PREREQUISITES: It must be exactly 12:00AM when you begin performing the ritual, otherwise it will not work. However, for those few thrill seekers searching for a rush or those delving into obscure occult rituals, these are the simple instructions on how to play. It is highly recommended that you DO NOT play the Midnight Game. There's an even higher chance of permanent mental scarring. While it is mainly used as a scare tactic to not disobey the gods, there is still a very real chance of death to those who play the Midnight Game.
Veterans Englund and Shaye admirably give it their all, but their best efforts are not enough to elevate the subpar material directed in mechanical fashion by Zariwny."The Midnight Game" is an old pagan ritual used mainly as punishment for those who have broken the laws of a pagan religion. The ensuing violent mayhem - which also involves Alex’s friend Kelly (Emily Haine), who shows up at just the wrong time - proves forgettable, save for the sight of the Midnight Man wearing a large bunny head (don’t ask). Or, as Shaye’s character shrieks in one of the film’s many jump scares, “You opened the GAME!” Alex begins to play it with her friend Miles (Grayson Gabriel). She also finds a box containing the paraphernalia necessary to play the Midnight Man game. Venturing into the darkened space, Alex encounters objects ranging from a male mannequin to a handgun. One day, Anna asks Alex to retrieve a hand mirror from the attic. The story picks up decades later, with one of the players, Anna ( Shaye), now a dementia-addled elderly woman who lives in her rundown mansion with her caretaker granddaughter Alex (Gabrielle Haugh). Needless to say, the game doesn’t end well, with one little boy suffering a fate similar to the child in the opening sequence of It. A 1953-set prologue shows several children huddled together within a circle of salt, playing a game named for what is later described as a “pagan entity” known as the Midnight Man. Oscars on Eggshells: How Offscreen Controversies Could Impact NominationsĪs with so many horror films, the story concerns a game that produces deadly results (you’d think kids would have learned to stop playing them by now).
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