Same old story: girl meets boy, boy bites girl, girl has uncontrollable desires to dress like a tramp and eat steak tartare. No special effects to speak of, and it looks like it was made for about $5. Gregory A. Greer is a stylin' vamp though. Neat little touches like how he sleeps in a body bag and wears a cross for an earring. Plus he's simply beautiful. Too bad this is the only movie he's been in (according to IMDB). I used one of my free rentals to get this, so I think I got my money's worth. 5 out of 10.
12 Reviews
Very much smells like bloody 80's vampire cheese
Vomitron_G28 March 2011
Hotdamn, what a very cheesy vampire movie (there's only one vampire running around in it, by the way) that can't compete with its modest budgeted counterparts produced around the same time; think about the decent "Children Of The Night" (1991) and the so-so "Son Of Darkness: To Die For II" (1991). Nevertheless "Midnight Kiss" is a fun quickie with some boobies and gore (exploding head!), but that's about it. As an early nineties horror outing, "Midnight Kiss" does manage to entertain for most of its running time and it's worth a watch for vampire enthusiasts (I had fun with it and there's worse Z-grade vampire fodder out there). But if you're looking for a good horror movie, then best look elsewhere.
Gregory Greer - the vampire what i found out from another sight
kentkaren2-15 July 2006
I just actually watched the movie, but I was sitting here reading other comments and people were wondering what happened to the guy who played the vampire so I did some research and this is what I found. It is a posting that he did on another site.
Greg Greer Born Southern baptist preachers son Went to Bible college to become missionary got married left religion behind with family joined a rock band moved to Memphis Tenn. hooked up with producer at Phionix records Eli Ball sold publishing for a few songs to get bus ticket. went to Hollywood Ca. Hooked up with Chris weber from Hollywood Rose AKA Guns and roses. did a movie in Hollywood Midnight Kiss was the lead vampire Showed up to many times drunk at movie set didn't like acting anyway. (at least that's what I told myself.) did an album in Vegas with band called "i am". got married again drank to much lost her Drank more lost everything moved to St Thomas Virgin Islands Became a sailor & scuba diver Swore off music discovered rum & cocaine discover AA Fight with demons start writing again start playing again move back to the states after three and a half years meet Carmel fall in love record new album give my heart back to God through Jesus Christ starting to sell new album God willing.
I found it on IDN.com. There were also some tour dates listed.
Greg Greer Born Southern baptist preachers son Went to Bible college to become missionary got married left religion behind with family joined a rock band moved to Memphis Tenn. hooked up with producer at Phionix records Eli Ball sold publishing for a few songs to get bus ticket. went to Hollywood Ca. Hooked up with Chris weber from Hollywood Rose AKA Guns and roses. did a movie in Hollywood Midnight Kiss was the lead vampire Showed up to many times drunk at movie set didn't like acting anyway. (at least that's what I told myself.) did an album in Vegas with band called "i am". got married again drank to much lost her Drank more lost everything moved to St Thomas Virgin Islands Became a sailor & scuba diver Swore off music discovered rum & cocaine discover AA Fight with demons start writing again start playing again move back to the states after three and a half years meet Carmel fall in love record new album give my heart back to God through Jesus Christ starting to sell new album God willing.
I found it on IDN.com. There were also some tour dates listed.
Give me a Break!!
Watcher-3725 August 1999
Vampire movies seem to be broken into two categories these days. One is the woman gets bitten and turns into a vampire and a lot of horror ensues. Two is the woman gets bitten and then a lot of softcore sex ensues.
After watching this movie in which it was category one, I long for category 2. This vampire movie was very dumb and I regret ever watching it.
After watching this movie in which it was category one, I long for category 2. This vampire movie was very dumb and I regret ever watching it.
Extremely cheesy vampire movie
sarah-gallogly29 November 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Firstly, let me say that I am lovin the Horror channel which is showing all kinds of obscure B movies. I saw Midnight Kiss last night and it really is an amalgamation of every cheesy movie cliché you can think of. The main female character is a tough hardworking cop who is recently divorced and wants to get back on the homocide team. She has to go for a drink with her pervy boss who takes her to a strip club (nice!) and then gets assigned to investigate the recent spate of murders where the attractive young female victims have all been drained of blood. But there's more! Her ex husband is the chief of homocide and she is assigned to be his partner but there are still sparks there. This film is the worst kind of chewing gum for the brain. The dialogue is completely predictable and testosterone filled and the plot is, well its pathetic quite frankly. The only saving grace is the hunky blond vamp but even he is.....wooden, and thats being kind.
I want those 2 hours of my life back.
eah5124 January 2007
I gave this movie a 1 because they won't allow 0's or negative numbers. The acting is horrible, every character is a walking cliché. The dialog is so cheesy, at times you can see the actors trying not to laugh as they say their lines.
Although is says it was done in 1993, the cast all look like they were extras in 80's cop shows like Miami Vice, and not in a good way.
The stiff playing the vampire is so bad (acting and looking), you want him to die 10 minutes into the movie. Actually, you want them all to die, as soon as possible.
I could break down many other plot points or scenes as to why they were awful, but I simply don't have the strength.
Don't watch this movie, unless you enjoy bad movies.
Although is says it was done in 1993, the cast all look like they were extras in 80's cop shows like Miami Vice, and not in a good way.
The stiff playing the vampire is so bad (acting and looking), you want him to die 10 minutes into the movie. Actually, you want them all to die, as soon as possible.
I could break down many other plot points or scenes as to why they were awful, but I simply don't have the strength.
Don't watch this movie, unless you enjoy bad movies.
Bizarre 1990s Home Video Vampire Oddity
Steve_Nyland30 April 2009
I have to admit having gotten a real kick out of Joel Bender's MIDNIGHT KISS, easily one of the strangest and most entertaining of the 1990's home video era of vampire horror cheapies. The natural appeal of a sexy vampire movie made sense to the low budget film producers looking to feed the frenzy of the masses for their weekly movie rentals after the surprise hits of films like VAMP and THE LOST BOYS. Most of the resulting films are trashy, cheap, bloody, sleazy, and therefore quite popular amongst bad film aficionados like myself. This is one of the better efforts that I've seen.
It's an odd little turkey of a movie too because it aspires to have a message for viewers about female empowerment, the evils of misogyny & chauvinism, gender politics, and a general condemnation of sexual violence directed at women. All good messages and horror films often serve as subversive platforms for social causes. But the film has a peculiar habit of having it's cake while eating it too as it lectures us on workplace sexual harassment during a visit to a strip bar while the topless titty dancers gyrate in the background. It's heroine lady cop also goes through a transformation during the film, evolving from a frumpy professional police woman into a sexually vivacious bloodsucker Goth sex babe decked out in fishnets + leathers. If that's feminism I like it.
The vampire business is actually secondary to the film's central message, which is that men are creeps by nature and some can be downright dangerous. Every guy in the film is a jerk, at least for a few scenes, and the plot even throws in a multi-ethnic gang beating of a homeless person to demonstrate that the evil of male patriarchal power structures knows no boundary of race, color, or creed. The few noble males in the cast who try to stand up for decency end up dead or worse, and the female characters are all victims, vixens, or militant would-be feminists like our hero, a rape squad detective assigned to a slew of brutal murders where the victims were sexually assaulted as well. She's more fun at parties after she is transformed into a half-vampire hottie, that's for sure.
As others have pointed out the vampire is the most interesting character in the film, not only does he have a sense of humor but is surprisingly hip, even ditching his coffin for a body bag in the film's amusing contribution to the history of vampire lore. He's got the angsty Gothic nightclubbing punk rocker look down pat and gets to hiss a few decent one liners. The writers made a wise decision by deciding to totally ignore the character's history and reduce him to a slasher monster who just happens to be a vampire. He's not a person, he's a menace who takes glee in who & what he is: finding out how he got that way would only have served to muddy the waters. But the film's standout section for me involved an ingeniously staged sequence where somebody chases their cat around a tiny, cramped apartment. Hehe, Keety keety!! ;] Whoever made this movie was thinking, though perhaps a bit too much at times.
This film also has some hilariously over-the-top gore sequences which are not to be missed by horror film buffs, my favorite being the after effects of a shotgun blast depicted by a halo of orange/pinkish frothy mush surrounding the head of the chalked outline of a murder victim. It's that kind of a sly, sick, and deeply warped sense of humor that sets this one a notch or two above the rest, even with all the female empowerment messages. There's a modestly priced DVD available showing the unrated 86 minute print. Buy one, and watch it with friends while drinking beer.
7/10
It's an odd little turkey of a movie too because it aspires to have a message for viewers about female empowerment, the evils of misogyny & chauvinism, gender politics, and a general condemnation of sexual violence directed at women. All good messages and horror films often serve as subversive platforms for social causes. But the film has a peculiar habit of having it's cake while eating it too as it lectures us on workplace sexual harassment during a visit to a strip bar while the topless titty dancers gyrate in the background. It's heroine lady cop also goes through a transformation during the film, evolving from a frumpy professional police woman into a sexually vivacious bloodsucker Goth sex babe decked out in fishnets + leathers. If that's feminism I like it.
The vampire business is actually secondary to the film's central message, which is that men are creeps by nature and some can be downright dangerous. Every guy in the film is a jerk, at least for a few scenes, and the plot even throws in a multi-ethnic gang beating of a homeless person to demonstrate that the evil of male patriarchal power structures knows no boundary of race, color, or creed. The few noble males in the cast who try to stand up for decency end up dead or worse, and the female characters are all victims, vixens, or militant would-be feminists like our hero, a rape squad detective assigned to a slew of brutal murders where the victims were sexually assaulted as well. She's more fun at parties after she is transformed into a half-vampire hottie, that's for sure.
As others have pointed out the vampire is the most interesting character in the film, not only does he have a sense of humor but is surprisingly hip, even ditching his coffin for a body bag in the film's amusing contribution to the history of vampire lore. He's got the angsty Gothic nightclubbing punk rocker look down pat and gets to hiss a few decent one liners. The writers made a wise decision by deciding to totally ignore the character's history and reduce him to a slasher monster who just happens to be a vampire. He's not a person, he's a menace who takes glee in who & what he is: finding out how he got that way would only have served to muddy the waters. But the film's standout section for me involved an ingeniously staged sequence where somebody chases their cat around a tiny, cramped apartment. Hehe, Keety keety!! ;] Whoever made this movie was thinking, though perhaps a bit too much at times.
This film also has some hilariously over-the-top gore sequences which are not to be missed by horror film buffs, my favorite being the after effects of a shotgun blast depicted by a halo of orange/pinkish frothy mush surrounding the head of the chalked outline of a murder victim. It's that kind of a sly, sick, and deeply warped sense of humor that sets this one a notch or two above the rest, even with all the female empowerment messages. There's a modestly priced DVD available showing the unrated 86 minute print. Buy one, and watch it with friends while drinking beer.
7/10
"I can think of better things to do at 2 O'Clock in the morning, like sleep." I really liked this one.
poolandrews3 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Midnight Kiss, also known as Vampire Cop in the UK which the IMDb fails to acknowledge, starts late one Los Angeles night in a sleazy bar as Sheila (Celeste Yarnall) is hassled by some sleaze-bag guy (Gino Dentie) who thinks he's gods gift to women but she makes it clear that she doesn't want anything to do with him. Sheila decides to go home but is attacked outside by Mr. sleaze-bag, however a Vampire (Gregory A. Greer) shows up, rips the guys face off, blows the head of the bartender (Warren Farina) with a shotgun & drains Sheila of all her blood... Homicide detective Dennis Blass (Michael McMillen) is on the case but the 16 murders in 2 months have the entire department baffled. As she walks to her car Carol (Darla Grant) is approached & attacked by the blood thirsty Vampire but just about manages to get away, as the only witness Carol is the only lead. Since she is far more caring than any bloke detective Carrie Blass (Michelle Owens) manages to get a lot of information out of Carol, Carrie is then assigned to the case & uses herself as bait. A tactic which works as she is attacked by the Vampire but like Carol survives, however she begins to change as she starts to wear sunglasses because of the sunlight, she likes to eat raw meat & becomes unbelievably strong. Carrie is convinced that she is turning into a Vampire & that she must destroy the head Vampire to return to normal...
Co-edited & directed by Joel Bender I really liked Midnight Kiss which puts me in the minority I suppose considering it's overall low IMDb score & somewhat harsh comments. The script by Ken Lamplugh & John Weidner is good fun, it takes itself seriously but is highly entertaining, in my opinion. It moves along at a nice pace & is never boring, the character's aren't annoying which helps immensely, although basic the dialogue is fine & I have to give it some extra credit because Midnight Kiss doesn't have a single bloody teenager in a main role! The exploitation & horror elements are in abundance here as well with some nice gore, violence & a fairly traditional Vampire although crosses don't work here & I loved the idea that since he lives in modern day America gone is the old wooden coffin to be replaced with a black police body bag! I also liked the notion that Midnight Kiss didn't try to be too ambitious or complicated, this Vampire isn't given a name, any origins, any back story & is just an evil blood drinking Vampire nothing more, nothing less. I wasn't expecting to but I really did like this, it's as simple & straight forward as that.
Directer Bender does a decent job, there isn't a great deal of style or imagination to the way it's shot but it's more than acceptable & the decision not to have any annoying teenagers in it surely must be applauded. The scene when Carrie beats the criminal up in the police station is great, don't you just love it when a sexy babe seriously kicks some male butt? There is far more gore here than I had expected, the opening sequence alone features someone having their face ripped off, various shotgun blasts to the body including a guy having his head literally blown off, there is plenty of Vampire blood drinking action, someone has their arm broken & the bone sticks out the skin, stakes gorily drove through hearts, bodies & throats, slit throats & just the way director Bender uses plenty of blood in the gore scenes really helps.
Techncially Midnight Kiss is fine, it's not outstanding & wouldn't exactly win any Oscars but it's competently made throughout. The film has that nice feel & atmosphere to it that all good horrors have. The acting was OK, Owens as the female Vampire cop is pretty sexy & Greer makes for a decent menacing villain.
I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed Midnight Kiss & I was also surprised at how negative everyone on the IMDb seems to be towards it as I think it makes for terrific late night mindless horror fun! Personally I think it's well worth a watch so at least there's one person out there who likes it... me!
Co-edited & directed by Joel Bender I really liked Midnight Kiss which puts me in the minority I suppose considering it's overall low IMDb score & somewhat harsh comments. The script by Ken Lamplugh & John Weidner is good fun, it takes itself seriously but is highly entertaining, in my opinion. It moves along at a nice pace & is never boring, the character's aren't annoying which helps immensely, although basic the dialogue is fine & I have to give it some extra credit because Midnight Kiss doesn't have a single bloody teenager in a main role! The exploitation & horror elements are in abundance here as well with some nice gore, violence & a fairly traditional Vampire although crosses don't work here & I loved the idea that since he lives in modern day America gone is the old wooden coffin to be replaced with a black police body bag! I also liked the notion that Midnight Kiss didn't try to be too ambitious or complicated, this Vampire isn't given a name, any origins, any back story & is just an evil blood drinking Vampire nothing more, nothing less. I wasn't expecting to but I really did like this, it's as simple & straight forward as that.
Directer Bender does a decent job, there isn't a great deal of style or imagination to the way it's shot but it's more than acceptable & the decision not to have any annoying teenagers in it surely must be applauded. The scene when Carrie beats the criminal up in the police station is great, don't you just love it when a sexy babe seriously kicks some male butt? There is far more gore here than I had expected, the opening sequence alone features someone having their face ripped off, various shotgun blasts to the body including a guy having his head literally blown off, there is plenty of Vampire blood drinking action, someone has their arm broken & the bone sticks out the skin, stakes gorily drove through hearts, bodies & throats, slit throats & just the way director Bender uses plenty of blood in the gore scenes really helps.
Techncially Midnight Kiss is fine, it's not outstanding & wouldn't exactly win any Oscars but it's competently made throughout. The film has that nice feel & atmosphere to it that all good horrors have. The acting was OK, Owens as the female Vampire cop is pretty sexy & Greer makes for a decent menacing villain.
I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed Midnight Kiss & I was also surprised at how negative everyone on the IMDb seems to be towards it as I think it makes for terrific late night mindless horror fun! Personally I think it's well worth a watch so at least there's one person out there who likes it... me!
Truly puzzling that Michelle Owens and Gregory A. Greer never went on to do further on-screen work.
misbegotten19 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
MIDNIGHT KISS (1993) is a semi-obscure low budget effort, clearly made for the VHS rental market, that was re-titled 'VAMPIRE COP' in the UK, meaning that it often gets confused with a 1990 movie with the same title that starred Nineties scream queen Melissa Moore. MIDNIGHT KISS focuses on plainclothes detective Carrie Bliss (played by Michelle Owens). Her captain openly expects the female officers under his command to sleep with him, and her male colleagues are all sexist morons who drink at strip bars after work and think the best way to get a witness statement out of a traumatised rape victim is to shout at her. When a serial killer starts murdering women and draining their blood, Carrie is assigned to act as bait in a series of stakeouts. She eventually gets attacked and bitten by the cocky, long-haired, rockstar-looking killer (Gregory A. Greer), who laughs off Cassie shooting him in the chest and head, and promptly escapes. When Cassie subsequently begins to feel sick, crave blood, and develop superhuman strength enabling her to effortlessly throw muggers about and graphically snap their arms, she realises that not only is the killer a genuine, honest-to-god vampire, but she's rapidly turning into one as well.
To be honest, there's nothing particularly outstanding or remarkable about MIDNIGHT KISS, but it's a perfectly competent and professionally well made movie that is more than watchable. It feels like the Nineties equivalent of some noteworthy Seventies vampire films such as THE NIGHT STALKER (1972) and the COUNT YORGA movies. Shot on location in Los Angeles, the Chinese Theatre makes a brief cameo. One especially nice touch is having the vampire sleep in a body bag instead of the traditional coffin, and using an electronic alarm clock to wake himself up, but the best and most unnerving sequence has a starving Cassie hunting her own pet cat around her apartment. On the down side, the film's main action setpiece - a fight between Cassie and another victim who's turned full vampire - is so badly lit (the only illumination is a torch Cassie's holding) that it's struggle to tell what's happening. As heroine and villain, Owens and Greer both turn in fine, more-than-capable performances, so it's truly bizarre that according to the IMDB this film was the only on-screen appearance for both of them.
Cheap and entertaining 90s urban vampire flick
Mister-Creeper29 October 2021
I am a lover of what's referred to by movie enthusiasts as "movies so bad, they're good", and MIDNIGHT KISS fits perfectly in that category for me. It's cheesy. The acting is so-so. The dialogue is amusing. There's some decent blood and gore effects. And it has vampires! My favorite horror movie monsters. Is my 7 rating too high? Probably to most people. But I was close to giving it an 8; it was that entertaining to me.
Favorite Vampire Movie!
jacobschanda3 February 2000
A must have in any video collection. It had some of the best B-rate actors; except for Gregory A. Greer, who I think was the one to save this movie from a total disaster. The Vampire played his role realistically with a touch of comedy in the face of immortal loneliness. The sad demise of Gregory's character was a turn-off but he was one actor you just had to rewind and watch again, again, and again. I would love to see him in a better movie sometime soon, but for now this awesome movie will work just fine.
A decent vampire guilty pleasure
slayrrr66622 October 2006
Warning: Spoilers
"Midnight Kiss" is a pretty decent vampire film.
**SPOILERS**
A series of strange attacks in Los Angeles leave the police baffled, as the victims are all found drained of blood. Detective Dennis Blass, (Michael McMillen) is the latest policeman to be put on the case, much to the anger of his ex-wife Carrie, (Michelle Owens) also a detective. After getting a lead in the case, Carrie and Dennis are assigned to the case. After being attacked coming home from a stakeout, Carrie comes to believe that it was a vampire, (Gregory A. Greer) who was responsible for the attacks. As she starts to fight off the on-coming vampirism, she helps to finish the vampire case before she turns.
The Good News: This is actually a lot better than it should be. It starts off with a huge plus, as there's a couple of graphic and really nice looking murders which opens it up with a great bang. There's a couple of really nice action scenes later in the film as well, including a garage chase, but none of them really comes as close as the opening one does. The gore is actually a great plus for it as well, since it's pretty gory throughout. There's a very brutal face ripped off, a stake in the neck, one has their throat ripped out, and a person has their head blown to pieces with a shotgun, among other deaths in here. There's also the usual stakes in the chest that a normal vampire film has, and the ones in here are quite bloody. In addition, there's even a nice suspense sequence thrown in during the last half, a very tense walk through of an abandoned house which concludes with the one true jump in the film. True, it can be seen coming but the thrill is that it still shocks on first viewing. All in all, this wasn't all that bad.
The Bad News: Right off the bat, this one has a strike against it: vampires just aren't scary. There's very little frightening aspects about them, and this one here keeps that tradition. There's really nothing in here that will make you change their mind, since it's relatively scare-free. The lead vampire falls into the suave side of portrayal which again doesn't make it threatening. Besides that, there's also a couple of other things wrong with the film. The pacing is a major problem. The beginning half is loaded with scenes that are mainly filler, as they're not there for any reason. The training montage and the scenes in the vampire's lair are the prime examples, as they don't really do much of anything being in there. The one main guilty pleasure sequence, the cat-fight near the end, is a major disappointment, as it takes place in total darkness with the only light coming from a flashlight carried by one of the participants. Otherwise, this wasn't all that bad.
The Final Verdict: Even though it brings nothing new to the genre, this is still a fairly decent vampire film. It may not follow all the rules or conventions, it's still an all-right look for the interested. Give it a shot, there's worse ones out there, especially in this sub-genre.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and themes of Rape
**SPOILERS**
A series of strange attacks in Los Angeles leave the police baffled, as the victims are all found drained of blood. Detective Dennis Blass, (Michael McMillen) is the latest policeman to be put on the case, much to the anger of his ex-wife Carrie, (Michelle Owens) also a detective. After getting a lead in the case, Carrie and Dennis are assigned to the case. After being attacked coming home from a stakeout, Carrie comes to believe that it was a vampire, (Gregory A. Greer) who was responsible for the attacks. As she starts to fight off the on-coming vampirism, she helps to finish the vampire case before she turns.
The Good News: This is actually a lot better than it should be. It starts off with a huge plus, as there's a couple of graphic and really nice looking murders which opens it up with a great bang. There's a couple of really nice action scenes later in the film as well, including a garage chase, but none of them really comes as close as the opening one does. The gore is actually a great plus for it as well, since it's pretty gory throughout. There's a very brutal face ripped off, a stake in the neck, one has their throat ripped out, and a person has their head blown to pieces with a shotgun, among other deaths in here. There's also the usual stakes in the chest that a normal vampire film has, and the ones in here are quite bloody. In addition, there's even a nice suspense sequence thrown in during the last half, a very tense walk through of an abandoned house which concludes with the one true jump in the film. True, it can be seen coming but the thrill is that it still shocks on first viewing. All in all, this wasn't all that bad.
The Bad News: Right off the bat, this one has a strike against it: vampires just aren't scary. There's very little frightening aspects about them, and this one here keeps that tradition. There's really nothing in here that will make you change their mind, since it's relatively scare-free. The lead vampire falls into the suave side of portrayal which again doesn't make it threatening. Besides that, there's also a couple of other things wrong with the film. The pacing is a major problem. The beginning half is loaded with scenes that are mainly filler, as they're not there for any reason. The training montage and the scenes in the vampire's lair are the prime examples, as they don't really do much of anything being in there. The one main guilty pleasure sequence, the cat-fight near the end, is a major disappointment, as it takes place in total darkness with the only light coming from a flashlight carried by one of the participants. Otherwise, this wasn't all that bad.
The Final Verdict: Even though it brings nothing new to the genre, this is still a fairly decent vampire film. It may not follow all the rules or conventions, it's still an all-right look for the interested. Give it a shot, there's worse ones out there, especially in this sub-genre.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and themes of Rape
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