Movie

At the Midnight Hour

1995 · 87 min

A slow-burning, atmospheric TV mystery that keeps you guessing with its eerie country-house setting and simmering family secrets.

Overview: Wealthy widower Richard Keaton engages young widow Elizabeth 'Liz' Guinness as the 4th consecutive nanny for his pre-teen, equally science-devoted son Andrew, with instructions to disturb neither. She learns of mother Alycia's fatal fall, an official suicide but was probably murder. Dad keeps Andy at a distance, so he draws towards Liz. Real danger starts when Richard's brother, novelist Blain, arrives with his friend Jillian, to sell the ancestral estate against Richard's will.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, melancholic and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, family, grief, deception
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
family
grief
deception
isolation
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild