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Prepare ur brain n body for RISKY QUIZNESS: it’s exactly like the Tom Cruise movie Risky Business but w way more mentions of The Electric State (2025, dir. Joe and Anthony Russo) Noah’s the quizmaster this year, torturing Team Anthony and Eliza by asking the who’s, what’s, how’s and WHY’s of cinema in 2025. After a disastrous attempt at guessing movies from their film festival standing ovations, can the good guys crawl their way to victory with a moving original song composed live for Wicked: For Good? Play along and let us know what you scored. Who knows: you might be a Very Smart Guy when it comes to screen stuff from last year. This will be our last episode until the start of February: see ya in a few weeks friends!! SHOW NOTES: VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu

Welcome to the new year mama…2006 is going to b crazyyyy I can’t wait to see uhhh The Benchwarmers this year!! Ha Ha No, we’re only goofin - it’s 2026, which means Noah + Eliza are already a tad late to list out their top 10 movies of 2025. Screw awards season this is the only awards ceremony u gotta worry your pretty lil head about. Follow along as we climb from honourable mentions to our absolute faves of the year gone by. And! Let us know what modern classics we might’ve missed - which movie defined 2025 for u?? Much much love to friends of the pod Hersh, Ivana, Tyler, Buster, Darcey, Karis and Meg for their audio contributions offering up some other great stuff to watch from 2025. SHOW NOTES: VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = RISKY QUIZ-NESS: Noah's 2025 Movie Quiz

a brand new format on the pod ?? dedicated to hasty film-to-book adaptations, ie artless exercises in turning the written word into studio merch?? why, what a NOVEL concept !! yea that’s right, we can and DO read books - and this nutty, troubling novelisation of the classic Christmas comedy-horror Gremlins is a great place to start. Noah and Eliza both read George Gipe’s tie-in novel and are horrified to realise the thus-far-untold depths of Mogwai suffering. Are all movie novelisations like this, and why are they like this, and can we find one that stands on its own merits as a work of literary fiction? Let us know if you’ve read one and we’ll give it a try. as long as there’s a few pages of sick movie stills in the middle. SHOW NOTES: VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Now Screaming: Runnin' with THE RUNNING MAN and Walkin' with THE LONG WALK

You might not know songwriter Diane Warren, but u for sure know her songs - 'Don't Wanna Miss a Thing'! 'If I Could Turn Back Time'! etc etc ! And you might also know her as the most Oscar-nominated woman in history without a win. Memed for her schmaltzy one-size-fits-all romantic ballads and perceived desperation to win a stupid lil statue, Diane is actually a goddamn legend and this episode is a deep dive into why. How much does asexuality and autism influence her insanely prolific discography? What Best Original Song Oscar did she TOTAlly deserve to win ? All this stuff n much more, as we randomly spotlight a showbiz striver who should really get her flowers at this point. SHOW NOTES: Interview w Diane in The Guardian Mariah Carey shoving Diane (not Ghislaine Maxwell) out of the way VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Read It ‘N WEEP: GREMLINS

Here we are on ur doorstep this All Hallows Eve, raising our voices to shriek TWICK O TWEAT and accept your sugary, rotten donations: a selection of scary stories, kindly submitted by haunted listeners!!! Joined around the campfire by head camp counsellor Darcey Eagle, the team read YOUR spooky tales of cries in the night, accursed car maintenance and cats that see dead people. There’s also classic childhood urban legends revisited, plus short but sweet masterpieces from the r/twosentencehorrorstories subreddit. Have we lost the illicit magic of the oral storytelling tradition? Are there actually any good creepypasta ? And most importantly, who was licking my fingers in the night if it wasn’t Garrett, the escaped madman I keep as a pet?? Seasons Creepings, listeners >:) Thanks to Areti, Tyler, Nat, “Smedley”, Hersh and Marianna for your screamworthy stories xx VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Midnight Marathon: BRIGHT FUTURE x RETRIBUTION // Kiyoshi Kurosawa Part 3

It’s about that time…the time…for SLIME… Comparing two swampy creature features, Noah and Eliza wonder if there are some animals that simply are not scary enough to power a horror movie. Juan Piquer Simon’s 1988 movie SLUGS sics millions of black, writhing, gooey gastropods on a small town of hilariously hateful and rude characters, resulting in some gnarly SFX moments and sexual subtext. But 1972’s FROGS doesn’t have nearly enough critters!! It’s got Sam Elliott and an interesting bayou mansion setting, but not enough actual webbed-hands-around-throats action :( Which film is the scariest and the squishiest? Do these movies actually make us care more about the environment or just wanna stomp it to death? How did Noah overcome his childhood leech fear ? All good questions but u won’t get answers today, we’re talking about other frog and slug stuff you couldn’t possibly comprehend. U can listen in and try though. ribbit. SHOW NOTES: TRIPLET IN THE ATTIC: Noah’s critter movie recommendations: The Bay , Long Weekend, Tremors Eliza’s assorted shrieking frog memes (sorry I could not find the actual amazing clip in question of one chill frog and one loser frog battling one another maybe it was a dream who knows): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM-GEnvlkRM + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaLTeyPFP_0&list=PLxCZu_T6u7IYWUsagWNHr7kWGe8O9kFrf&index=378 + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV5o1E8NPMQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV5o1E8NPMQ)VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Midnight Marathon: BRIGHT FUTURE x RETRIBUTION // Kiyoshi Kurosawa Part 3

We are HYPNOTISED, HAUNTED and HACK’D by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose unsettling Japanese thrillers are finally getting the Midnight Marathon treatment. Best of all - filmmaker, Kurosawa megafan and good buddy TYLER BAIN (@tyler.internet) is riding shotgun with us in the cloud-shrouded nightmare bus to hell! weeeeee We start with Kurosawa’s 1997 breakout CURE, a disorienting detective story with a stunning final shot and enough atmospheric scares to inspire the then-budding J-Horror movement. Then, as recently as last year, the director weaponised sinister internet communities to comment on societal sickness, in the darkly comic thriller CLOUD. Everybody needs an assistant Sano in their life. SHOW NOTES: Listen to Noah + Eliza on Tyler’s Triple R radio show Orange Juice right here! VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Midnight Marathon: PULSE x CHARISMA // Kiyoshi Kurosawa Part 2

Who let the dogme out ?? Our fingers are aimed squarely at returning pals PARKER AND FLYNN of Sydney’s @underground.film.collective !! they let the dogme out !! Inspired by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Vows of Chastity’ and how they can inform rawer, truer, more POWERFUL cinema, we get into the first (and probably best??) movie made in accordance with the Dogme 95 manifesto: Vinterberg’s dark, funny and provocative family reunion drama FESTEN/THE CELEBRATION. No script, lighting, non-diegetic music, ‘superficial action’ allowed !! Real shit only !!! Remembering David Stratton !!! Discussing the crabs-in-a-bucket phenomenon! Incredible conversational segues ! And ya maybe everybody didn’t watch second pick JULIEN DONKEYBOY, Harmony Korine’s crack at Dogme glory, but isn’t that so profoundly Dogme yknow ? Let the chaos wash over you like your seventh red wine at a disastrous family event… SHOW NOTES: CONTENT WARNING: The films we discuss in today's episode contain heavy themes of sexual assault, incest and abuse. Meaningful video of crabs in a bucketHarmony Korine on LettermanWerner Herzog on InstagramBADBADBAD.EXE files uploaded to our website: noonecametohisbirthdayparty.mp4~{findingxOxmyxOxbliss}~VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = The Slop Bucket: ?? feat. Darcey Eagle !!

Nice day for a white Weddington - i now pronounce u to be two f****d up, distressing, long and entertaining movies !! Noah has been destructively hyped for Zach Creggers’ sophomore feature WEAPONS since the first teaser dropped: a ‘horror epic’ depicting the aftermath of a bizarre disappearance from multiple townsfolk perspectives. but sometimes delayed gratification and mysterious marketing can work against a movie?? Ari Aster’s fourth movie EDDINGTON is also about a small town gone violent n insane, but it seems Eliza and Noah find more to grapple with in its difficult comedy and social perspective. BOTH movies offer HEAPS of strong performances, scares and standout scenes worth grappling with. reach out, tell us what u thought and remember: YOUR BEING MANIPULATED VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = TITANIC QUIZ

We are so beyond breaking the fourth wall: in this pair of found footage horrors, the killers direct, write and star. Dw, neither Romanian indie BE MY CAT: A FILM FOR ANNE or scathing LA satire I BLAME SOCIETY are actual snuff films. They merely take us about as close as possible to one sick n twisted character’s vision of serial murder, whether sparked by Hollywood rejection or a deep fanboy love for Anne Hathaway. Noah and Eliza find both films to be funny, clever and creatively inspiring - in fact, this Twin Picks might be the only possible comfort, as the Midnight Screening website remains plagued by its own string of upsetting found footage videos under the label BADBADBAD.EXE. Stay tuned until the end of the episode to see if the pair can actually solve their glitchy problems by calling upon a higher…or perhaps lower…power. SHOW NOTES: BADBADBAD.EXE files uploaded to our website: noonecametohisbirthdayparty.mp4~*{findingxOxmyxOxbliss}*~TRIPLET IN THE ATTIC: Eliza: Rap World, dir. Connor O’Malley and Danny Scharar Noah: Creep, dir. Patrick Brice VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = The Slop Bucket: ??

MOVIES + MUSIC = MAGIC ! And on this episode we’re joined by supreme magician and deep friend of the pod Molly Ward (@mollyward), who has spent countless hours watching ‘Hairspray’ w Noah. She’s bringing her fave picks for in-world songs: fictional hits made by fictional bands and singers from ‘Josie and the Pussycats’, ‘School of Rock’, ‘Nashville’ and much more. Like...LOTS more…the gang talks Bond songs, the Trisha Paytas cinematic universe, and Anthony’s memories of one sick scene from ‘Agent Cody Banks 2’. Here’s a link to the PLAYLIST of our fave songs made for movies = BEST SONGS MADE 4 MOVIES Wanna add a song we shoulda talked about? Sound off in da comments on the movie song you wish was a legit chart-topping crossover banger. VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE = midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Now Screaming: TOGETHER x I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

Sharks, zombies, uhhhh foster kids in peril: we saw em ALL on the BIG SCREEN. Not in the one movie but yknow… Noah and Eliza spill on three significant horror releases that have been in theatres lately, starting with the Philippou Bros. sophomore sad story BRING HER BACK. More like bring me back my freaking money what a depressing slog !! DANGEROUS ANIMALS is a far simpler, more entertaining beast, reminding us of why we love Aussie director Sean Byrne so much and triggering Noah’s lifelong fear of sharks. And then Danny Boyle’s return to the glitchy well of 28 YEARS LATER offers plenty to chew on, even if Eliza might have enjoyed it more than Noah did. Did you see any or all of these movies? What did u reckon? Scream along w us through the links below, join our bone temple, come swim w the sharks, etc etc. And we’ll see you at the movies for WEAPONS ! VISIT-OUR-WEBSITE= midnightscreeningproductions.com Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Midi-Midnight Marathon: RICOCHET x SILENT TRIGGER // Russell Mulcahy Part 2

What’s it like establishing a brand new film festival? Kai Perrignon, head of programming for this year’s first ever Brunswick Underground Film Festival, has all da answers. A few weeks out from BUFF’s inaugural weekend of screenings, Kai picks program favourites, shouts out the tireless team of collaborators, and recommends some of the very nasty movies we missed out on. Listen up for insider insight and discussions on what “underground” even means. we can’t wait to work out our movie muscles all over again next year!! SHOW NOTES: Kai Perrignon - InstagramStatic Vision - InstagramBUFF - InstagramBUFF 2025 Program Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = Midnight Marathon: HIGHLANDER x RAZORBACK // Russell Mulcahy Part 1

YOU HAVE (1) FRIEND REQUEST: from Matt, scholar of all things scary and the creator of Instagram's @fright.fare , an Aussie account celebrating every aspect of horror cinema!! To ring in the launch of our own evil website launching, we're comparing two movies that are dubiously internet-based: 2002's FEARDOTCOM, a SE7EN ripoff that has cops uncovering a 3edgy5me snuff website, and 2005's CRY_WOLF, a SCREAM ripoff about a nasty chain email prank gone murderously wrong. The movies range from mid to mortifying, but the real fun lies in shootin the spooky breeze with Matt - comparing horror nerd origin stories, getting some stray movie recommendations, and figuring out just how the internet (and video store) damaged us each so irreversibly. yay ! In other tech news: yes, the official Midnight Screening website is finally LIVE! It's lookin beautifully nightmarish and it's like 99% safe to use. dont worry about it. The 1% is some unexplained and disturbing glitches that we're still trying to get to the bottom of, work in progress etc. GO hack da mainframe and have a look at it, for more info on us and updates on our projects; exclusive shorts and video essays; SICKKK merch and much more >:) Matt's Triplet in the Attic: Ghost in the Machine (1993) Matt's shoutouts of fellow spooky media to support: @beyondhorror, @horrorbyjordy, @officialhausofhorror, @dreadfulfilm, @phantasmagpress SHOW NOTES: Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = LIVE from BUFF: Brunswick Underground Film Festival

the final destination franchise has always been part of our family…. da first horror series Noah n Eliza rlly fell in love with. and now, w the terrific sixth instalment in cinemas, family is truly the name of the game.. as well as degloved fingers, earnest Tony Todd monologues, paternity drama and dick piercings gettin yanked by freak MRI glitches !! Final Destination: Bloodlines might just b the franchise’s most entertaining and conceptual entry yet, and we were ROCKD with excitement to see it in cinemas. after a brief chat about other sick horror stuff hitting theatres soon, the team gets right into their thoughts on the family funtime of Bloodlines - with a bigass Final Destination marathon looming in the near distance , no less…. SHOW NOTES: Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD [email protected] Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT EPISODE = FINAL DESTINATION-A-THON