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Heart of Midnight

  • 19881988
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  • 1h 33m
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5.4/10
1.5K
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Jennifer Jason Leigh in Heart of Midnight (1988)
DramaHorrorThriller
Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special relations... Read allCarol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special relationship with her uncle as she battles her memories and her surroundings in her new home.Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special relationship with her uncle as she battles her memories and her surroundings in her new home.
IMDb RATING
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1.5K
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    • Matthew Chapman
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  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Brenda Vaccaro
    • Jack Hallett
    • Matthew Chapman
    • Matthew Chapman
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Brenda Vaccaro
    • Jack Hallett
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    • 26User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Carol
    Brenda Vaccaro
    Brenda Vaccaro
    • Betty
    Jack Hallett
    Jack Hallett
    • Lawyer
    Nicholas Love
    Nicholas Love
    • Tom
    • (as Nick Love)
    James Rebhorn
    James Rebhorn
    • Richard
    Tico Wells
    • Henry
    Sam Schacht
    Sam Schacht
    • Uncle Fletcher
    • (as Sam Schact)
    Nina Lora
    • Carol as a Child
    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    • Eddy
    Frank Stallone
    Frank Stallone
    • Ledray
    Denise Dumont
    Denise Dumont
    • Mariana
    • (as Denise Dummont)
    Peter Coyote
    Peter Coyote
    • Sharpe…
    Jim Geallis
    • Lt. Sharpe
    • (as James Geallis)
    Ken Moser
    • Ledray's Sidekick
    Nicholas Cimino
    Nicholas Cimino
    • Boy with Kittens
    Drew Taylor
    • Boy with Kittens
    Trey Greene
    • Sonny as a Young Boy
    Carolyn Torlay
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      • Matthew Chapman
      • Matthew Chapman
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    • Trivia
      Reportedly, Leigh was disappointed with how Heart of Midnight turned out. She had done her customary extensive research for the project: meeting with women who had been abused as children, interviewing psychologists, attending crisis clinics, writing diaries and back-histories in Carol's voice, and likely felt disheartened when she saw the final product - something akin to a psychosexual haunted-house horror. But her hard work had paid off in a typically rich and vivid performance, one that's well worth revisiting today.
    • Alternate versions
      The Italian and German VHS and TV editions run 1:29:01 at PAL speed; the UK DVD edition runs 1:46:25 at PAL speed, so it's 17 minutes longer. Nevertheless, it's missing a bit during the rape scene: for a few seconds the hardcore cartoon showing on TV is replaced by less rude images. The cartoon is intact in the other shorter editions.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Hollywood's Hidden Stars (1990)
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      Baby, What Else Can I Do
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      Written by Gerald Marks (as G. Marks) & Walter Hirsch (as W. Hirsch)

      Published by Mills Music, Inc.

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    8/10
    Hey, this was pretty good.
    Can't see why this movie has gotten such low ratings. For a thriller movie, not my favorite genre, it was really good. Maybe watching it at 3 AM muddled my critical sensibilities, but from where I was sitting, Leigh nailed every line in the film, and she was totally convincing and sympathetic. Did anyone else out there appreciate the classic slight-of-hand approach to the "paranormal" the film took, as well as the serious issues it raised? In my opinion, a scary movie has to include something real to be scared about. Monsters and boogymen just don't do it for me. Not that that there weren't a few "aaaaaghh!" scares in this film, there were [the medicine cabinet scene scared the hell out of me!], but it was the movie itself, not any specific spooky part, that gave me the heebie-jeebies.

    I don't know. Maybe my tastes aren't as exacting as they used to be, but I'm not afraid to say I think this was a damn good film. So there!
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    • MJK-5
    • Mar 22, 1999

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    • Release date
      • March 3, 1989 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Virgin Vision
      • AG Productions
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Dolby Stereo

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