The original Midnight Cinephile archive — reviews, interviews, discoveries, oddities and assorted transmissions from the first reel.
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Young Frankestein – Mel Brooks’ Labroratory Lark
Read more: Young Frankestein – Mel Brooks’ Labroratory LarkYoung Frankenstein (1974) Title: Young FrankensteinRuntime: 106–108 minutes (sources/releases vary slightly)Rating: PGOriginal Release Date: December 15, 1974Director: Mel BrooksWriters: Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks; inspired by Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinStarring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman,…
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A Midnight Cinephile ‘Whodunnit Double Feature’
Read more: A Midnight Cinephile ‘Whodunnit Double Feature’The other evening it was dark and stormy-like and it put me in a real mood for an ‘Old Dark House’ style film and in my research on said sub-genre of films, I came across…
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And Soon The Darkness – Terror in The Daylight
Read more: And Soon The Darkness – Terror in The DaylightAnd Soon the DarknessRuntime: 94 minutesOriginal UK Rating: X * Current UK Home-Video Rating: 15 * Original U.S. Rating: GP Original Release Date: July 5, 1970 — United Kingdom * U.S. Release: April 1971Director: Robert…
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Ten years later….The Midnight Cinephile Returns…..
Read more: Ten years later….The Midnight Cinephile Returns…..Believe me, I’m almost as surprised to be sitting her typing this as you are sitting here reading it. I hardly even know where to begin. Everything is different now and yet…it’s all still the…
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A Touch Of Crimson On A Few Acres of Snow Trailer
Read more: A Touch Of Crimson On A Few Acres of Snow TrailerAs you no doubt have noticed I haven’t been very active over the last month and there’s good reason for that. I’ve been busy putting my first short film into production! A Touch Of Crimson…
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The Black Spot – Byway to the Danger Zone!
Read more: The Black Spot – Byway to the Danger Zone!You may recall back in 2012, I reviewed a short film by UK filmmaker Luther Bhogal-Jones. A short fear flick that had me thinking twice about checking out that strange noise I heard downstairs. Now…
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Horror Packs 2 – Support Charity While Getting Your Horror Groove On!
Read more: Horror Packs 2 – Support Charity While Getting Your Horror Groove On!My good friend Brandon over at Movies At The Dog Farm alerted me to this great new package. Horror Packs 2 is a horror bundle that is available in two different tiers. You decide what you want…
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Microwave Massacre – Gourmet Murder in Minutes!
Read more: Microwave Massacre – Gourmet Murder in Minutes!Microwave Massacre1983Directed by Wayne BerwickWritten by: Thomas Singer (screenplay) Craig Muckler (story)Starring: Jackie Vernon, Loren Schein & Al Troupe Unrated – Runtime Approx 76 Min.Taglines:NoneAlternate Titles:La masacre del microondas (The Slaughter of the Microwave) Spain…
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Woodchipper Massacre – Home Alone Hack ‘Em Up
Read more: Woodchipper Massacre – Home Alone Hack ‘Em UpWoodchipper Massacre1988Directed by Jon McBrideWritten by Jon McBride (idea by Glen Skaggs)Starring Jon McBride, Denice Edeale & Tom Casiello Not Rated – Runtime Approx 80 MinTagline:– How much flesh could a woodchipper chip, if a…
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Preylien: Alien Predators – The Polonia Alien Factor
Read more: Preylien: Alien Predators – The Polonia Alien FactorPreylien: Alien Predators2004Directed by Mark PoloniaWritten by Alan WyomingStarring Tom Carpenter, Alan Caum & Kimberlee A. Gibson Unrated – Runtime Approx 75 Min. Taglines:NoneAlternate Titles:Nope “I just shot a one eyed dinosaur….” …
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Sting of Death – Beware the Were-Jellyfish!
Read more: Sting of Death – Beware the Were-Jellyfish!Sting of Death1965Directed by William GrefeWritten by Al Dempsey, William Kerwin Starring Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins & John VellaEssen Productions Inc.Thunderbird International PicturesUnrated : Runtime – Approx 80 min.Tagline:Special Singing Star Neil Sedaka!Alternate Titles:N/A “Horrible….horrible…
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Vicious Vignettes – Aisles of Doom
Read more: Vicious Vignettes – Aisles of DoomAnother great bit of late 80’s kitsch. This time from the demented mind of Alex “Bill S. Preston, Esquire” Winter! This is another perfect example of the kind of late night esoteric shenanigans that would…
