Midnight Mass

I rent this movie in DVD fullscreen format, I don't remember a vampire movie so bad it looks like a super-8 movie it has it all bad acting,bad lines bad filming Please save your money and dont rent it.

I have so many positive comments for the current wave of horror movies that are coming out, straight-to-video and theatrically. The Experiment, May, House of 1000 Corpses, and even Wrong Turn were all solid horror excursions. Too bad this one isn't. I picked up Midnight Mass because it was a Lion's Gate release and Fangoria had a write-up about it in a recent issue that made it seem interesting. If that's why you're thinking about picking it up, put it down NOW! It sucks, no vampire humor intended. The film opens with a brilliant documentary style account of the world being overrun by vampires. It pulls you right in and builds up your expectations. It soon falls flat because the actors are terribly amateurish and the dialogue is annoying. Every time the lead actress opened her mouth I wanted someone to slap her down. And the lead priest looks like some guy they found at a Pantera concert while the evil priest could be Joe Pesci's bad acting twin. The flick is painfully dull as well. The whole experience was disappointing to say the least. If you want a better F. Paul Wilson adaptation, rent The Keep.

Seeing vampire movies is a hobby of mine. This is the /worst/ vampire movie I've watched, ever. In fact, it's probably the worst movie I've ever watched, period. It has all the traits of a bad vampire movie: cheap sets, bad special effects, and horrible acting, but somehow it became worse than the sum of its parts.

The 'intro' sequence was great. I got totally excited by it, and maybe that contributed to my total let down over the rest of the movie. The script is so awful, my words can't do it justice. The 'score' does nothing but exacerbate the poor dialogue. The acting is of the worst caliber. I could go on and on about how bad this film is, but why bother.

This not so epic vampire film tells the story of a shamed priest and an atheist surviving in a world where vampires have become the majority.

First of all let me be clear this is really terrible! The acting is laughable, the random overreaction shouty outbursts are hilariously bad and the movie is heavily pro Christianity which really got my back up.

The film almost felt like propaganda, I won't spoil anything but the way the film plays out really underlines my statement.

All round total mess and not worth the time of anyone but the most hardcore of vampire movie fan.

The Good:

Nothing

The Bad:

The appalling acting

The heavy pro Christianity vibe

Rock-bottom rotten. A promising premise (reminiscent of stories in "Under the Fang") and a somewhat creative opening few minutes -- tracking a vampire apocalypse from the point-of-view of TV news clips -- are red herrings in this presumably straight-to-video release.

Wherever the dividing line is between "low-budget" and "indie", this movie is well on the losing side. The acting is entirely amateur and ranges from the sub-par (for example, the goth youth collaborators) to the merely dull (alcoholic hero Father Joe) to the whopping ludicrous (Marvin Schwartz as a Catholic priest-turned-vampire). The direction as such is incomprehensible. A dreadful, rambling script is partially credited to horror author F. Paul Wilson, who also briefly appears.

Don't be misled by the colorful video box! This trash is impossible to watch in its entirety, and not worth the wear on your DVD player.