After Midnight

This movie is awful and the ending is stupid.

After Dark wasn't too bad, but it had the potential to be much better. This really was more of a drama with the odd horror scene, mostly focusing on the relationship between two of the main characters, which was well portrayed with solid acting from the cast. It was a decent watch and the short run time meant it didn't drag on.

The changes for the new season are all for the worse. More Taylor Tomlinson, more talking, less fun and games with the guests. I don't need another late night monologue and more inane conversation. Not all the bits are going to hit, so keep them short and simple and focused on the guests and social media. An advantage of not watching live is I can skip the stuff that is slowly going nowhere.

This movie was so close to good, but ultimately failed at even being decent. The idea was good, the story was interesting, the acting/casting was perfect. But somehow it failed at being a compelling drama and being horror. --- Nearly half of it seemed like it was silent flashbacks to their beautiful, budding relationship. One or two makes sense, but there were so many I started fast forwarding by 5secs to skip through. --- The reveal of her mysterious disappearance was dull, and took entirely too long for a dull conversation. It should have been an interesting look at human connection, and what it means to both want more and want what you have. It was a boring look at human boredom. --- His interactions with his friends were entertaining, and the last five minutes were hilarious. If they used more comedy to drive the point of the drama it would've been fantastic. Instead of was serious drama juxtaposed to silly horror. --- Would not recommend, unless you want to just watch the last five minutes.

Much like his other film, The Battery, writer/director Jeremy Gardner makes a monster movie where the monster is a backdrop to a more compelling tale of the human condition. Most diehard horror fans will turn their nose up at this, but that's their loss. Id give this film 3 stars for the cinematography alone. i love how an indie filmmaker can capture all these visually beautiful scenes in the dark, while major motion pictures struggle with simple visibility in dark scenes. All in all, After Midnight is a home run for me. The story, the characters, the dialogue, the cinematography, the score, all wonderfully done. This film is a great example of when a bunch of people get together to make a good movie and they really care about their work and craft.

I'm going to give my spoiler early: THE ALIEN IS REAL !! My 3 stars go for Gardner's respectful handling of drama and Zebrowski's smooth navigation of occasional comed while in my opinion Brea Grant could have smiled a fair bit less during the back and forth telling of Gardner's recollections, in this otherwise strange montage of a long term love story/alien movie. The progression can be frustrating for some and I had to struggle stretching the narrative to aliens...or was it stretching the aliens to the love story? All an all not a bad chick flix with an alien angle. You are just left on your own to make the connection....qand oh...did I say THE ALIEN IS REAL?

It start good and suspenseful, but the last 30 minutes is super boring, and the ending sucks and will anger horror fans. If you're a hardcore horror fan, don't watch this movie because you will feel robbed.

This movie is just bad. The acting is awful and the characters suck. If you don't smoke weed watching this, it is so boring you kinda nod off. Just bad!

God even bad movies suck now …

A likable indie with an unlikable protagonist. The dialog and acting moments are solid in this simple story, the monologs are noteworthy. If this movie was in the short story format, part of an anthology, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, etc the execution would have been tighter with less rethreading of themes.