First off, much thanks to Sanjay Rajput for the video,  This does set a record for time on getting this video in.  The intro is in the first clip, the three following this post maked up the entire Q&A.  We thank you for opting to help us over the possibility of actually getting to bed before 4 a.m.

"What's wrong with you?" 

No, not you Sanjay. 

That one line seemed to be wedging itself in everyone's mind last night like Stephen Rea's face through our collective dashboards as we sat in awe of our first look at Stuart Gordon's Stuck.

Why did we all laugh so much at such horrifying acts of inhumanity?  Oh, that's right... we're all a little mad.  Nevertheless guys, that was easily the best audience reaction we've had thus far at Midnight Madness.  I don't know if everyone was just trying to forget it was a Monday, but we all got it.

We laughed.  We cried.  Then we just laughed some more.

That's the genius of Stuart Gordon.  He showed us horrifying acts of indifference towards humanity, but made the motivation for these acts so selfish that we couldn't help but see it as caricature, which I think was the only way a story like this could sell to an audience.  We can't accept that there are people that would go through such lengths to save themselves unless we think it's fantasy.

The trouble is, as hyperbolic as a lot of the main characters' actions are (especially that cruel, cruel Mena Suvari) we never forget that this actually happened.  Everything in Stuck is unbelieveable because what we see in the opening credits of the movie- inspired by a true story- forces us to believe it.

Stuart ran that show (the movie and the screening) like nothing I've ever seen, and for those that missed the screening, I am deeply sorry.  He was gracious and candid and open about everything from working in Canada to his hopes to do another Re-Animator sequel starring George Wendt as Dick Cheney and afterwards he stayed long enough to shake everyone's hand and give an autograph to anyone that wanted.

And as if the high tension, action and horrifying comedy of Stuck weren't enough last night, THAT was Stuart Gordon's world class performance.

The next screening is Wednesday at Scotiabank Theatre 4 at 4:00... do yourselves a favour and be there if you weren't there last night.