SPOILER INCLUDED: To start with, the kids in this movie must have way too much time on their hands if they have time to rob a wax museum and stop off at the cemetary to literally raise the dead before they go on to their friend's Halloween party. Filled with numerous recognizable faces from LeVar Burton to Shari Belafonte to Dick Van Patten, this movie contains references to the occult, ghosts, vampires and even serial killers so that there is enough material to please every horror fan there is. The short drive by the hero and heroine through the cursed town is hauntingly atmospheric and very well done. The musical score is acceptable as is the music video two/thirds of the way through even with the semi-annoying voice of Wolfman Jack screaming from radios every ten minutes. Lovely Jonna Lee from "Otherworld" lends herself to a new twist on the old "Ghostly Hitchhiker" legend as the whole movie ends rather anti-climactically back in the cemetary with the old voodoo witch ridiculously flapping her cape over the car as the zombified and vampirized kids fight to get into it. She looks as if she is trying to fly off with the car. On the whole, the entire flick is almost like a movie version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video only much more enjoyable. This is a must for any fan of Halloween.
Review of The Midnight Hour
