The original Midnight Cinephile archive — reviews, interviews, discoveries, oddities and assorted transmissions from the first reel.
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Entity (2013) An Interview with Cast and The Writer
Read more: Entity (2013) An Interview with Cast and The WriterComing this July from East Bay Entertainment and Thursday Night Films, Entity will be the The Slender Man’s first feature length film. What is The Slender Man? An urban legend that sprang forth from the…
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Spiders 3D
Read more: Spiders 3DSpiders 3D is comin’ at ya VOD tomorrow (2/8/13) and will also release in an extremely limited theatrical showing….which will consist of some theaters in Southern California. Hopefully those showings go well, because I’d love…
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Dragonslayer – Dungeons, Dragons & Transgendered Damsels In Distress
Read more: Dragonslayer – Dungeons, Dragons & Transgendered Damsels In DistressDragonslayer1981Directed by Matthew RobbinsWritten by Matthew Robbins & Hal BarwoodStarring – Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson & Ian McDiarmidTaglines: IN THE DARK AGES DRAGONS WERE REAL. Its talons tear. Its breath burns. It is…
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Return of the Living Dead – Splatterpunk Zombies Rise From the Grave!
Read more: Return of the Living Dead – Splatterpunk Zombies Rise From the Grave!The Return of the Living Dead1985Directed by Dan O’BannonWritten by Dan O”Bannon, Rudy Ricci, John Russo, Russell StreinerStarring – Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews, Linnea Quigley & Don CalfaTagline:They’re Back From The Grave and…
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The Facts of Life – Seven Little Indians
Read more: The Facts of Life – Seven Little IndiansAbout two years ago, I ran a post about Childhood Nightmares. Included was a section on the Halloween episode of The Facts of Life. The episode was pretty creepy, with the girls afraid that Mrs. Garrett…
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RoboCop (remake (2014))
Read more: RoboCop (remake (2014))After the somewhat disappointing RoboCop 3 came out in 1993, I was pretty sure that I would never see RoboCop 4. The Prime Directive series on TV was cool and all but it just wasn’t…
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Robocop – Part Man, Part Machine, All Awesome
Read more: Robocop – Part Man, Part Machine, All AwesomeRoboCop1987Directed by Paul VerhoevenWritten by Michael Miner & Edward NeumeierStarring – Petter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox Tag Line:Part Man. Part Machine. All Cop. The Future of Law Enforcement.Alternate Titles:Ilektronika Jasusa (I got…
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Squirm – Death by Annelids
Read more: Squirm – Death by AnnelidsSquirm1976Directed by – Jeff LiebermanWritten by – Jerff LiebermanStarring – Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow & Peter Maclean Tag Lines: An avalanche of killer worms…..writhing across the land in a tidal wave of terror!This was…
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Black Books: The Grapes of Wrath – Dr Frankenstein Makes Some Wine
Read more: Black Books: The Grapes of Wrath – Dr Frankenstein Makes Some WineAs is most often the case for me, the shows that I love best are short lived. Whether it be the classic 80’s sci-fi cop show, Automan (1 Season, 13 Episodes), the awesome 90’s War…
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The Brady Bunch: Out of This World – Peter and Bobby Have a Close Encounter!
Read more: The Brady Bunch: Out of This World – Peter and Bobby Have a Close Encounter!Whoa….what the hell is going on here? The Brady Bunch on Midnight Cinephile? You bet! In particular the classic Season 5 episode, Out of This World in which Peter and Bobby see a UFO and…
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Tasmanian Devils – Winnie Cooper vs. Carnivorous Marsupials
Read more: Tasmanian Devils – Winnie Cooper vs. Carnivorous MarsupialsTasmanian Devils2013Director – Zach LipovskyWriter – Brook DurhamStarring – Danica McKellar, Kennith Mitchell, Apolo OhnoTag Line: The Hunt Has Begun Alternative Titles: None Hoo-boy. As you know, I have a weak spot for bad movies…
