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3 March 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
Between the madness of what is real and the horror of her imagination lies the... Heart of Midnight.Plot:
Carol(Jennifer Jason Leigh) inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
A visual tour-de-force moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Carol Rivers |
 | Brenda Vaccaro | ... | Betty Rivers |
| Jack Hallett | ... | Lawyer |
| Nicholas Love | ... | Tom (as Nick Love) |
| James Rebhorn | ... | Richard |
| Tico Wells | ... | Henry |
| Sam Schacht | ... | Uncle Fletcher (as Sam Schact) |
| Nina Lora | ... | Carol as a child |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | Eddy |
 | Frank Stallone | ... | Ledray |
| Denise Dumont | ... | Mariana (as Denise Dummont) |
 | Peter Coyote | ... | Sharpe / Larry |
| Jim Geallis | ... | Lt. Sharpe (as James Geallis) |
| Ken Moser | ... | Ledray's sidekick |
| Nicholas Cimino | ... | Boy with kittens |
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Charleston, South Carolina, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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From the opening scene of Matthew Chapman's Heart of Midnight, we know we are in for a visual tour-de-force. Jennifer Jason Leigh begins a new life in a bizarre, sinister, Lynchesque apartment complex, formerly occupied by her weird uncle, a pervert of sorts, whom Leigh slowly begins to remember.
Writer/director Chapman breathes sinister life into this creepy abode of a building. It seems to take on a life of its own in between the shadows, macabre lighting and ethereal noises that emanate from nowhere.
The film instantly draws us into a dark world where we are never sure what is exactly real and what is a figment of Leigh's imagination. Like any good psychological thriller, circumstances and events are revealed to us slowly, as we need to know them, and always advancing the plot.
More than anything else, the film sustains a brooding, macabre feel that always keeps us feeling uneasy, which seems to mirror Leigh's character. She is excellent here as a woman trying to comes to grips with both her mental illness and a sordid past. The musical score is both eerie, yet powerful, further drawing us into the film's creepiness.
Those who are fans of David Lynch and of movies that create a convincing, yet creepy world of their own, should enjoy Heart of Midnight.