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Midnight Movie Massacre

Midnight Movie Massacre

1988Movie⏱️ 1h 25m
ComedyHorrorSci-Fi
3.1
IMDB Rating
286 votes

A Martian begins to attack the patrons and staff of a movie theater during the 1950's as a low budget science fiction film plays on the screen.

Director
N/A
Writers
Roger Branit, John Chadwell, David Houston
Stars
Robert Clarke, Ann Robinson, David Staffer
Release Date
May 14, 1988
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Robert Clarke
Robert Clarke
as Col Carlyle
Ann Robinson
Ann Robinson
as Dr. Sylvia Van Buren
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David Staffer
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Tom Hutsler
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Margi Robbins
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Mary Stevens
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Duke Howze
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Andrew Goodman
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Lori Davis
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Tamara Sue Hill

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Ultra Stereo
Color
Black and White
Production
Wade Williams Productions

🏷️ Keywords

satire comedyparody comedymartian1950smovie theater

🎯 Categories

ParodySatireComedyHorrorSci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

A poor '50s pastiche
by lor_2023-04-29

"My review was written in May 1988 after a Cannes Film Festival Market screening. The potential of a knowing homage to '50 sci-fi is wasted in "Midnight Movie Massacre", a poorly scripted pastiche film. Even midnight bookings will be hard to come by for this one, which bears a 1986 copyright. Pic actually is two films (often at odds) in one: the gory horror story of folks at the Granada Theater in 1956 being killed by a yucky, tentacled monster, and the movie serial "Space Patrol" (inspired by the actua tv series) that' playing there. An immediate problem in tone..."

💡 Did You Know?

Filmed in 1984, not released until 1988.

📖 Synopsis

A Martian begins to attack the patrons and staff of a movie theater during the 1950's as a low budget science fiction film plays on the screen.