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| Directed by | John Russo |
| Written by | John Russo |
| Based on | Midnight by John A. Russo |
| Produced by | Donald Redinger[1] |
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| Cinematography | Paul McCollough[2] |
| Edited by | Paul McCollough |
| Music by | Paul McCollough[3] |
| Distributed by | Independent International Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States[4] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200,000 |
Midnight is a 1982 American exploitation horror film directed by John Russo and starring Melanie Verlin, Lawrence Tierney, and John Amplas. Its plot follows a female hitchhiker en route to San Francisco who finds herself at the mercy of a backwoods Satanic cult in Pennsylvania who sacrifice young women in an attempt to resurrect their dead mother. It is based on Russo's 1980 novel of the same name.[5]
The film was shot on location outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and features special effects by Tom Savini. The film was released theatrically by Independent International Pictures in 1982. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic [6] The film was re-released in 1985 under the alternate title The Backwoods Massacre.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Stine 2003, p. 186.
- ^ a b Stine 2003, p. 187.
- ^ Stine 2003, pp. 186–187.
- ^ Russo, John A. (1980). Midnight. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-83432-6.
- ^ "Video Nasties". Melonfarmers.co.uk.