Dead By Midnight Y2Kill - DVD

Lawrence Tierney, Melanie Verlin. Nancy just can't seem to catch a break! First leaves her home after her stepfather makes advances on her and while on her way to California she meets two young men who seem nice. However, nice is a relative term as she later comes face to face with a night of terror that may take her life. 1982/color/91 min/R.

The second film in Luciano Ercoli's Death Walks series (and his third directorial effort to feature his wife Nieves Navarro, aka Susan Scott), Death Walks at Midnight is arguably the director's masterpiece - aided in no small part by the screenwriting talents of giallo master Ernesto Gastaldi (Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, Torso). Navarro stars as Valentina - a model who, in the midst of a drug-fuelled photoshoot, witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers. But when the authorities refuse to believe that a crime has been committed, Valentina is forced to assume the role of amateur sleuth in order to unravel the mystery. Although Ercoli only made a small number of giallo films during his time as director, Death Walks at Midnight (with it's ultra-stylized set-pieces and grisly murder sequences) would serve to forever cement his reputation within the genre.

Armand Assante stars in this present-day vampire horror story based on a historic cult that delves into ancient rituals revolving around the legend of St. George.