"Midnighters" Trailer Review

If you enjoy a good horror film, especially psychological horror films, then you’re in luck. A new film, released at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 19, looks to be a startling and unsettling new addition to the horror genre, full of twists and terrors that are to disturb even seasoned movie goers.

Directed by Julius Ramsay (The Walking Dead, Scream, & Alias) and written and produced by Alston Ramsay, the film’s plot centers around Jeff (Dylan McTee, Sweet/Vicious) and Lindsay Pittman (Alex Essoe, The Neighbour & Starry Eyes) on New Year’s Eve; they are struggling and their marriage is strained, but they promise to work on things. As they drive home from a party that night, Jeff hits an unknown man, killing him.

Rather than report it to the police, the couple drives home with the body and hides it in their garage; upon checking his wallet for ID, they find their address in it, suggesting he had been heading to their house for sinister reasons. Now, the couple must trust in one another as they hide their secret from Lindsay’s own sister Hannah (Perla Haney-Jardine, Steve Jobs, Kill Bill Vol. 2, & Spiderman 3), the police, and the threatening detective who seems to know all about them (Ward Horton, Annabelle).

The films trailer is laid out in such a way that you get a good sense of the film’s plot without major spoilers. I found myself wondering who the mysterious detective who was threatening and confronting Lindsay was, why her sister seemed mentally unstable and they had to keep her quiet, why the man was headed to their home in the first place?

The acting in this film also seems very well done, as Ward Horton’s portrayal of the menacing detective left me feeling uneasy and immediately disliking of him, Dylan McTee left me feeling uncertain about Jeff, and Alex Essoe and Perla Haney-Jardine’s characters made me want to understand and see more of them in the film, as they both seemed like strong female leads in this film.

The film has not been released in theatres as of yet, but has been featured in a number of film festivals this year, so it may be a theatre release at a later date. Reviews of the film so far are relatively positive, but we can only judge for ourselves upon seeing it.