
The Haunted(1991)
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted. When the Catholic Church is no help, they reach out to famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren


“Every mystery has its clues”
Even though a devastating murder took place during a small town's horror film festival two years earlier, townspeople want another festival.

Ron White
Al Jason

Gillian Barber
Marilyn

Jeff Schultz
Lawrence
Beatrice Boepple
Sherri

Timothy Webber
Geoff

Don S. Davis
Earle Gardner

R. Nelson Brown
Warren

William B. Davis
Heath Harris

Stephen E. Miller
Dallas

Matt Hill
Bob Simpson
Midnight Matinee is a horror, mystery, thriller, tv movie film released in 1988. Directed by Richard Martin, it stars Ron White, Gillian Barber, Jeff Schultz. Even though a devastating murder took place during a small town's horror film festival two years earlier, townspeople want another festival.
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