Midnight Kiss is gay slasher about a group of twenty-something friends being stalked by a killer on New Years eve. I’m not going to get into the plot because that’s about all there is to tell.
When done well, a slasher movie is a fun romp full of gore and suspense. Most slashers have the same formula: something happened years ago and now a killer is stalking a group of people (usually teenagers played by actors in their twenties). Midnight Kiss follows the same premise and tries to give it a fresh twist.
People who enjoy a good slasher are only looking for a ridiculous story, original kills, suspense, and one or two jump scares. Unfortunately, Midnight Kiss fails at jump scares and suspense. When the killer shows up, you see him coming a mile away. There’s never the question of if he’s there, which ruins any chance for suspense.
The kills are okay, but none are memorable or feel original. There is one scene that takes place in a closet that was decent, but they didn’t take it far enough. This is a gay slasher; we want something over the top and outrageous.
I give some credit to writer Erlingur Thoroddsen for attempting to add a twist with a second killer, but it falls flat. A slasher only needs one stalker whose identity may be a mystery, that’s it. And the murderer can end up being anybody, even if he or she only shows up at the end of the movie (I’m looking at you, Pamela Vorhees). Midnight Kiss has a good reveal, but the twist isn’t necessary.
For a movie that gests much of the slasher movie right, it gets the main aspects wrong. I give Midnight Kiss a pass.