An arty horror flick, MIDNIGHT CABARET succeeds in being different without ever becoming more than a curiosity piece. Moody rather than filled with a palpable sense of terror, it seems to have been defanged in the relentless pursuit of novelty.
Throughout the movie, the audience is held off guard as to whether it is witnessing real-life horrors or simply sampling scenes from the bizarre off-Broadway entertainment the film's characters are involved in. When members of the cast of this sado-masochistic play-within-the-movie are murdered,
young lead Tanya Richards (Laura Harrington) is alarmed. At first Tanya, a virgin, is seduced by the glamorous aura of her cost...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins