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The Midnight Hour is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Jack Bender released in USA on 1 november 1985 with Shari Belafonte

The Midnight Hour (1985)

The Midnight Hour
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Released in USA 1 november 1985
Length 1h34
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Comedy,    Horror comedy,    Horror,    Romance
Rating63% 3.1945353.1945353.1945353.1945353.194535

The Midnight Hour (also known as In the Midnight Hour) is a 1985 American comedy-horror television film that aired on ABC on Friday, November 1, 1985, at 9:00-11:00 PM EST. It stars Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise, and Dedee Pfeiffer. The 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 unlock a centuries-old curse on
Halloween. The film marks Macaulay Culkin's first screen role as an uncredited trick-or-treater.

The film was released on VHS and DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2000. In addition to an original musical number, "Get Dead", the film's soundtrack features songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Three Dog Night, and The Smiths.

Synopsis

It is Halloween in the small town of Pitchford Cove located somewhere in New England, and five high school friends, Phil (Lee Montgomery), Mary (Dedee Pfeiffer), Mitch (Peter DeLuise), Vinnie (LeVar Burton), and Melissa (Shari Belafonte), plan on making it a night they will never forget. They steal outfits from the town's historic museum and come upon other old artifacts, including an old trunk encasing a paper scroll which contains an ancient curse. When Melissa, latent sorceress, recites the curse at the local cemetery, things take a turn for the worse.

Actors

Shari Belafonte

(Melissa Cavender)
LeVar Burton

(Vinnie Davis)
Lee Montgomery

(Phil Grenville)
Peter DeLuise

(Mitch Crandall)
Dedee Pfeiffer

(Mary Masterson)
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