Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
- Directed by
- Stuart Samuels
- Genre
- documentary film, horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 90 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary traces the history of six cult films that started as late-night movie house attractions. It shows how these movies gained a following and eventually influenced mainstream cinema.
episodicinformativeretrospectivescholarlynostalgiccelebratorychronological
What happens
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream is a 2005 documentary film written and directed by Stuart Samuels, based on his book on the subject. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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