''Midnighters'' is a 2017 American

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thriller film directed by

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. It stars

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, Perla Haney-Jardine, Dylan McTee, Ward Horton, Andrew Rothenberg and Joseph Lee Anderson. The film had its world premiere at the

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on June 19, 2017. The film was released on March 2, 2018.

Plot

Midnight, New Year's Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life - except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and madness.

Cast

as ''Lindsey'' * Perla Haney-Jardine as ''Hannah'' *Dylan McTee as ''Jeff'' * Ward Horton as ''Smith '' *

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as Officer Verone *Joseph Lee Anderson as Officer Campbell *K.C. Faldasz as Vic *William Bloomfield as Hotel Attendant *David Spadora as Mike

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 32 reviews, and an average rating of 6.18/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Adding dashes of horror to a noir premise, ''Midnighters'' is a genre-bending chiller that delights as often as it scares." On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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* *{{AllMovie title, 686339 2017 films 2017 thriller films American thriller films Films shot in Rhode Island Holiday horror films Films set around New Year 2010s English-language films 2010s American films