The Beast Comes at Midnight

In a small, rural town, a teenage livestreamer who feels like an outsider stumbles upon a chilling revelation: a werewolf is stalking one of the town's popular kids. Realizing the gravity of the situation, he understands that he cannot face this supernatural threat alone. To combat the lurking danger, he reluctantly seeks the assistance of four well-known peers, each with their own unique strengths and personalities. As they navigate the complexities of their social dynamics, the group must learn to work together, overcoming their differences to confront the menace that threatens their community.

The Beast Comes at Midnight is designed with a family-friendly ethos, deliberately avoiding explicit violence and graphic imagery. Instead, the film employs a more nuanced approach to storytelling, allowing the more harrowing moments to unfold off-screen. This technique invites viewers to engage their imaginations, fostering a sense of suspense without resorting to shock tactics. Such a choice not only enhances the film's accessibility to a broader audience but also underscores significant themes such as friendship, courage, and the vital role of unity when confronting challenges. As the characters unite in their common quest, they come to realize that true strength is derived not solely from individual talents but from the bonds they create with one another.

The cinematography in the film is particularly noteworthy, capturing the essence of the narrative with striking visuals that complement the story's emotional depth. The ensemble cast delivers commendable performances, showcasing a remarkable chemistry that elevates the film's overall impact. The creative team behind this production is making significant contributions to the industry, reviving classic horror elements while infusing them with a contemporary sensibility. This refreshing take on the family-horror genre resonates deeply, and I find this indie film deserving of a solid rating of 7 out of 10 for its engaging storytelling and artistic execution.

Trying to work on a new story, a teen working on a special series of broadcasts on the events in his town stumbles upon a series of mysterious disappearances that seem to be caused by a vicious creature hunting the town, and when he and his friends discover it's a vicious werewolf set out to stop the creature.

This was a likable and enjoyable kid-friendly genre effort. Among the brighter aspects here is the film's incredibly fun storyline that provides the proper context and motivation for what's going on around him and still retains the same kind of low-key atmosphere at its core. With the kids being the main focus and feature in the film the most, the idea of treating them with the treatment it presents to them where the interactions around the town or the building romance angle that comes into play show off a lighthearted approach to things that keep this one fairly well-grounded in this kid-friendly mindset through their interests and comedic touches even though the need for the continuing creature attacks are still present. The ability to wrap these factors together into a workable and rather likable setup as the brotherhood that builds between everyone to stop the creature following this starting point. This comes together quite well into the strong finale where it brings about some great action and confrontations while still keeping the family-friendly tone to it. Realizing what's going on and firmly aware of its purpose, the series of confrontations throughout the town leading it back to the carnival display that was established early on which is all highly enjoyable, this offers quite a lot to like. The strong pace, suspenseful stalking throughout the facility with some tense moments featured here, and a nice bit of bonding that occurs between the group which is carried over nicely into the post-credits sequence, this has some fantastic aspects on display which goes along with the appropriately cheesy and silly practical werewolf effects which are perfectly in tone for the type of film this is. It all comes together here for quite a lot to like about it. There isn't much wrong here as the few flaws don't hold it back all that much. The main feature here is that for all the fine build-up it does into bringing the two of them together as a couple, the idea of jumping into the chase for the werewolf is a bit rushed and doesn't come off that well. While it starts off showing that they can bond over his weird hobbies and interests mainly detailing the strange and odd, the jump to werewolf is a major one and it's brushed aside so quickly that there's not a logical build-up to the incident that makes it feel like a natural part of their time together. It's much the same with the incident at the donut shop where she gets assaulted by the homeless man which is supposedly enough to slightly traumatize her after the fact but is never brought up or mentioned again when they meet moments later. As well, while not a truly genuine flaw this one still deals with the kid-friendly mindset in terms of its gore and bloodshed as none of this is visible even in the aftermath of attack scenes so it can come off like a bit of a cheat in places but is otherwise quite fun overall.

Rated Unrated/PG: Violence and Mild Language.

I watched this when it came on streaming and enjoyed it quite a bit. A small, independent film out of Florida, it features Eric Roberts and Michael Pare in roles that support an entertaining and likable cast. It's about a werewolf that comes to town, and the nerdy teen who has to figure out how to stop it. Like all good monster movies, they save the reveal of the fully transformed werewolf for the end. The lighting and camerawork were all top notch, evoking just the right mood and tension. This is not a film by a major studio, but I would definitely say give it a try. It looks like was fun to make, and that comes across as an entertaining film to watch.

The Beast comes at midnight.: 8 out of 10

I went to the premiere of an independent movie called The Beast comes at midnight.

Right off the bat, I was pleasantly surprised. When it comes to Independent films, you know they don't have multi-million dollar budgets. And in a lot of cases the film suffers for it. But then you come across certain individuals that know how to do great things with less. This film had some great cinematography. It showcases some beautiful landscapes of Florida. The actors had great chemistry with one another.

There was a lot of sarcastic humor. Now anybody that knows me knows I am a very sarcastic person.. Lol. I found myself laughing almost through the whole movie. The script was well written. They brought out a very interesting take to the old classic werewolf, showing a different way and how the werewolf gains his power. A lot of the actors of course are unknowns but they did a great job. Once again the chemistry between the actors was great. Then you get to see a few known actors.

Like Eric Roberts. Who has been in numerous movies, such as my favorite. Best of the best. Where he plays a martial artist named Alex Grady. You also had Michael Pere who's also been in a lot of movies but best known for playing the character of Eddie Wilson in the Eddie and the cruisers movies. Then you had the big man himself former WWE Superstar Gene Snitsky. And although his part in this movie is brief, it felt like it was definitely necessary for the storyline. Gene plays a great lunatic. LOL.

If you get a chance to see the film, you should definitely go check it out. Especially if you like the old classic horror movies growing up. Like I did. I think you'd really enjoy this movie.

This was a pretty good family friendly movie with a ton of funny one liners. The music fit the mood of the movie so well for just about every scene. The first half or so of the movie seemed pretty creepy and almost forgot it was a kid friendly movie. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I loved seeing Eric Roberts and Michael Pare. They played both of their roles so well as did everyone else. The ending was so awesome and looks like they set it up to have a sequel. I sure hope so because I don't want to be left hanging at the end like that. It could go in so many directions and the possibilities are almost endless for a sequel to this movie.