After Midnight (2014 film)

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After Midnight
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Film poster
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Written byAndrew Helm
Fred Olen Ray
Produced byDan Golden
Fred Olen Ray
Starring Tawny Kitaen
Catherine Annette
Tim Abell
Jeneta St. Clair
Bobby Rice
Richard Grieco
CinematographyTheo Angell
Edited byRandy Carter
Release date
  • October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

After Midnight (also known as Naked After Midnight [1] ) is a 2014 American erotic mystery/horror thriller film [2] directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring Richard Grieco and Tawny Kitaen [3] in her final film role. [4]

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Premise

After the murder of an exotic dancer at a strip club, her sister goes undercover to catch the killer. To get revenge, she must race against the clock and find the killer, as everyone is a suspect. [5]

Cast

Production

The film's promotion tried to capitalize on the notoriety of Grieco and Kitaen. [6] [7] [8]

Release

The film was released via VOD on October, 24 2014. [9] A DVD version was released in 2015. [10] and a Blu-ray in 2016. [11]

Reception

The website Irish Film Critic was extremely critical of the film, to the point of finding that it was "chock-full of some of the worst acting in cinematic history", [12] while a review at Nerdly, also rather negative, stated: "To cut a long story short, After Midnight is Law and Order: Showgirls, only with a strange supernatural twist. Totally ridiculous and ridiculously bad." [13]

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