Midnight Mass (2003)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Tony Mandile

Writers:

Tony Mandile (writer)
F. Paul Wilson (writer)

Release Date:

8 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A Bloody Feast...

Plot:

A group of people fight for their small town after vampires take over the world.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire

Cast

Julia Cornish	...	Raven
Elizabeth Vance	...	Dakota
Mariana Matthews	...	'Mickey' Edwards
Pamela Karp	...	Gwen Waters
Rev	...	Vichy #3
St James	...	Vichy #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Candice Leigh Bauman	...	Blonde Woman
Melissa Crawford	...	Vampire--extra
Larry Dane	...	Newscaster 1
David Dwyer	...	Carl Edwards
Harry Ferone	...	Interviewer
Kelly Gesualdo	...	Tottoo Girl
Douglas Gibson	...	Fr. Joe Cahill
John Henning	...	Face
Keith Lister	...	Newscaster 3
Tony Mandile	...	Finnegan
Heather McGrath	...	Little Girl
Annie Moll	...	Intern (as Ann Marie Pacer)
Rebecca Newland	...	Newscaster 2
Scott Ruisch	...	CDC Spokesman
Eric Saviano	...	Vichy #2
Marvin W. Schwartz	...	Fr. Alberto Palmeri
Claude Springer	...	'Cat Eye' Vichy
Dawn Vicknair	...	Sue
F. Paul Wilson	...	Noah Randall
Ron Wybraniec	...	Shotgun Biker

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and gore, language and sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

98 min

Language:

English

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Midnight Mass Productions LLC

Awful Movie with a Promising Beginning

After an apparently outbreak of a mysterious virus, the world is dominated by vampires helped by the traitors Vichys. The atheist Gwen Waters (Pamela Karp) leaves the small town of St. Anthony in her bicycle trying to find the alcoholic Priest Joe Cahill (Douglas Gibson) and bring him back to her town to give hope to the human dwellers. Father Joe rebuilds the church with the support of some locals but is attacked by vampires and Vichys leaded by the evil Father Alberto Palmeri (Marvin W. Schwartz), in a battle between good and evil.

"Midnight Mass" has a promising beginning that explains what has happened to the world through footages of broadcasting news. Unfortunately, after the first three or four minutes, the story becomes a complete mess. However, the acting is the worst, with amateurish performances of Pamela Karp and Douglas Gibson in the lead roles, and with the ham actor Marvin W. Schwartz performing Father Alberto Palmeri. It is ridiculous the way he speaks the sentences, and I do not recall any other actor or actress with such bad speech. I ruined my Saturday night watching this crap on DVD, deceived by its great initial five minutes. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "A Missa da Meia Noite" ("The Midnight Mass")