Midnight Devils

I can say with a fair amount of confidence that this is in the top ten worst movies I have ever seen in my life. I've seen a few others with the name ITN in front of it and they tend to fall in the middle but this is a disgrace to movies everywhere.

Bad acting. Bad writing if they even had a script. Bad effects. Bad music. It looks bad. Anything else I forgot to mention? If I did then just trust me. It's bad.

There is a differance between amateur and independent. This is the former.

Let's begin with the fact that Michael Berryman is only in the movie for 2 minutes. For that reason, I feel lied to and cheated. But let's move on. Other than Berrymore, the only decent acting is done by a 7-year-old girl; eveyone else is horrible.

The writers/directors of this film should not be allowed to own a camera, as by the sound quality they are not alloed to own a mic. I honestly believe with all of my being, that said writers/directors want to be stars and the only way they can accomplish this with their poor(being kind) acting skills is if they make their own movie. And so they did. Sorta. Can this legally be called a movie?

The other "actors" are nearly as bad and here is why. This was one of those indie movies where you can pay a certain amount and get a role. My guess is that everyone paid to be in the movie as there is no acting skills whatsoever. Really, I could pick up a homeless man and a crackhead and have better actors.

The writing was credited to Abel Berry and Jennifer Stone. In actuality, Stone and Berry got high and left the script open on their laptop; their cat crawled across the keyboard. Berry and Stone awoke the next morning, read what was written, and thought, "Damn, we need to get high and write more often. This is bank."

I'll leave with this; at 31 minutes in, the "gangsters" attack a house. They attack at night, no arguing that. Inside, as can clearly be seen by the bright sunlight through the window, it is day. Amateur, not independent.

Clearly a passion project made by folks who love the genre. The love and craftsmanship shows, despite some of the equipment and/or sound limitations ... but in terms of the production value and - holy hell - the makeup and costuming, this is actually good stuff. Looking forward to what else this crew puts together. Midnight Devils should of had more confidence in its story instead of relying on a few visuals that quickly became overused (i.e. The Wendigo). I did find the storage unit strip club to be an incredibly interesting location visually / conceptually.

The real problem with MD was its audio issues, they simply make the film impossible to become immersed in. The best example of this comes from the accidental death of a hostage. Our large enforcer accidentally switches on a leaf trimmer (off camera), which is fine, except an audio que would have saved the audience from asking, "What the hell just happened". Although that confusion was probably intended, just not thought through.

HEY EVERYBODY ITS ME, (4) and today we review ..... midnight lesbians meets demon guy ... the movie !!!!

Okay i have a lot to say about this one .. #1 i love mr. Berryman that guys great ..... this film seems to have rented him for a day and ran with it ........

#2 ...the demon/"wendigo" in this is actually REALLY good looking ...call me impressed ....

okay now that the good stuffs out of the way LOL

the editing is SO ...rough .... the film is VERY disjointed .... at times your not sure what is happening ... at a point a cop get "killed" and what it seems to be dragged into the forest , then it cuts to some lesbians in the forest .....then a bit later the cops running in the forest stops and THEN gets killed even though pretty sure we already saw that ???? But the way the editing runs its harder to keep up with than my viagra - its VERY hard to keep up with half the scenes as its plays more like an attempt to be edited like "action" is going on the whole way though , and that leaves you in this almost .... wha? State trying to keep track ....jump cut to jump cut ... CALM DOWN !!!!!!!!! Let the scenes breath ....let us watching it breath .....

the acting is as expected ...

the story ? .....well .. im not entirely SURE WHAT I JUST WATCHED !!!!!!!!!! I mean ..... at times im like .... its a gangster getting their money back story ... then its a serial killer kind thing maybe ...nope ... some hiding out lesbians ... wait ... more gangsters .... but now a gun fight ... AND demon .... and zombies ? .... WITH LESBIANS ?!??!!? Add a twist of lime and you got a solid saturday night at the bar ....... again with the editing being that of a drunk child not taking their adhd meds ... its kind of hard to REALLY say for sure ... but the basics are there ... just not alot of anything inside of the shell ... and the shell is kind of looks like a project the same drunk kid might have made it in his special class .....then sat on the project coming home ... a for effort ? I guess ?

Sound wise ..... ITS CALLED SOUND CONTROL !!!!!!!.... leveling ... mastering ... making voices level with the OVERLY LOUD MUSIC !!!!!!!! Sorry .. see in indie film world ... this is what makes or breaks .... you can forgive bad acting ...or bad looking quality .. but sound .... no one wants to have to sit and wait and guess when they have to turn down the volume like they are 13 years old again trying to not get caught on that "special" channel late at night ....

at 14 minutes = should have been the trailer, and nothing else would have ever been needed .....

AND the lesbians in the closet ...i mean sound stage .. I MEAN "woods" .... seems to be there only for fan service ..... good job .... lol BUT too bad for us ...as usual ...its cut for youtube rules etc .... ugh ....

finally .... the one liner out of no where??? ... "say cheese mother ******" .... i mean ... the whole time it hasnt been one of those kinds of movies ...then suddenly ...a one liner ? ... why ? ... because shes now a hero type or something ? ... that doesnt require one liners to be the hero ...and the odd stalling right before it ... sheesh ...that pause too so long i had time to go watch another movie and review it THEN come back just in time for them to continue ...and about pauses .......... the ending ....

honestly over all it wasnt too terrible ......but that editing !!!!!!!!! If i had the time i would probably reedit this just for fun and to see .... but NOPE .... lol....

4/10.

This was such a good horror indie movie. Packed with suspense, action and corrupt characters. How could you not like it? Abel Berry and Jennifer Stone from Stoneberry Films made a good witch/wendigo movie. The real problem with Midnight Devils was its audio issues, they simply make the film impossible to become immersed in. The best example of this comes from the accidental death of a hostage. Our large enforcer accidentally switches on a leaf trimmer (off camera), which is fine, except an audio que would have saved the audience from asking, "What the hell just happened". Although that confusion was probably intended, just not thought through.