Underplayed Gems

Noon and Midnight (1970)

Noon and Midnight poster
Original title
Midi minuit
Directed by
Pierre Philippe
Genre
horror, mystery
Country
France
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Parisian couple visits a friend living in an odd cave house in southern France. They discover the family has disturbing nightly rituals and a local serial killer is on the loose.

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What happens

Midi Minuit est un film français réalisé par Pierre Philippe et sorti en 1970. Hélène et Jacques, un couple de Parisiens, rendent visite à Laurent Lorrain, que Jacques a connu aux Beaux-Arts. Laurent vit avec son père, Robert, et sa sœur, Elsa, dans un étrange manoir troglodyte du midi de la France. Rapidement, Hélène se rend compte que la famille Lorrain a de curieuses et déroutantes habitudes : Laurent passe ses nuits enchaîné dans une dépendance du manoir, tandis qu’Elsa, véritable croqueuse d’hommes, se livre à des jeux sadiques avec ses amants. Hélène est d’autant plus inquiète que les journaux locaux font état des actes criminels d’un mystérieux assassin, le « sadique des garrigues » dont l'activité criminelle se situe entre midi et minuit... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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