Mad Movies#Impact

Mad Movies started as a fanzine and put out 21 issues between 1972 and 1981.

In 1979, Putters opened Movies 2000, a film bookstore that became a hotspot for Paris' horror fandom and fanzine trading community.{{cite web | url =https://www.lemagducine.fr/cinema/metaluna-store-reouverture-imminente-de-lantre-cinema-fantastique-119939/ | title =Metaluna Store : réouverture imminente de l’antre du cinéma fantastique !| last =M. | first =Gabriel | date =February 13, 2018 | website =lemagducine.fr | publisher =Christophe Ariaudo | access-date =September 3, 2021}}

From number 22 (February 1982), Mad Movies became a quarterly newsstand publication. That first widely distributed issue featured a cover story about Italian director Lucio Fulci, which coined the term "Poet of the Macabre" ({{langx|fr|Poête du macabre}}), an Edgar Allan Poe-inspired nickname that has become one of the director's signatures.{{cite magazine |last=Pattin |first=Pierre |date=February 1982 |title=Lucio Fulci, poète du macabre | magazine=Mad Movies |location=Paris |publisher=Jean-Pierre Putters |issue=22 |pages=13–23 }}{{cite web | url =http://www.noirfest.com/2019/Eventi.asp?id_dettaglio=1504&lang=eng | title =Fulci Talks |author= | date =December 10, 2019 | website =noirfest.com | publisher =Studio Cooperativa | access-date =September 3, 2021}}

The magazine became bimonthly in 1984.{{cite web | url =http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revues-de-cinema.net%2FHist_revue%2FFRA_13000_Mad%2520movies_FRA.php | title =Mad Movies | last =Gaignepain | first =Jean-Luc | date = | website =revues-de-cinema.net | access-date =September 3, 2021}} Between 1986 and 2001, it was published alternately with a spinoff called Impact.

In 2001, following the sale of both magazines by Putters, new ownership merged Impact into Mad Movies, the latter thus becoming a monthly title.

Impact was a bimonthly spinoff of Mad Movies, with a focus on action films and the more action-oriented fantastic films. Its first run lasted from January 1986 to January 2001.{{cite web | url =http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revues-de-cinema.net%2FHist_revue%2FFRA_09003_Impact_FRA.php | title =Impact | last =Gaignepain | first =Jean-Luc | date = | website =revues-de-cinema.net | access-date =September 3, 2021}}

The title was reintroduced in January 2009, first as a booklet bundled monthly with Mad Movies,{{cite web | url =https://www.coleka.com/fr/search?id_rubrique=13483&q=Impact&orderby=ref_item | title =Impact (2ème série) |author= | date = | website =coleka.com | publisher =Coleka | access-date =September 3, 2021}} then as a standalone bimonthly akin to its original incarnation.{{cite web | url =https://www.coleka.com/fr/search?id_rubrique=13488&q=Impact&orderby=ref_item | title =Impact (3ème série) |author= | date = | website =coleka.com | publisher =Coleka | access-date =September 3, 2021}} It was discontinued again after the October 2011 issue.

Following Impact's demise, some Mad Movies special issues devoted to the action genre have been branded as Collection Impact.{{cite magazine |author= |date=June 2018 |title=Die Hard : une saga en enfer |magazine=Mad Movies |location=Paris |publisher=Custom Publishing |issue=42H |page=1 | quote=Collection Impact }}

The magazine published another bimonthly spinoff dedicated to Asian cinema, called Mad Asia, which ran between 2005 and 2007.{{cite web | url =http://www.cineressources.net/ressource.php?collection=PERIODIQUES&pk=741 | title =Notice catalographique : Mad Asia |author= | website =cineressources.net | publisher =La Cinémathèque française | access-date =September 3, 2021}}

Following his departure from Mad Movies, Jean-Pierre Putters co-founded Metaluna. The Metaluna brand, which took its name from a fictional planet in This Island Earth, encompassed a short-lived magazine dedicated to b-movies,{{cite magazine |author= |date=First Quarter 2007 |title=Dossier Les survivants de l'infini |magazine=Metaluna |location=Condat-sur Vienne |publisher=Cinefil du temps |issue=1}} a film production house active between 2007 and 2017,{{cite web | url =https://www.societe.com/societe/metaluna-productions-495092173.html | title =Metaluna Productions |author= | website =societe.com | publisher =Médiapost | access-date =September 3, 2021}} as well as a store (which replaced Movies 2000).

Among Metaluna's productions was Among The Living{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473750/companycredits?ref_=tt_ql_sm | title =Aux yeux des vivants: Company Credits |author= | website =imdb.com | publisher =Amazon | access-date =September 3, 2021}} from directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, the latter a former Mad Movies writer.{{cite web | url =http://evene.lefigaro.fr/celebre/biographie/alexandre-bustillo-30222.php | title =Biographie d'Alexandre Bustillo |author= | website =evene.lefigaro.fr | publisher =Société du Figaro | access-date =September 3, 2021}} As of 2021, the store still exists under different ownership.{{cite web | url =https://www.societe.com/etablissement/metaluna-store-83465381800015.html | title =Metaluna Store |author= | website =societe.com | publisher =Médiapost | access-date =September 3, 2021}}

In the 1980s, Mad Movies organized an 8mm film festival, held at various Parisian theaters.{{cite AV media | people=Blin, Fabrice (director) | date=2014 | title=Super 8 Madness! | medium=Documentary | location=France | publisher=Metaluna Productions}}

Between 2003 and 2013, the magazine sponsored a special Mad Movies prize at the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival. At its inception, it was part of the festival's Asian cinema competition. Later worldwide films became eligible.{{cite web | url =https://www.nifff.ch/en/the-nifff/archives/palmares-guests/ | title =Palmares & guests |author= | website =niff.ch | publisher =Festival International du Film Fantastique | access-date =September 3, 2021}}

Mad Movies has been a founding partner of the Paris International Fantastic Film Festival (PIFFF), established in 2011.{{cite web | url =https://www.unipresse.com/subscription/mad-movies/ | title =Mad Movies |author= | website =unipresse.com | publisher =Association UNI-Presse | access-date =September 6, 2021}}

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