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After Midnight

Play trailer 1:37 Poster for After Midnight Released Feb 14, 2020 1h 23m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough, but for Hank, heartbreak couldn't have come at a worse time. There's also a monster trying to break through his front door every night.
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Part creature feature, part romance, After Midnight somehow manages to combine its disparate ingredients and come up with something special.

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Nick Allen RogerEbert.com The balance that After Midnight strikes between a two-hander and a monster story warrants a Valentine's Day weekend look, and maybe even a scary conversation. Rated: 3/4 Feb 11, 2021 Full Review Anton Bitel Little White Lies as Hank's different anniversary memories fall into place, building a mosaic-like picture of a long-term, loving relationship and its gradual breakdown,... the intrusive, ever-returning monster proves a multivalent symbol Jun 9, 2020 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety A jerry-rigged contraption of variably interesting, likable and skillful elements that only add up to one rather arbitrary goof. Feb 14, 2020 Full Review Nessa Cannon But Why Tho? A Geek Community In short, presenting After Midnight as a horror film is misleading – it will be much more enjoyable going in knowing that it will lean on a romantic drama storyline than expecting scares. Rated: 6/10 Jan 22, 2023 Full Review Cory Woodroof The Playlist You might not have heard of names like Garnder, Stella, Grant, Zebrowski, and Benson just yet, but have faith that their thoughtful, imaginative extraordinary mash-up movie will soon change that. Rated: A Feb 10, 2022 Full Review Witney Seibold Critically Acclaimed Podcast While it strains to fill its runtime, the pitch perfect ending makes up for everything. Sep 13, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Fred N The changes for the new season are all for the worse. More Taylor Tomlinson, more talking, less fun and games with the guests. I don't need another late night monologue and more inane conversation. Not all the bits are going to hit, so keep them short and simple and focused on the guests and social media. An advantage of not watching live is I can skip the stuff that is slowly going nowhere. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/11/24 Full Review Magic F This movie was so close to good, but ultimately failed at even being decent. The idea was good, the story was interesting, the acting/casting was perfect. But somehow it failed at being a compelling drama and being horror. --- Nearly half of it seemed like it was silent flashbacks to their beautiful, budding relationship. One or two makes sense, but there were so many I started fast forwarding by 5secs to skip through. --- The reveal of her mysterious disappearance was dull, and took entirely too long for a dull conversation. It should have been an interesting look at human connection, and what it means to both want more and want what you have. It was a boring look at human boredom. --- His interactions with his friends were entertaining, and the last five minutes were hilarious. If they used more comedy to drive the point of the drama it would've been fantastic. Instead of was serious drama juxtaposed to silly horror. --- Would not recommend, unless you want to just watch the last five minutes. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/24 Full Review Jeff P Much like his other film, The Battery, writer/director Jeremy Gardner makes a monster movie where the monster is a backdrop to a more compelling tale of the human condition. Most diehard horror fans will turn their nose up at this, but that's their loss. Id give this film 3 stars for the cinematography alone. i love how an indie filmmaker can capture all these visually beautiful scenes in the dark, while major motion pictures struggle with simple visibility in dark scenes. All in all, After Midnight is a home run for me. The story, the characters, the dialogue, the cinematography, the score, all wonderfully done. This film is a great example of when a bunch of people get together to make a good movie and they really care about their work and craft. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/09/24 Full Review Siamak M I'm going to give my spoiler early: THE ALIEN IS REAL !! My 3 stars go for Gardner's respectful handling of drama and Zebrowski's smooth navigation of occasional comed while in my opinion Brea Grant could have smiled a fair bit less during the back and forth telling of Gardner's recollections, in this otherwise strange montage of a long term love story/alien movie. The progression can be frustrating for some and I had to struggle stretching the narrative to aliens...or was it stretching the aliens to the love story? All an all not a bad chick flix with an alien angle. You are just left on your own to make the connection....qand oh...did I say THE ALIEN IS REAL? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/23/24 Full Review juan c It start good and suspenseful, but the last 30 minutes is super boring, and the ending sucks and will anger horror fans. If you're a hardcore horror fan, don't watch this movie because you will feel robbed. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/29/23 Full Review Andrew Joe D This movie is just bad. The acting is awful and the characters suck. If you don't smoke weed watching this, it is so boring you kinda nod off. Just bad! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough, but for Hank, heartbreak couldn't have come at a worse time. There's also a monster trying to break through his front door every night.
Director
Christian Stella
Producer
Justin Benson, Arvind Harinath, Aaron Moorhead
Screenwriter
Jeremy Gardner
Distributor
Self Distributed
Production Co
Rustic Films, Kavya Films
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 14, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 7, 2020
Runtime
1h 23m
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