The Midnight Hour

This article is about the comedy film. For the Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge album, see The Midnight Hour (album). For the Jamie Principle album, see The Midnite Hour.
The Midnight Hour
Original advertisement
GenreComedy horror[1]
Written byBill Bleich
Directed byJack Bender
Starring
Shari Belafonte-Harper
Theme music composerBrad Fiedel
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerSharon L. Sawyer
ProducersErvin Zavada
Jill Mullikin-Bates
Production locationCalifornia, USA
CinematographyRexford L. Metz
EditorDavid A. Simmons
Running time94 minutes
Production company
ABC Circle Films[2]
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 1, 1985 (1985-11-01)[3]
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The Midnight Hour is a 1985 American made-for-television comedy horror film directed by Jack Bender and starring Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise, and Dedee Pfeiffer. Its plot focuses on a small New England town that becomes overrun with zombies, witches, vampires, and all the other demons of hell after a group of teenagers unlocks a centuries-old curse on Halloween.

The film aired on ABC on Friday, November 1, 1985, at 9:00-11:00 pm EST. In addition to an original musical number, "Get Dead", the film's soundtrack features songs by Wilson Pickett, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Three Dog Night, and The Smiths.[4] The film marks Macaulay Culkin's first screen role as an uncredited trick-or-treater.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sbs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Midnight Hour (1985)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  3. ^ Sherman 2009, p. 123.
  4. ^ The Midnight Hour (DVD). Anchor Bay Entertainment. 2000 [1985]. ASIN 6305971714.