MrUFOman
The Dark Side of Midnight,I thought was great.Don't get me wrong it's not scary or gory but I still think it's great.I love low and no budget films where creativity is nonessential and there are no polished results.Wes Olsen was awesome as the non charismatic detective Brock Johnson,I think this movie was the basis for CSI,as Brock was so scientific in his detecting and his dialogue recitation.The way he walks,talks and runs away from danger.And the ending is priceless!!The Police Chief was great too,although he seemed to swallow a bit of the dialogue in each of his scenes.The Lt. was awesome too,wasn't he the singer in jefferson starship?The Mayor,what a great mustache!!but then again even I had a mustache in 1984,please see this film,you wont regret it....too much,aj
drhackenstine
I don't know why I watch these things. I go to work tired and hung-over often, just because I make myself stay up until the early hours of morning to sit through these awful, awful movies. I must like them, otherwise I wouldn't do this to myself. I read a review from one of you fine people on here describing the beginning of the movie. The review said the girl in the beginning was walked to her front door by her boyfriend, and then he left. When he came back in the morning, he found her dead with her face mutilated. I just bought this movie on DVD from Troma, and those scenes were not in the movie. There was also no violence, profanity, nudity, gore, nothing. The closest thing to gore was a little kid with a slit neck but the wound looked like smeared spaghetti. Besides feeling cheated by the version I viewed, I didn't mind watching this. The lack of violence and special effects weakened things a bit, but for the most part the movie moves at a steady clip, with a lot of bad acting and goofy editing to make this a descent "bad-good movie". Watch out for the toupee's and the guy who gets stuck in his turtle-neck. Not to mention the stupid mayor who acts like he just got caught with his hand in the cookie jar through the whole movie. I would like to know why I missed out on some footage with the version I bought. Watch it if you want to watch something stupid. Two stars.
HumanoidOfFlesh
Wes Olsen's "The Dark Side of Midnight" is a pure garbage that can be pretty amusing,if you're in the right mood.The police in a small town of Fort Smith have one confrontation after another with an evil and vicious killer called The Creeper.This film is so boring and lifeless that you'll need some fresh air after watching it.The acting is hideous and the gore is awful.And yes,the cops here are incredibly dumb and provide some laughs.Check it out,if you enjoy Troma films.However if you're a casual horror fan avoid this mindless junk like the plague.
The Creeper
The Dark Side of Midnight is one of my Favorite Horror movies from the 80's. Very Creepy with very good plot and Acting. The Movie tells a very Good Story: A Detective trying to Stop a Killer known as The Creeper (Guess how I got my name). I must tell you that this Movie is NOT scary; and it Doesn't intend to be. Yes, it is a Horror Movie, but more of a "Silence of the Lambs" type of Horror.I would like to think that Any horror fan would enjoy and love this Film. I highly recommend that you see it.My Rating: 10 out of 10People who liked this movie might like: Puppet Master, Nightmare on elm street, Halloween, and Night of the living dead.
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