The original Midnight Cinephile archive — reviews, interviews, discoveries, oddities and assorted transmissions from the first reel.
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No Apocalypse in sight….so UH-OH LET’S GO RETRO!
Read more: No Apocalypse in sight….so UH-OH LET’S GO RETRO!Well, December 21st came and went and there were no earthquakes. No asteroids, meteors or comets colliding with the planet. The ever elusive Nibiru did not suddenly make itself known to us before smashing us…
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Santa Claus – Possibly The Creepiest Film Ever.
Read more: Santa Claus – Possibly The Creepiest Film Ever.Santa Claus1959Directed by Rene CardonaStarring Jose Elias Moreno, Cesáreo Quezadas ‘Pulgarcito’, José Luis Aguirre ‘Trotsky’ & Armando ArriolaTag Lines An Enchanting World of Make Believe!Bursting upon our BIG SCREEN in all the colors of the rainbow… a prize-winning…
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Santa Claus Conquers The Martians – Sadly….no Tripods.
Read more: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians – Sadly….no Tripods.Santa Claus Conquers The Martians1964 Directed by Nicholas WebsterStarring John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Victor Stiles & Pia ZadoraTag LinesBlast off for Mars… with Santa and a pair of Earth kids! Science-Fun-Fiction at its height!…
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The Wraith – Winning with Tiger Blood….and a souped up Dodge!
Read more: The Wraith – Winning with Tiger Blood….and a souped up Dodge!The Wraith1986Director-Mike MarvinStars- Charlie Sheen,Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn and Randy QuaidTag Lines:He’s not from around here….An evil force took his life…..now an unearthly power has brought him backHe’s heaven sent and hell on wheels!….his spirit…
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Aliens: They Scare The Crap Out of Me
Read more: Aliens: They Scare The Crap Out of MeAlien. That one simple word holds more horror for me than an entire Stephen King novel. I’ve always had this love/hate fascination with aliens. As a child, I would constantly take out books about UFO’s…
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Nightwish – Invasion of the Ectoplasmic Hallucinatory Aliens from Hell……or something like that.
Read more: Nightwish – Invasion of the Ectoplasmic Hallucinatory Aliens from Hell……or something like that.Nightwish 1990 Written and Directed by: Bruce R. Cook Starring: Jack Starrett, Elizabeth Kaitan, Alisha Das, Clayton Rohner, Artur Cybulski and Brian Thompson. Alternative Titles: Nightwish, Out of Control – Hungary/West Germany Monstrous en la noche…
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It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!
Read more: It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!Okay…..so SpongeBob may seem a bit of an odd choice to talk about here….but after watching this Christmas Special, I can tell you with a fair amount of certainty that this is going to be…
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And it begins…..Ho Ho Ho!
Read more: And it begins…..Ho Ho Ho!Well, just like that, Thanksgiving came and went. I wanted to cover some more Thanskgiving themed stuff such as ThanksKilling and the cheesy comedy Home For The Holidays, but I guess those will have to…
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Unexpected Horrors – Part 1
Read more: Unexpected Horrors – Part 1When I was a kid I was obsessed with monsters (a lot like now). If the word monster was attached to something, I was all over it. I lived for Creature Double Feature on the…
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Garfield’s Thanksgiving Special
Read more: Garfield’s Thanksgiving SpecialIn case you thought that perhaps Garfield was a one trick pony when it came to Holiday specials, you would be mistaken my friends. Garfield also knocked out this Thanksgiving special in 1989. I don’t…
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Tape Mold Issue #1
Read more: Tape Mold Issue #1In the year 2012, digital content reigns supreme. Blogs, websites, databases, digital downloads, apps, Nooks, Kindles, digital subscriptions, etc. We are briskly moving towards a completely paperless society. Anything and everything you could possible want…
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Chrome and Hot Leather – 1971
Read more: Chrome and Hot Leather – 1971I love the fact that there are so many different type of ‘splotation movies. All you gotta do is take any group, faction, occupation….or noun and verb for that matter….add the suffix ‘splotation after it…
