A review by mcholodewitsch
Midnight Movie by Tobe Hooper

1.0

Tobe Hooper made one of the most important horror movies, and some other ones. With midnight movie, he cowrites a metanovel that is more in line with Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 than the original. While there is nothing wrong with that, the sequel is a great wild ride of a dark comedy, it doesn’t quite work as a novel. I think creating his documentary style filmmaking through a collection of interviews, online posts, etc works well. But how he creates horror on the page doesn’t really work. Nor does his overly juvenile stoner comedy. It’s too jumbled and ineffective to be worth recommend.