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Scratch Your Midnight Movie Itch with ‘Eye of the Cat’ (1969): The Sex...

Three-time Oscar nominee Eleanor Parker coughs up the funniest performance of her career in director David Lowell Rich's melodramatic inheritance caper about a rich old lady and her dozens of killer(?)...

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Don’t Let ‘Evil Roy Slade’ Be Your One That Got Away

Directed by Jerry Paris, this 1972 made-for-TV Western rom-com stars John Astin and Pamela Austin in an opposites attract misadventure that dares to ask: Should you change for love?

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‘Going Ape!’ Is the Midnight Movie Skeleton Key That Unlocks the History of...

Writer/director Jeremy Joe Kronsberg's exploration of the legal logistics of transferring circus animals to Tony Danza is a hidden treasure for fans of ape chase cinema.

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‘Let’s Scare Jessica to Death’ Is the Atmospheric Terror That Only Haunts You...

Zohra Lampert stars in director John Hancock's paranoia-inducing supernatural suspense flick about a woman forced to question her own sanity.

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‘A Zed & Two Noughts’ Is the Lust-Filled Zoological Tragedy That Belongs in a...

Peter Greenaway has a well-deserved reputation as a darling of the arthouse world, but his third feature makes a strong case that he should be equally embraced by midnight movie freaks.

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Les Blank’s ‘Burden of Dreams’ Sees Werner Herzog Try to Push a 320-Ton Ship...

Can a documentary — particularly a documentary that is not experimental — qualify as a midnight movie? The making-of companion to 1982's epic "Fitzcarraldo" captures the spirit of extreme filmmaking.

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with ‘Zardoz,’ the Strangest Sean Connery...

The former James Bond trades in his 007 tux for a red speedo and a waist-length ponytail as he roams a fertility-obsessed fantasy sci-fi world in writer/director John Boorman's ill-fated "Deliverance"...

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A Fake Snuff Film for Anne Hathaway: How ‘Be My Cat’ Found Its Cult Following

Director, writer, and star Adrian Țofei shocked horror audiences and online fandoms with his debut from 2015 about an ambitious Romanian filmmaker who turns into a killer of women.

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Let There Be Lesbians! Celebrate Easter with the Sinfully Sweet ‘Jesus Christ...

Director Lee Demarbre's kung-fu horror musical stars Phil Caracas as the Son of a God opposite a pack of sapphic bloodsuckers and an unauthorized homage to the late Mexican luchador El Santo.

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‘Slaughter High’ Is the Wildest Slasher Film to Ever Follow April Fool’s Day...

Hailing from the same producers as the midnight classic "Pieces," this high school revenge saga must be seen to be believed.

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IndieWire After Dark Collection: ‘Entertainment,’‘The Saddest Music in the...

IndieWire After Dark celebrates the best midnight movies worth preserving in the streaming age. These are our top picks.

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Giving Away Your Baby for Absolutely No Reason? Please, Watch ‘Greener Grass’...

Writers, directors, and stars Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe's surrealist suburban nightmare is an arthouse midnight movie worth revisiting this spring.

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