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Welcome to the latest installment in our regular Movies You May Have Missed series here on Nerdly, in which I highlight some of, what I think, are the best movies that have flown under the radar of many or have been “forgotten” in the intervening years since its release. This time round its the horror film Midnight Movie, in particular the “Killer Cut” which was released years after the films original debut, fixing some of the issues the director had with them film.

Stars: Rebekah Brandes, Daniel Bonjour, Greg Cirulnick, Brea Grant, Mandell Maughan, Stan Ellsworth, Jon Briddell, Michael Swan, Michael Schwartz | Written by Jack Messitt, Mark Garbett | Directed by Jack Messitt

Official Synopsis:

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.

My Thoughts:

Originally released back in 2009, Midnight Movie...

Tagline: "Where fiction becomes a nightmare reality." Actor Robert Englund stars in Ben Samuels' horror thriller, Kantemir. This title has recently completed and the film has been shown at Cannes, this month. Active Entertainment is representing this mysterious title. And, a few story details are now available. Kantemir follows a group of actors. They are drawn to a stage production in New England, but events do not go as planned. The actors are forced into roles that none could have imagined and a world that plays with a nightmarish reality. The first poster for Kantemir is here. The graphic shows Englund's face with a foreboding home in the background. The poster has a very Gothic look. Fans of horror or of Englund can view a few early stills from the film, at director Ben Samuels' website, below. Director: Ben Samuels. Writers: Mark Garbett and Ralph Glenn Howard. Cast: Robert Englund,...

Midnight Movie: The Killer Cut

Stars: Rebekah Brandes, Daniel Bonjour, Greg Cirulnick, Brea Grant, Mandell Maughan, Stan Ellsworth, Jon Briddell, Michael Swan, Michael Schwartz | Written by Jack Messitt, Mark Garbett | Directed by Jack Messitt

Originally released back in 2009, Midnight Movie was a cult hit amongst horror fans, gaining praise for its cool killer and 80s slasher stylings. Jump forward to 2011 and Bigfoot Entertainment gave director Jack Messitt a chance to go back and revisit the film, producing the flick he originally wanted, with newly shot scenes, restored footage from the original shoot, new VFX and new score composed just for this iteration of the movie which was dubbed Midnight Movie: The Killer Cut.

Jump forward again to the beginning of this year and director Messitt dropped me an email asking if I’d like to take a look at the new cut of the film, and being a fan of...

Director Jack Messitt is re-releasing his film Midnight Movie, as Midnight Movie: Killer Cut. The original movie was reviewed here on 28Dla (Midnight Movie Review). Now, this latest version will host a series of extras, including: an audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a cast/crew featurette, in the DVD version. As well, Messitt will host special screenings of the film at the Majestic Crest Theater, in California (Fangoria), with the feature debuting extra scenes. The limited theatrical release begins May 5 and the special features on this latest DVD showing are below.

The short synopsis for Midnight Movie: Killer Cut is here:

"A midnight screening of a 1970s cult horror film becomes a bloodbath after the members of the audience see one of their friends butchered on the big screen, and quickly surmise that there's a madman in the theater who seeks to slaughter them all" (Fangoria).

Release Date:...

Jack Messitt's Midnight Movie is making it's debut on Blu-Ray today and to celebrate we've been provided with an exclusive clip from the movie. (One that the director cites as one of his favorite kills in the flick!) The Blu-Ray FX featurette shows this particular scene without the added electric bolts so you can really see the great make-up effects work executed by Lunar Effects. In Midnight Movie , 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. Directed by Messitt from a script co-written with Mark Garbett, Midnight Movie stars Daniel Bonjour, Michael Swan, Arthur Roberts, Dinora Walcott, Brea Grant, Rebekah Brandes, Ashley Black, Michael Schwartz, Kathryn Aagesen and...

Year: 2008

Directors: Jack Messitt

Writers: Jack Messitt & Mark Garbett

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: cyberhal

Rating: 7 out of 10

Nice one Jack, Midnight Movie was an unexpected treat and great entertainment. Part modern grindhouse and part supernatural deconstructionist tongue in cheek postmodernist thingy, think Arnie’s Last Action Hero but way more Slasher. I like films like this because in addition to being loads of fun, they also remind me how the media of film, television and internet have blurred fact and fiction to the point where many people can’t even tell the difference. These medias do that conjuring trick without even the help of the supernatural. Do we see our lives on screen or is it the other way around? But I digress.

Ted Radford, star of 1970s gore movies, has been locked up for murder in a psychiatric hospital for forty years. Rather unwisely, his psychiatrist decides...

Director Jack Messitt sent over a few new exclusive photos from his superior slasher movie Midnight Movie, to celebrate its DVD release tomorrow, January 6 by Peace Arch Entertainment. Check ’em out below the cut!

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Midnight Movie, which Messitt helmed from a script he wrote with Mark Garbett, is set in a small-town theater where a late-nate crowd is terrorized by a masked madman who emerges from the screen to slaughter them. See our review here and the film’s official website here, and pick up Fango #279, on sale now, for an article on Midnight Movie—and watch for...

Sometimes, all you need is a solid little low-budget horror film that isn’t desperately trying to break ground; it just delivers the goods with solid craft and a sense of what it’s doing. Among the countless slasher films coming out of the independent film scene these days, Midnight Movie stands out partially by not straining to outdo its contemporaries in the gore/torture department, or to emulate its forebears from the ’70s.

Indeed, the vintage film-within-the-film that causes all the trouble in Midnight Movie seems a bit erratically conceived. The square, black-and-white shooting style feels straight out of the ’60s, while the subject matter is directly inspired by the grisly drive-in fare of the following decade: A Scooby Doo-esque van full of youths breaks down in a rural area, with the kids seeking help at a nearby house where they’re slain one by one. This little opus,...

Bigfoot Entertainment has announced the details of the 10-city theatrical run of its new chiller Midnight Movie. It begins with an special opening-night event tonight in Minneapolis, Mn, and continues with bookings in nine other cities (some of them at midnight, natch) on Friday, November 7.

The specifics are as follows:

Friday, October 24 at 9:30 p.m.

Oak Street Theatre, Minneapolis, Mn; opening night costume event in which those dressed as a famous horror icon get in for free, followed by an afterparty starting at 11 p.m. at Stub & Herbs Bar (free drink with Midnight Movie ticket stub)

Friday, November 7

New York City: Village East Theatre (midnight)

Los Angeles, CA: Laemmle Sunset 5 (midnight)

San Diego, CA: Regal Horton Plaza

Dallas, TX: Angelika Film Center

Houston, TX: Angelika Film Center

Pittsburgh, Pa: Southside Film Works

Baltimore, MD: Charles Theatre (midnight)

Portland, Or: Cinema 21

Tempe, Az: Valley View Theatre (midnight)

There will be...

Hey! It’s Sam. Back here at the (now warmer) Fango offices.

Every couple of days, Tony will walk over to where I sit and ask me if I’d like to check out some stuff I haven’t seen. As rad as it is, it also reminds me of my super bad habit of letting movies I haven’t seen pile up on the desk in my room. So aside from me just ranting, this blog is also pushing me to actually get to these things instead of fall asleep watching True Blood, which I can’t figure out why I’m attempting to keep up with. I do the same thing with Entourage. They aren’t that good, but I watch it anyway; it’s so illogical, and slightly frustrating. Back to the point, the first DVD I popped in was called Midnight Movie, a (sorta) nice little slasher.