Midnight Mass

I rent this movie in DVD fullscreen format, I don't remember a vampire movie so bad it looks like a super-8 movie it has it all bad acting,bad lines bad filming Please save your money and dont rent it.

Have your life long dream always been to become a film maker? Have you ever gotten depressed thinking that you are just not good enough and that your dream will never come true? I have found the cure for that depression! Watch Midnight Mass! When you do you will discover that no matter how bad a movie is, it can still get released! I really wanted to get some enjoyment from Midnight Mass. It is based on a short novel by F. Paul Wilson, author of The Tomb (one of the greatest horror novels of all time, which launched an incredible character named Repairman Jack). But after a few minutes, it became obvious that this is one of the worst acted, directed, photographed, and edited films in the history of cinema. I have sat through some bad horror movies in my life, Darkwolf, House of 1000 Corpses, and Queen of the Damned are some recent examples, but this one puts them all to shame. Mr. Wilson himself has a cameo in the opening sequence of the film, and he can proudly say he delivers the best performance. If watching movies full of pointless nudity, bad splashing blood effects, and really silly goth characters act sinister is your cup of tea, then you may think Midnight Mass is right up your alley....but you are still in for a disappointment as most the time the camera work and sound are so bad that it is impossible to figure out what is going on even if you have managed to stay awake. Avoid this at all costs!

Being from New Jersey, I rented this film after reading about it in Fangoria magazine and about how it was filmed locally. I am also a fan of horror movies, and I generally like to check out anything new I can find. This one was pretty entertaining to watch, and the special effects were well done (and very gruesome, just how I like them). The intro was powerful, and some of the shots throughout the film were visually stunning. However, this film would have benefitted from using more vampires (...and more bloody f/x). Standout performances were the two priests, Father Cahill (played by Doug Gibson), and the convincingly demented Father Palmieri (Marvin Schwartz). For a first time director, I would say this was a valiant effort. Worth checking out if you like horror and can appreciate independant films.

Seeing vampire movies is a hobby of mine. This is the /worst/ vampire movie I've watched, ever. In fact, it's probably the worst movie I've ever watched, period. It has all the traits of a bad vampire movie: cheap sets, bad special effects, and horrible acting, but somehow it became worse than the sum of its parts.

The 'intro' sequence was great. I got totally excited by it, and maybe that contributed to my total let down over the rest of the movie. The script is so awful, my words can't do it justice. The 'score' does nothing but exacerbate the poor dialogue. The acting is of the worst caliber. I could go on and on about how bad this film is, but why bother.

Rock-bottom rotten. A promising premise (reminiscent of stories in "Under the Fang") and a somewhat creative opening few minutes -- tracking a vampire apocalypse from the point-of-view of TV news clips -- are red herrings in this presumably straight-to-video release.

Wherever the dividing line is between "low-budget" and "indie", this movie is well on the losing side. The acting is entirely amateur and ranges from the sub-par (for example, the goth youth collaborators) to the merely dull (alcoholic hero Father Joe) to the whopping ludicrous (Marvin Schwartz as a Catholic priest-turned-vampire). The direction as such is incomprehensible. A dreadful, rambling script is partially credited to horror author F. Paul Wilson, who also briefly appears.

Don't be misled by the colorful video box! This trash is impossible to watch in its entirety, and not worth the wear on your DVD player.