Midnight Movie (2008)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.0/10   

Director:

Jack Messitt

Escritores:

Mark Garbett (writer)
Jack Messitt (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 enero 2009 (USA)

Género:

Horror

Frase comercial:

The New Face Of Horror

Plot:

A midnight showing of an early 1970's horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater. |

Plot Keywords:

Masked Killer | Double Murder | Title Appears In Writing | Arcade | Talking During Movie

Premios:

2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Pretty Solid 80's style Slasher!

Reparto

Rebekah Brandes	...	Bridget
Daniel Bonjour	...	Josh
Greg Cirulnick	...	Mario
Mandell Maughan	...	Samantha
Stan Ellsworth	...	Harley
Melissa Steach	...	Babe
Jon Briddell	...	Detective Barrons
Michael Swan	...	Dr. Wayne
Michael Schwartz	...	Sully
Justin Baric	...	Timmy
Brea Grant	...	Rachael
Shaun Ausmus	...	Kenny
Carol Stanzione	...	Mother
Lee Main	...	Killer
Ashley Black	...	Jackie

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody horror violence/gore, language, some sexual content and brief nudity.

Duración:

USA:82 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Clasificación:

USA:R | Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (uncut)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Chandler Valley Center Studios - 13927 Saticoy Street, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Bigfoot Entertainment

Conexiones de Película:

References The Curiosity of Chance (2006)

Banda de Sonido:

Hold On

Pretty Solid 80's style Slasher!

"Midnight Movie" is the type of movie that I love to come across because it seems to rare these days to find a movie like it. First, it is a pure slasher flick through and through. There is no tongue-in-cheek horror or comedic undertones that seem so prevalent in a lot of today's horror. More importantly, it plays out like a 80's slasher film and captures the spirit and essence of 80's style horror perfectly.

The film centers around the first showing of a horror film called "The Dark Beneath," since several people were murdered while watching the film. Only a handful of people show up for the showing, including the boyfriend and a couple friends of the high-school aged theater manager, a redneck, motorcycle riding couple, and a couple of cops who think the film's director may show up to cause some trouble. The film shown on screen is a 70's style "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" type film about a group of friends who experience car trouble and seek help at creepy farmhouse, only to be butchered by a killer in a creepy mask whose weapon of choice is a sharp, spiral tool. Somehow, though, the killer is able to transfer himself out of the screen and begins stalking and killing the movie-goers.

The Good: The film looks great. It is competently directed and in lesser hands the whole movie-within-a-movie element could have been a real mess. The killer is pretty cool as well, and definitely reminded me of a Michael Myers, Jason, or Leatherface type killer. My only qualm with him is the weapon of choice, which does manage some good kill scenes, but becomes boring, repetitive, and not at all intimidating. As I mentioned,the film really has the classic slasher vibe going on and is quite effective. Once the action gets going, it is truly a fun ride and doesn't let up until the last frame. There are also some surprises in who lives/dies that took me by surprise, which is always a good thing in a slasher because generally they are so predictable with who lives/dies. Though it initially turned me off, I actually ended liking that there were so few characters in the film because it allowed us to get to know each of them a tad more. I was actually upset to see a couple of them get offed.

The Bad: The acting is a mixed bag. I know it is nit-picky, but the film REALLY could have done WITHOUT the younger brother character. First, the kid is a bad actor, second, his presence serves absolutely zero purpose and actually becomes a distraction to the plot. There is also no real backstory to the killer and why/how he is able to come out of the screen and kill in real life. Some parts were indeed cheesy, particularly the opening scene with the film's director in a mental institution.

Overall, this is a decent horror film and certainly one of the better DTV slashers I have seen in awhile. Everything about the film looks great and it is always refreshing to see a contemporary slasher film successfully pay homage to early genre films.

My Grade: B+