A history and exploration of the phenomenon of midnight movies through six landmark films: El Topo, Night of the Living Dead, The Harder They Come, Pink Flamingos, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Eraserhead. This documentary includes interviews with the filmmakers including Alexander Jodorowsky, George Romero, John Waters, David Lynch, and exhibitor Ben Barenholz whose fertile imagination launched the craze. MIDNIGHT MOVIES is smartly written, directed, and produced by Stuart Samuels whose filmic erudition is put to good use here. With this film, the HFFF lays claim to new territory: late night movies. For our 2006 season we will actively search out late night movies like those described in this documentary, without regard to the gender of the participants before or behind the camera. We'll seek good, twisted entertainment that, for whatever reason, is most sweetly appreciated around midnight. (Catherine Wyler)

Director/Producer: Stuart Samuels
Writers: Stuart Samuels, Victor Kushmaniuk
Cast: George A. Romero, John Waters, David Lynch, Roger Ebert

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