Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill)

Dead by Midnight is a public access TV channel presented by a female goth host, who introduces four stories of the macabre, complete with ghoulish commercial breaks.

This is one of those horror anthologies where each segment is helmed by a different director. Different directors, but a similar lack of talent, all four stories being utterly atrocious.

First up is Hellevangelist, directed by Hannah Fierman, in which an old woman with a grudge pays a visit to a TV evangelist. The cheap production values, lame acting and bad storytelling set the standard for the rest of the film.

Story number two, Jasper (directed by Torey Haas), involves an animator coming face to face with the murderous cartoon cat created by her father. Holy cow, this one is bad! The CGI effects for the killer kitty are awful (as is the character design) - if you don't have the budget or the technical know-how to do the idea justice, just don't do it!

Anissa Matlock's Clean UR Room sees a teenage slob being stalked by his dirty washing; it's every bit as crap as it sounds.

The penultimate story is Heroes of Time, in which a group of nerds playing an online, virtual-reality, fantasy RPG become trapped in the game and are attacked by a big smurf. Naff visual effects and terrible performances make this a stinker of epic proportions.

The final tale is Gut Cruncher, directed by Jay Holloway: three high school wimps are given a chance to pass gym class - all they have to do is survive six minutes in the ring with demon wrestler Gut Cruncher. It's played for laughs; it didn't get any from me.

The tongue-in-cheek commercial breaks are plain embarrassing.

Horror icons Kane Hodder and Linnea Quigley take time out from their hectic convention schedules to lend the film some 'star power'.

1/10.

It's pretty lazy. The writing is mediocre. They cliche'd the tropes. The jokes are stale and stolen from YouTube. I was honestly surprised to find out it wasn't a Netflix movie. Exposition by way of poor dialogue. Inane "plot" lines. It's go Kane Hodder in it with a speaking role, make of that what you will.

Overall it feels like people pretending to ironically like horror schlock while actually trying (but failing) to make a good movie. They borrowed pretty much everything and did it so poorly. But the images look good, but technology shouldn't be mistaken for talent. ........................................................................................................................................................................................remove the 600 char or I'll sign you up for Bag'o D.

I enjoyed this more than I thought with the reviews , if you keep in the mind set that they know it's a b-horror comedy then it's great. The best parts are the mini commercials as they're hilarious and Kane Hodder is golden.

I recently watched Dead by Midnight (2022) on Tubi. This modernized horror anthology blends comedy, horror, gore, and iconic horror superstars, offering a mix of storylines, commercials, and other random, fun content.

Crafted by numerous horror directors known for their expertise in short films, the cast includes Kane Hodder (Hatchet), Bill Moseley (House of 1,000 Corpses), Hannah Fierman (V/H/S), Hannah Alline (The Hunt), and Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead).

This movie is quite erratic. Similar to most horror anthologies, the content varies, but in this case, it oscillates between being bad and really bad. I enjoyed the commercials featuring Kane Hodder the most. While the dialogue is hilarious at times, the use of CGI gore and blood in some segments falls flat. There are standout moments, like the humorous "bag of dicks" commercial and some well-executed gore and surgery scenes that deserved a 10/10. On the flip side, there are segments that rate a dismal 1/10 and are painfully bad.

In conclusion, Dead by Midnight is a below-average horror anthology primarily catering to diehard horror enthusiasts. I'd give it a 4/10 and suggest considering other options.

I heard about this from a personal friend of mine who is actually in this film. It's not too often these days where we have a film about a host that shows different stories to us, especially the sub genre of Horror Comedy itself I feel being uncommon these days. There are several stories and they are each about 10 minutes or so. Some are hilarious, bloody, bizarre, disgusting, surreal and flat out weird. The creativity, the mix of some Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, it's use of incredible 80s nostalgic practical effects, crude humor, comedic writing and monsters is enough for Dead By Midnight Y2Kill to keep you quite entertained!