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The Midnight Man

2017 · 88 min

A tense, darkly comic cabin-in-the-woods thriller that mixes marital strife with slasher scares.

Directed by
Aitor Uribarri
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Starring
Ken Foree, Wendie Weldon, Tony D. Czech
Tagline
Nothing good happens after midnight.
Overview
Hoping to fix their dysfunctional marriage, a couple travels to an isolated mountain cabin to work out their problems - but the one problem they didn't anticipate is the maniac trying to kill them.

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Directed by
Aitor Uribarri
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Starring
Ken Foree, Wendie Weldon, Tony D. Czech
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • violence
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
horror, comedy
Directed by
Aitor Uribarri
Written by
Kamal Moo
Starring
Ken Foree, Wendie Weldon, Tony D. Czech, Stephen Walter, Maegan Moo, Tommy Day Carey, Keith Biondi
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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