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Lee Montgomery, Shari Belafonte, Peter DeLuise

Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will i...( read more  read more... )t?

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Unrated, 94 min.

Directed by: Jack Bender

Release Date: November 1, 1985

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DVD Release Date: August 29, 2000

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  • creepfreak
    May 12, 2008
    creepfreak
    This is one of my favorite holiday movies. This was another made for TV movie back in the 80's that I caught around Halloween time. I know this movie use to be on DVD and I actually own a copy, but unfortunately as far as I know this movie is out of print. You should still see it...( read more) if you can find a copy somewhere because this movie was just awesome. I know that they have used copies on Amazon but there asking for over $100 and that's just ridiculous. Maybe they have a cheap copy somewhere on EBay but I don't know for certain.

    This movie has a lot of shit in it...vampires, zombies, a werewolf, and even a midget zombie(the cutest zombie I have ever seen). It's about a teenage boy named Phil, who on Halloween time, shows his classmates a slideshow of a legendary witch from their community named Lucinda. After class one of Phil's dumb friends, named Mitch, gets an idea and tells everyone that they should steal artifacts from Lucinda's three hundred year old wardrobe and wear them as costumes. Of course, a group of them feel the need to go along with Mitch's idea, and after school the teens break into an old basement where Lucinda's artifacts remain. While in the basement one of them comes across an old trunk bearing the "Grenville" seal. Nathaniel Grenville was actually the man responsible for hanging Lucinda hundreds of years ago, and saving the town from her curse. The teens now also feel that they should take the trunk along with them on their little mission to the local cemetery.

    While at the cemetery the group of teens, now wearing their Halloween costumes, decide to open the trunk and inside they find Nathaniel's ring and a timeworn scroll. Melissa, one of Phil's friends, takes the scroll and begins to read the accursed incantation. Little did she know that she just raised hell from beyond the grave and everyone and everything starts to rise from their tomb. In the mist of all this chaos Phil meets a beautiful young girl named Sandy, who wears a cheerleading outfit and does cheers with her pom-poms. What Phil doesn't know at first is that Sandy is also a zombie herself, but the thing is that she's actually a good zombie.

    Back at the teens Halloween party the dead are dancing it up, literally. No one at the party seems to know that the zombies are crashing it, for everyone there is dressed up in a costume. The party's biggest threat though is Lucinda, the witch/vampire that they brought back from the grave, and it's all up to Phil and his new girlfriend Sandy to save the day...or can they?

    This movie is just so much fun. What a great Halloween time view this was! Don't expect any violence or anything like that because this was a made for TV movie that was viewable for the younger crowd, all though they did show some stuff that might be too frightening for them. The good thing too was, it wasn't all that cheesy(well at least not in a bad way) and this movie had plenty of spooky atmosphere to go around. If you can you have to get your hands on this movie. Hopefully they'll release it again on DVD just in time for the Halloween season, but you should really try to see this one as soon as possible. Like I said, it's one of my favorite holiday movies!

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  • Cartman420
    November 13, 2009
    Cartman420
    looks kinda fun, hear its cool
  • Blaxunshine
    October 28, 2009
    Blaxunshine
    Mostly made up of tv supporting members The Midnight Hour tries to pack all it's Halloween goodness in w/ vampires (Dick Van Patten as a vampire dentist is just too evil for words..I still might have nightmares), werewolves & the undead (even a midget zombie). All of it is fun ...( read more)to a point but the plot is as thin as its resolution & this tv horror flix will always just be as 2nd class as Geordi La Forge or Doug Penhall
  • NicoleM19
    October 16, 2009
    NicoleM19
    A very Campy but fun old 80's horror movie to watch anytime but especially around Halloween like now.
  • joeyramone84
    September 8, 2009
    joeyramone84
    this is great..humorous and creepy..love horror of the 80s!
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  • IDCI
    July 18, 2008
    IDCI
    I really liked this movie.
    its not scary but its really good and abit funny...
    i really think you who haven't seen it really should...
  • LeoToTo2025
    May 14, 2008
    LeoToTo2025
    Great 80's TV Horror Movie!!!
  • Pigfaced
    September 7, 2007
    Pigfaced
    really need to see this, i saw the first 20 mins when i was a kid (it was on after a movie i'd recorded off sky ), only just found out what it's called
  • jeffman52001
    July 26, 2007
    jeffman52001
    A really cool movie about vampires with a very great cast. Lve the story and it is very entertaining. A movie for all to see.

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