozu directed by Takashi Miike
- The Grudge directed by Takashi Shimizu
- Haute Tension directed by Alexandre Aja
- Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior directed by Prachya Pinkaew
- Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan
- Undead directed by Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig
- Underworld directed by Len Wiseman
2002:
- Alive (Japan) Ryuhei Kitamura
- Bubba Ho-tep (USA) Don Coscarelli
- Cabin Fever (USA) Eli Roth
- The Eye (Hong Kong/Thailand/United Kingdom) Oxide Pang and Danny Pang
- MC5: A True Testimonial (USA) David C. Thomas
- My Little Eye (United Kingdom) Marc Evans
- Spun (USA) Jonas Åkerlund
- Volcano High (South Korea) Kim Tae-Kyun
2001:
- The American Astronaut directed by Cory McAbee
- Antinome directed by Grégory Morin
- Bang Rajan The Legend of the Village Warriors directed by Thanit Jitnukul
- The Bunker directed by Rob Green
- Clip Cult (Vol. 1) directed by Chris Cunningham, Hiroyuki Nokomo, Kouji Morimoto, Spike Jonze, Michele Gondry, Mark Adcock and Antoine Bardou Jaquet
- Dogtown and Z-Boys directed by Stacy Peralta
- Eat directed by Bill Plympton
- Electric Dragon 80,000 V directed by Sogo Ishii
- Full Time Killer directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai
- Ichi the Killer directed by Takashi Miike
- Le Pacte des loups directed by Christophe Gans
- Versus directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
2000:
- 6ixtynin9 directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- The American Nightmare directed by Adam Simon
- The City of Lost Souls directed by Miike Takashi
- The Foul King directed by Kim Jeewoon
- The Irrefutable Truth about Demons directed by Glenn Standring
- The Mission directed by Johnnie To Kei-Fung
- Quartered at Dawn directed by Norbert Keil
- Tell Me Something directed by Chang Youn hyun
- Time and Tide directed by Tsui Hark
- Wild Zero directed by Tetsuro Takeuchi
1999:
- Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie by Lech Kowalski
- Fever by Alex Winter
- Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby by Matthew Bright
- Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris by Shusuke Kaneko
- George Lucas in Love by Joe Nussbaum
- The Item by Dan Clark
- Komodo by Michael Lantieri
- Possessed by Anders Rønnow-Klarlund
- Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes by Cass Paley
- The Wisdom of Crocodiles by Po Chih Leong
1998:
- The Bystander From Hell by Matthew Harrison
- Cascadeur – The Amber Chamber by Hardy Martins
- Hang the DJ by Marco La Villa and Mauro La Villa
- Heaven by Scott Reynolds
- I Woke Up Early The Day I Died by Arlis Iliopulos
- Mighty Peking Man by Ho Meng Hua
- Night Time by Peter Fratzscher
- Perdita Durango by Álex de la Iglesia
- Six-String Samurai by Lance Mungia
1997:
- A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation by Andrew Chan
- Fudoh: The New Generation by Takashi Miike
- I Married a Strange Person! by Bill Plympton
- Love God by Frank Grow
- Office Killer by Cindy Sherman
- Orgazmo by Trey Parker
- SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist by Kirby Dick
- The Ugly by Scott Reynolds
1996:
- Curdled by Reb Braddock
- Killer Tongue by Alberto Sciamma
- Road Movie by Peter Care
- Organ by Kei Fujiwara
- The Stendhal Syndrome by Dario Argento
- All of Them Witches by Daniel Gruener
- Ratchet by John Johnson
- Screwed by Alexander Crawford
- Attack of Legion by Shusuke Kaneko
1995:
- Screamers by Christian Duguay
- Crying Freeman by Christophe Gans
- Tokyo Fist by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Mute Witness by Anthony Waller
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe by Shūsuke Kaneko
- Trailer Camp by Jenni Olson
- To Kill a Dead Man by Alexander Hemming
- Synthetic Pleasures by Iara Lee
- An Evil Town by Richard Sears
- The Day of the Beast by Álex de la Iglesia
- Wizard of Darkness by Shimako Sato
1994:
- Nightwatch by Ole Bornedal
- Love and a .45 by C.M. Talkington
- Schramm by Jörg Buttgereit
- Naked Killer by Clarence Fok
- Cemetery Man by Michele Soavi
- Tokarefu by Junji Sakamoto
- The Eagle Shooting Heroes by Jeffrey Lau
- S.F.W. by Jefery Levy
1993:
- Dazed and Confused by Richard Linklater
- Freaked by Alex Winter & Tom Stern
- Wicked City by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- The Wicked City by Tsui Hark, Peter Mak
- Trauma by Dario Argento
- Acción mutante by Álex de la Iglesia
- The Making of And God Spoke by Arthur Borman
- Jack Be Nimble by Garth Maxwell
- Frauds by Stephan Elliott
- The last border by Mika Kaurismäki
1992:
- Candyman by Bernard Rose
- Back to the USSR – takaisin Ryssiin by Jari Halonen
- Romper Stomper by Geoffrey Wright
- Braindead by Peter Jackson
- Tetsuo II: Body Hammer by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Swordsman II by Ching Siu-tung
- Tokyo Decadence by Ryu Murakami
- Man Bites Dog by Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux & André Bonzel
1991:
- Children of the Night by Tony Randel
- The Devil’s Daughter by Michele Soavi
- The Borrower by John McNaughton
- The Arrival by David Schmoeller
- Motorama by Barry Shils
- Guilty as Charged by Sam Irvin
- The Raid by Tsui Hark
- Blood & Concrete by Jeffrey Reiner
- A Chinese Ghost Story III by Ching Siu-tung
1990:
- Two Evil Eyes by George A. Romero & Dario Argento
- Bride of Re-Animator by Brian Yuzna
- Hardware by Richard Stanley
- My Degeneration by Jon Moritsugu
- The Church by Michele Soavi
- Frankenhooker by Frank Henenlotter
- Def by Temptation by James Bond III
- Meet The Feebles by Peter Jackson
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man by Shinya Tsukamoto
1989:
- Dr. Caligari by Stephen Sayadian
- Lenny Live and Unleashed by Andy Harries
- Opera by Dario Argento
- Carnival of Souls by Herk Harvey
- Alien Space Avenger by Richard W. Haines
- Funny by Bran Ferren
- Over Easy by Ignacio Valero
- Shimmelsteen by Michael Wolfe
- No Such Thing As Gravity by Alyce Wittenstein
- Whoregasm by Nick Zedd
- Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Over-Fiend by Hideki Takayama
- Heavy Petting by Obie Benz
1988:
- The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years by Penelope Spheeris
- Big Time by Chris Blum
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II by Tony Randel
- Heavy Petting by Obie Benz
- Forbidden to Forbid by Lothar Lambert
- Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em by Ray Boseley
- Brand New Day by Amos Gitai
- Brain Damage by Frank Henenlotter
