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Same old story: girl meets boy, boy bites girl, girl has uncontrollable desires to dress like a tramp and eat steak tartare. No special effects to speak of, and it looks like it was made for about $5. Gregory A. Greer is a stylin' vamp though. Neat little touches like how he sleeps in a body bag and wears a cross for an earring. Plus he's simply beautiful. Too bad this is the only movie he's been in (according to IMDB). I used one of my free rentals to get this, so I think I got my money's worth. 5 out of 10.

Hotdamn, what a very cheesy vampire movie (there's only one vampire running around in it, by the way) that can't compete with its modest budgeted counterparts produced around the same time; think about the decent "Children Of The Night" (1991) and the so-so "Son Of Darkness: To Die For II" (1991). Nevertheless "Midnight Kiss" is a fun quickie with some boobies and gore (exploding head!), but that's about it. As an early nineties horror outing, "Midnight Kiss" does manage to entertain for most of its running time and it's worth a watch for vampire enthusiasts (I had fun with it and there's worse Z-grade vampire fodder out there). But if you're looking for a good horror movie, then best look elsewhere.

I just actually watched the movie, but I was sitting here reading other comments and people were wondering what happened to the guy who played the vampire so I did some research and this is what I found. It is a posting that he did on another site.

Greg Greer Born Southern baptist preachers son Went to Bible college to become missionary got married left religion behind with family joined a rock band moved to Memphis Tenn. hooked up with producer at Phionix records Eli Ball sold publishing for a few songs to get bus ticket. went to Hollywood Ca. Hooked up with Chris weber from Hollywood Rose AKA Guns and roses. did a movie in Hollywood Midnight Kiss was the lead vampire Showed up to many times drunk at movie set didn't like acting anyway. (at least that's what I told myself.) did an album in Vegas with band called "i am". got married again drank to much lost her Drank more lost everything moved to St Thomas Virgin Islands Became a sailor & scuba diver Swore off music discovered rum & cocaine discover AA Fight with demons start writing again start playing again move back to the states after three and a half years meet Carmel fall in love record new album give my heart back to God through Jesus Christ starting to sell new album God willing.

I found it on IDN.com. There were also some tour dates listed.

Vampire movies seem to be broken into two categories these days. One is the woman gets bitten and turns into a vampire and a lot of horror ensues. Two is the woman gets bitten and then a lot of softcore sex ensues.

After watching this movie in which it was category one, I long for category 2. This vampire movie was very dumb and I regret ever watching it.

I gave this movie a 1 because they won't allow 0's or negative numbers. The acting is horrible, every character is a walking cliché. The dialog is so cheesy, at times you can see the actors trying not to laugh as they say their lines.

Although is says it was done in 1993, the cast all look like they were extras in 80's cop shows like Miami Vice, and not in a good way.

The stiff playing the vampire is so bad (acting and looking), you want him to die 10 minutes into the movie. Actually, you want them all to die, as soon as possible.

I could break down many other plot points or scenes as to why they were awful, but I simply don't have the strength.

Don't watch this movie, unless you enjoy bad movies.

I have to admit having gotten a real kick out of Joel Bender's MIDNIGHT KISS, easily one of the strangest and most entertaining of the 1990's home video era of vampire horror cheapies. The natural appeal of a sexy vampire movie made sense to the low budget film producers looking to feed the frenzy of the masses for their weekly movie rentals after the surprise hits of films like VAMP and THE LOST BOYS. Most of the resulting films are trashy, cheap, bloody, sleazy, and therefore quite popular amongst bad film aficionados like myself. This is one of the better efforts that I've seen.

It's an odd little turkey of a movie too because it aspires to have a message for viewers about female empowerment, the evils of misogyny & chauvinism, gender politics, and a general condemnation of sexual violence directed at women. All good messages and horror films often serve as subversive platforms for social causes. But the film has a peculiar habit of having it's cake while eating it too as it lectures us on workplace sexual harassment during a visit to a strip bar while the topless titty dancers gyrate in the background. It's heroine lady cop also goes through a transformation during the film, evolving from a frumpy professional police woman into a sexually vivacious bloodsucker Goth sex babe decked out in fishnets + leathers. If that's feminism I like it.

The vampire business is actually secondary to the film's central message, which is that men are creeps by nature and some can be downright dangerous. Every guy in the film is a jerk, at least for a few scenes, and the plot even throws in a multi-ethnic gang beating of a homeless person to demonstrate that the evil of male patriarchal power structures knows no boundary of race, color, or creed. The few noble males in the cast who try to stand up for decency end up dead or worse, and the female characters are all victims, vixens, or militant would-be feminists like our hero, a rape squad detective assigned to a slew of brutal murders where the victims were sexually assaulted as well. She's more fun at parties after she is transformed into a half-vampire hottie, that's for sure.

As others have pointed out the vampire is the most interesting character in the film, not only does he have a sense of humor but is surprisingly hip, even ditching his coffin for a body bag in the film's amusing contribution to the history of vampire lore. He's got the angsty Gothic nightclubbing punk rocker look down pat and gets to hiss a few decent one liners. The writers made a wise decision by deciding to totally ignore the character's history and reduce him to a slasher monster who just happens to be a vampire. He's not a person, he's a menace who takes glee in who & what he is: finding out how he got that way would only have served to muddy the waters. But the film's standout section for me involved an ingeniously staged sequence where somebody chases their cat around a tiny, cramped apartment. Hehe, Keety keety!! ;] Whoever made this movie was thinking, though perhaps a bit too much at times.

This film also has some hilariously over-the-top gore sequences which are not to be missed by horror film buffs, my favorite being the after effects of a shotgun blast depicted by a halo of orange/pinkish frothy mush surrounding the head of the chalked outline of a murder victim. It's that kind of a sly, sick, and deeply warped sense of humor that sets this one a notch or two above the rest, even with all the female empowerment messages. There's a modestly priced DVD available showing the unrated 86 minute print. Buy one, and watch it with friends while drinking beer.

7/10

I am a lover of what's referred to by movie enthusiasts as "movies so bad, they're good", and MIDNIGHT KISS fits perfectly in that category for me. It's cheesy. The acting is so-so. The dialogue is amusing. There's some decent blood and gore effects. And it has vampires! My favorite horror movie monsters. Is my 7 rating too high? Probably to most people. But I was close to giving it an 8; it was that entertaining to me.

A must have in any video collection. It had some of the best B-rate actors; except for Gregory A. Greer, who I think was the one to save this movie from a total disaster. The Vampire played his role realistically with a touch of comedy in the face of immortal loneliness. The sad demise of Gregory's character was a turn-off but he was one actor you just had to rewind and watch again, again, and again. I would love to see him in a better movie sometime soon, but for now this awesome movie will work just fine.