Midnight Devils

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.

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.

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.

I am finding it difficult to even be able to find the words to describe how incredibly awful this movie is. If I could find even one positive thing that could maybe just maybe inspire me to put it at a 2 then I would but this movie has nothing. The acting is below a 101 class, cheap would be a polite way to describe the look and feel and the script, if there was a script, feels like it was put together by cutting random letters out of a magazine and pasting them on paper until they formed something that made even a little bit of sense. In fact that actually may have made this movie better.

I was excited to see Michael Berryman in the movie but he is featured for just maybe five minutes so unfortunately he wasn't able to save it. If you are considering watching this movie I encourage you to reconsider beforehand and maybe consider the possibility of doing anything else at all. If you can't think of something better to do then maybe reconsider your life.