Midnight Movie

An original, tense, bloody and fun slasher with an intense, proper B-movie flavour, the kind we haven’t seen in a long time. Really, this film was a very pleasant surprise, especially given the current rating in IMDB (3.6). I expected something ugly, but what I got instead is a film that’s more than just solid, one clearly created by horror fans (and made for them, too). I loved the beautiful murders (especially the “two with one hit” one :-D), the diversity of the characters and, above all (considering the circumstances), their rational behaviour. This is the kind of slasher that makes you forget questions like “Why don’t they try this? Why don’t they do that?”, because this time the characters do try out most of the clever ideas. Another good thing is the villain. With a bit of care, this killer could become a pretty popular horror icon (it looks nice enough, has a typical gait and an interesting origin), especially if in the sequel (for which the film casually leaves the back door open) he can get properly unleashed and, well… crawl out of the screen. It’s clear that rookie director Jack Messitt has made me very happy with his debut, and I will look forward to his future projects. (22.12.2008)