The Midnight Man (2018)
A girl and her friends find a game in the attic that summons a creature known as The Midnight Man, who uses their worst fears against them.
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Surprisingly incoherent and boring
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
A Disappointing Continuation
Just like Queen of spades. Psychological depth, monster esthetics, violence and terror all within the requirements for a good flick. Worth watching.
Alex Luster (Gabrielle Haugh) cares for her maternal grandmother Anna Luster (Lin Shaye). Not sure how those surnames worked out. She discovers the Midnight Man game in the attic and plays it with a friend while folks drop in after midnight. The Midnight Man is a pagan demon, who like slugs, don't like salt. Robert Englund cameo is the sell point. This film is fair, but not as good as the original Irish version which is included in the DVD. Lin Shaye was good. You can keep the rest. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. English and Spanish subtitles.
The trailer made me watch this film but oh boy I was wrong. Skip this one!
I was looking for another film with the same title. Little did I know there were other films with the same title in 2016, 2017 and 2018. I should have stopped watching as soon as I saw Robert Englund. But the opening scene with the three children was quite good that I continued to watch. The film's atmosphere and location setting were very good. I really liked the home and thought it would have made an excellent setting for a more serious horror film. This film had Lin Shaye, the Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier of the Insidious trilogy. During the first ten minutes I thought this film was going to be good, but oh-oh ho ho, how wrong I was. What a deceptive movie this was. It seemed like a prank to the serious horror and suspense movie buff. The screenplay was so awful, it was laughable. If you have seen the Geico Insurance commercial where they make fun of characters making awful decisions in horror films; the one where the killer with the hockey mask and chainsaw shakes his head in disbelief of how easy the characters make his job of killing them? Then you will get an idea of what you are in for when you play this movie. If they could condense this film to a few minutes, it would have made a good Halloween SNL skit. I was seriously disappointed that Lin Shaye would make such an awful film. But if you are looking for a comedy and not a serious horror film, this one might satisfy. I had watched two serious European horror films before this one so my expectations were a little high. Watching this film felt like falling off the Empire State Building observation deck. Me? It had me cringing more often than laughing. A supernatural killer that cheats at his own games? Come On....Leave that kind of comedy for Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2. Even at comedy, it is a poor attempt at only a few small laughs and lots mind-numbing character dialog.Btw, Anyone who gives this film a 10 out of 10 is obviously a friend of the filmmaker and they aren't doing them any favors. People get upset when they are lured into watching a film based on false reviews. I'm giving it a 1 out of 10.