SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

ofumalow This is a pleasant surprise (especially amongst free horror movies on Hulu, where expectations are usually best kept verrrrrry low), and that rare film that actually not only doesn't overstay its welcome, but should have been a bit longer. The denouement feels a little hasty, particularly since the film has just introduced an interesting idea (regarding the long-term fate of victims) that it doesn't really bother capitalizing on. They could have easily thrown in an additional twist or false ending or two in order to nudge the running time past a very slim 75 minutes that feel like they wrap up a little prematurely.That said, the performances are decent (aside from the wooden little boy), the characters predictably two-dimensional but enjoyable enough (at least they're not the usual slasher movie examples of "Look ma, I'm a total idiot! Watch me take my clothes off for no reason, then go wandering into the darkest possible place despite all warnings just becau--ARRGHHH!!!"), the pacing good. The concept is similar to "Demons," and while this isn't as memorable, it's energetic and well-crafted. If gore is your main criteria in evaluating a slasher, you'll probably think there isn't quite enough of it here.I'm surprised the director hasn't made any features since, as he did a very decent job here on a low budget. Trust me, you have seen much worse. "Midnight Movie" isn't particularly original, in content or style, but with movies of this type, solid competence is nothing to sneeze at.

gavin6942 A midnight showing of an early 1970s horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater.The 70s film sure does not look like a film from the 70s -- way too clean, for example. Adding a VW bus does not make it an old movie. (I suppose I could dismiss this as a joke.) I appreciated seeing Brea Grant (playing Rachael), a friend of Killer Reviews. She may not be a major character, but still nice to see her in horror films just the same. Rebekah Brandes (playing Bridget), I am not familiar with -- but she could make a fortune as a Taylor Swift lookalike.Horror Society's Bryan Schuessler wrote that the film was "one of the best slasher films that I have seen in awhile" and a "smashing success". Fangoria's Michael Gingold gave it three out of four skulls and says the film "cleverly juxtaposes the reel and real terrors, and occasionally subverts expectations." My praise may not be as thick as theirs, but I have to admit that I did not want to see this movie, but ended up finding it pretty decent.Low budget? Yes. Greatest movie ever? Hardly. Better than the average independent film? If you like slashers, certainly.

grodemann The word for this movie is Homage, and if you've seen Cop Out its not as overplayed as that. However there is a cool tip of the hat to the old films that didn't show the blood and left all of the killing to the imagination. It's a cool meta level of movie, since the movie is about watching a movie thats surrounded by a the stigma of a massacre in a psyche ward. If your fans of the gore though, there's something there for you, the movie just warms up as it goes on. The killings occur in both the movie they are watching and the movie you are watching.It is neat to see the way the movie gets into that realm of "its OK its just a movie" as the characters aren't worried about their friends brutal murder at first, assuming that it's all just special effects and a joke he is playing on them. And for all the special effects fans the Killer Cut really takes the time to do those right.

moral433 Soooo I had the chance to see this movie a couple days ago, and im not gonna lie, I wasn't very excited at first. As me and my friends started the movie I got hooked from the beginning to the very end!! So many bloody awesome scenes that at some points I had to close my eyes! Unlike any of the hundreds of horror movies the plot was weirdly good and also the ending had a very unexpected twist! As the killer goes in and out of the movie within the movie in a bizarre almost "Inception-esk" way, my excitement intensified just as the blood splashing did! This movie remind of the times where I was scared to go to bed because I was too afraid of Freddy, or afraid of walking on corn fields after watching "TX Chain Saw Massacre". "Midnight Movie" is adding another point on my "to be afraid of" list! Great movie for a date, or just to have fun with some friends; but specially, a "must have" for DVD collections!