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Midnight Matinee Psycho

USA 2011
produced by
Derek Young, Steve Cole for Bitchin House Blues Productions, YoungProductions36
directed by Derek Young
starring John Rutland, Randi Nelle, Greg Wait, Derek Young, Jimmy Steele, Steve Cole, Greg Russell Tiderington, Mickey Collins, John Birmingham, John R.Price II, Michael Wyatt, Royce Hobson, Jonas Farrar, Mike Christopher, Young Crystal, Wayne Goulden, Diana Warner, Carter Young, and in cameo appearances: P.J. Soles, Ari Lehman, Michelle Shields, Paul Ehlers, Sal Lizard, Victor Miller, Mike Holman, Lloyd Kaufman, Mike Christopher, Eric Morse, Terence Muncy
written by Greg Wait, Derek Young, music by Wayne Goulden

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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A killer kills an innocent audience member right during the screening of a movie ... and gets away with it, too, as the murder is only detected hours later. This couldn't faze wannabe-actor Clyde (John Rutland), who handles the popcorn machine at the theatre less - because he gets fired that day, but for a good reason: He got the boot for chatting up one of the customers, Sarah (Randi Nelle), while on the job ... and wouldn't you know it, Sarah falls for him, and they are soon going steady - much to the dismay of Carl (Derek Young), Clyde's twenty-something son who soon figures there's something wrong with Sarah.

Exactly one year later: Clyde is taking Sarah to the exact same theatre where they first met (and he got fired from) to propose to her - and she accepts. Again, someone is killed at the theatre, but again, his body is found only hours later.

Clyde and Sarah marry, but their marriage soon hits rocky ground when Clyde refuses to accept a regular job and instead sets out to follow his dream - to become a full-fledged movie producer. Sarah is dead-set against it, but somehow, Clyde gets his will, and on their first wedding day, Clyde's movie premieres ... and wouldn't you know it, someone in the audience gets killed. This time the corpse is found right when the lights go on after the screening, but the police can't find a trace of the killer, who is soon dubbed the Midnight Matinee Psycho.

When Clyde announces he wants to make another movie, Sarah is on the verge of throwing him out, and he's on the verge of rethinking his decision, but his son drags him to the Days of the Dead horror convention, where he experiences all the love from his fans he doesn't get at home - and heck, he even shags a groupie. Behind his back, Carl even plans Sarah's demise, just to make his father happy.

What they don't know of course is that when they drive back home they head straight for disaster ...

 

Not the best movie story- or execution-wise, this murder mystery with strong horror/slasher undercurrents is above all a loving hommage to low budget horror filmmaking by someone who knows the trade intimately, including the joys but also trials and tribulations the business brings with it. This is chronicled in episodes that range from the humourous to the tragic, and while the film somehow seems to lose its story over them, I think it's fair to say that everyone who is into indie horror (or even an indie horror filmmaker him/herself) will find at least something to like about this movie.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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