Episode 7 : Mad Monster Party Part 1

3/26/12 I went to the Mad Monster Party in Charlotte North Carolina, for the sole purpose of seeing the new Cabal Cut of Nightbreed.  This episode has interviews and everything that lead up to the main event.

Show Notes:

1)  Interview with Tony Todd

2) Interview with Craig Sheffer and Anne Bobby

–Anne Bobby coined the phrase “Occupy Midian” which has really taken off as a name for the movement to get a director’s cut for Nightbreed.  Join our Occupy Midian Facebook group!

3) Interview with Russel Charrington and Mark Miller

4) Nightbreed Crew Jacket Auction for Scares that Care

5)  Introduction to the Movie.

Anne Bobby / Craig Sheffer Interview Transcript Below

DANHAUSER: So what’s it like to be associated with this movie that’s become kind of a cult film?

BOBBY: I personally am deeply moved by the love that people have for it.  It actually makes 

me realize the ability that we have as artists to convey to something that we may not 

even know we are reaching.  It’s really, really powerful.  

SHEFFER: I think it’s also really special because we do so many films, I’ve done 80 films, and I 

think there might be five that people are still interested in twenty years later.  

DANHAUSER: Oh, yeah.

SHEFFER: I think it’s really neat, the ones that do stand out, ’cause they’re the ones that kind 

of give you a little bit of immortality in your own little world, so I’m proud to be part of it.  I 

love the passion people have in the horror community, so that’s neat.  It’s neat because 

people come up to you all the time wherever you are, and they’re really into it.  

DANHAUSER: And people love this movie so much the way it is right now, I’m just imagining what it’s going to be like when it’s actually the way it was supposed to be.  

BOBBY: I keep likening this to it’s been a twenty-five year wedding, and tomorrow’s the 

wedding night.  

DANHAUSER: (Laughing) That’s good. 

SHEFFER:  Yeah, that’s very good.  

DANHAUSER:  And I keep thinking they put so much money and time into this, like they got Doug Bradley to re-record his voice.  

BOBBY: And Robin Vigeon, my god, the work he did.  

DANHAUSER: With all this work into it, you would think that something’s going to come of it, that they’re going to put it out to buy.  I would hope…

SHEFFER:  I guess it all depends on FOX, right?

DANHAUSER: Yeah, and Morgan Creek. 

BOBBY: And you know what?  Honestly, I think one of the things that occurred over the last 

twenty five years and especially in recent memory is the power that we have 

as a populous to make things happen.  And I’m very confident that this is happening at 

the perfect time. I am really…

SHEFFER: Otherwise we’ll have ‘Occupy Morgan Creek’. 

DANHAUSER: (Laughs)

BOBBY: ‘Occupy Midian!’

DANHAUSER: (Laughing) Yeah, ‘Occupy Midian’.. 

BOBBY: Oh my God, that’s actually a really good idea!   ‘Occupy Midian’!

DANHAUSER: There we go!  Yeah, you heard it here first!

BOBBY: I said it, it was me! It was me, I take ten percent!

DANHAUSER: And Craig, when you did Hellraiser Inferno, Hellraiser 5, what brought that about? Was it because you were in a previous Clive Barker movie, or was it more of a 

coincidence?  

SHEFFER:  I know that they had seen me in different things, but I don’t know how much, to tell 

you the truth, I don’t know how much it had to do with who I had worked with. I think I 

just did the best reading. 

DANHAUSER: Yeah, there you go.

SHEFFER: I think I was the scariest, creepiest guy they could find.

BOBBY: That’s the one of the great things about Clive, and it still is…

SHEFFER: He’s such an awesome guy. 

BOBBY: He also has a background in theater, and he likes working with people who are able 

to improvise and likes people who can play.  

DANHAUSER: And your song, is it ‘Johnny Get Angry?’ 

BOBBY: ‘Johnny Get Angry’…

DANHAUSER: So had you sung before, were you a professional singer?

BOBBY: I’ve been singing since I was thirteen years old. 

DANHAUSER:  Wow, so now everybody gets to see that for the first time. 

BOBBY: I haven’t heard this in twenty-five… I don’t even know what I’m going to…

DANHAUSER: That’s pretty cool.  What have you guys got coming up that we can look out for, 

projects-wise?

SHEFFER: Getting ready to do a couple movies, I just did a couple called ‘The Mark’.  A third 

one I’m doing is called ‘The Id’ In a month I’m doing a movie with Pacino called… Oh 

God! I’ll get it! This is terrible.  I read the script; I get the part… 

BOBBY: You remembered Pacino though.  You don’t have to remember much more!

DANHAUSER:  Well., it’ll be big so…

SHEFFER: Stand Up Men!  Thank you!

BOBBY:  I just finished my second play. My first play ran on Broadway, then toured Europe. 

SHEFFER: What’s it called?  

BOBBY:  It’s called ‘A Women’s …’ And I’m having a nervous breakdown over it, actually. I 

miss him!  This is. This is so cool!

DANHAUSER: So, is this the first time you’ve seen each other since 1990?

BOBBY:  We filmed in ’89, right?  

SHEFFER: ’89.  

DANHAUSER: Had you ever been invited to conventions before?

BOBBY: I have gone with friends of mine, because one of the great things about my… 

Really… my personal legacy with Nightbreed was that I met so many comic book writers 

that were among Clive’s friends, very close friends; Chris Clairmont, Neil Gaiman, Pete 

Atkins…They really had a major influence on my life. And of course, Clive. Wow, 

Everybody is here. 

DANHAUSER: And Mark Miller has been writing the Hellraiser comic.  He’s a really nice guy.  He actually gave me a tour of Clive’s house.  

BOBBY:  Clive is actually in one of my dog books.  

DANHAUSER: Oh, really?

BOBBY: He’s in one of my dog books because he has so many dogs, and my second dog 

book had an intro by Neil Gaiman because I helped him rescue his first dog.

DANHAUSER: What is it called?

BOBBY: The most recent one is called ‘Best Friend for Life.’

DANHAUSER: ‘Best Friend for Life’

BOBBY: I’ve worked in shelters. I replaced Mary Louise Parker in a play. It was such a stressful play. I was feeling really done with it. 

DANHAUSER: Well that’s really cool. Do you have a Twitter or Facebook page?

BOBBY: Facebook is tricky enough. 

DANHAUSER:  All right. Oh yeah, can you sing a little bit of the song for us?

BOBBY: Oh, that song? That’s so interesting to sing that from 25 years ago. Really? 

Really? Johnny Get Angry, huh? 

DANHAUSER: One of the listeners asked me to do that.

BOBBY: Okay, well who’s the listener?

DANHAUSER: David. 

BOBBY: Hi David. David, this is for you. (Singing) 

Johnny you said we were through. 

Just to see what you could do. 

You walked ’round on your head. 

You made me wish that I were dead, 

oh Johnny get angry Johnny Get mad!

Go watch the movie! (laughing)

DANHAUSER: All right. Perfect, thank you. Okay, I guess that’s it. Thank you very much!