A small town is terrorized by a homicidal maniac known as The Creeper.A small town is terrorized by a homicidal maniac known as The Creeper.A small town is terrorized by a homicidal maniac known as The Creeper.
James F. Moore
- Chief Cooper
- (as James Moore)
Sandy Schimmel
- Jan Cooper
- (as Sandy Schemmel)
Tony Medeiros
- Chuck McCalister
- (as Anthony Medeiros)
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Chief Cooper: Damn bird.
Chief Cooper: Well, it scared the hell out of me.
Brock Johnson: You betta watch out for those pigeons as they be pretty tough customers.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Forsaken (2001)
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Inept amateur movie
My review was written in February 1988 after watching the movie on Prism video cassette.
"The Dark Side of Midnight" is another amateur production released by Troma, the N. Y.-based distributor yet to upgrade its product. Pic bears a 1984 copyright and was released briefly to theaters in 1986 ahead of current home video availability.
Wes Olsen performs virtually all credits here in a relentlessly dull attempt at a "thriller" about a slasher preying on folks in Fort Smith, Arkansas (where the pic was lensed). He's called in as a specialist private eye when local police are baffled by the murderer called "The Creeper".
Nominal lot has the local mayor (Dave Bowling) obstructing the course of James Moore's investigation in order to further his own scheme to sell some local land to developers planning to build a university in Fort Smith.
The acting is extremely stiff and amateurish, and action scenes are kept to a minimum. With violence off camera, no sex and no nudity, pic has nothing to offer to the exploitation market. On any other level, it is inept. Casting the tall killer to look a lot like cop James Moore doesn't pay off, it's just a mistake. Lack of an ending is another problem.
"The Dark Side of Midnight" is another amateur production released by Troma, the N. Y.-based distributor yet to upgrade its product. Pic bears a 1984 copyright and was released briefly to theaters in 1986 ahead of current home video availability.
Wes Olsen performs virtually all credits here in a relentlessly dull attempt at a "thriller" about a slasher preying on folks in Fort Smith, Arkansas (where the pic was lensed). He's called in as a specialist private eye when local police are baffled by the murderer called "The Creeper".
Nominal lot has the local mayor (Dave Bowling) obstructing the course of James Moore's investigation in order to further his own scheme to sell some local land to developers planning to build a university in Fort Smith.
The acting is extremely stiff and amateurish, and action scenes are kept to a minimum. With violence off camera, no sex and no nudity, pic has nothing to offer to the exploitation market. On any other level, it is inept. Casting the tall killer to look a lot like cop James Moore doesn't pay off, it's just a mistake. Lack of an ending is another problem.
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- Apr 23, 2023
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By what name was The Dark Side of Midnight (1986) officially released in Canada in English?
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