Cinefantastique Online

In Mad about Madsen, the Philadelphia Daily offers up a brief interview with actress Virginia Madness, whose upcoming film THE HAUTNING IN CONNECTICUT, opens on March 27. Although reporter Howard Bessler focuses too much time on how a middle-aged woman can look young enough to maintain a career in Hollywood, he does manage to include a few interesting snippets about the film.

It’s been 17 years since Madsen was covered in blood in “Candyman,” and she said last week by phone from California that although she loves horror films – “The Werewolf,” “The Mummy” and “Frankenstein” were the first films she remembers seeing as a little girl – she was willing to wait for a script that she thought mixed character and terror.

“A Haunting in Connecticut,” based on a true story, is that film.

“It’s very, very scary,” she said gleefully. “It’s truly a horror film. Don’t take your kids.”

When I explained that this was Philadelphia and parents would probably be bringing their toddlers, Madsen urged against it.

“They might drop them,” she said.

Madsen said that when she saw the film recently with a friend and her agent, “I became airborne,” at one of the scary parts, “and I made the film.”