The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 27

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TAMOtNT tttSSIIIIHI sr OLDE SOUTHERN SALOON roMrr HIGHWAY GHOST alt. twHMOMS.NUIlVHta Ml -7 SOI ((OX Dining with a spectacular view Melanie Verliin struggles with stepfather Lawrence Tierney in "Midnight." Horrors! Midnight' Isn't Scary THE SYSTEM fflZffl I1 Christopher's Summer Menu has Pittsburgher's talking atttx that there's something for everybody from 223 Atwood st. SILENCERS the $11.00 complete dinner of Boston Scrod to the elegant tableside Chateaubriand. John Carrick Trio in the Lounge every Friday Saturday Grandview Mt. Washington 381-4500 On tho corner SAT THE CORE of "Rock Roll" By JIM DAVIDSON John Russo's "Midnight" is a machine built to frighten people.

Unfortunately, it's a machine on the fritz. The low-budget horror movie, opening here today at a host of theaters and drive-ins, was made by a local cast and crew in locations from Market Square to Bridgeville to Hannastown. Pittsburgh theatergoers may enjoy seeing familiar actors off on a lark, but the novelty soon wean off. As horror movies go, this one has two major failings. It's not scary and it Lacks a sense of humor.

The plot follows the misadventures of a teenage runaway (Melanie Verliin) who hits the road after spurning the advances of beefy stepfather (Lawrence Tierney). Hitchhiking, she meets two penniless students (John Hall and Charles Jackson) in a van. Eventually, the youngsters battle an evil family satanists, no less, preparing for black masses at Eastertide. The title notwithstanding, most of the action takes place in broad daylight. The creeps invade a suburban cookout and a rural house.

They skulk The best performances belong to the satanists Robin Walsh, John Amplas, David Marchick and Greg Besnak. Marchick uses a maniacal laugh as his signature. Besnak looks like a mustachioed Mr. Clean, sans earring, and Miss Walsh is icily effective during the black mass scenes. Those scenes are grave and heavy-handed.

Russo isn't doing Grand Guignol; he isn't spoofing satanism or catering to an audience that enjoys the silliness and artificiality of horror movies. The best-known name in "Midnight" is Tierney, a minor character actor who made his Hollywood debut In 1943. He lumbers stiffly through the movie, creating one of the many two-dimensional characters. I recognized about 10 faces and one of the voice-overs, the majority from Pittsburgh Playhouse productions. "Midnight" is rated lor violence and references to satanism.

George Segal and Rod Steiger have signed to star in Not a Penny Less." It will be the first film Melvin Frank has produced and directed in London since his Academy Award-winning "A Touch of Class." SPECIAL FOIt THO MONDAY THRU FRIDAY eeemiieeeoeoeoeoeeersrnvf i.o. siq I NANCINI'S LOUNGE Welcoming th new Chof Votllloi (26 ISLAND AV. McKOS HOCKS Half Carafe Win Rolish Tray STUFFED FLOUNDER TENDERLOIN OF BEEF i 3o I20" NIGIITIIAWKS SCROD FLORENTINE BROOK TROUT AimondiiM AT. IRON QTT HOUSE ROCKERS 17" M754 Includes Baked Stuffed Potato, Vegetable du Jour, Salad and Soup Thursday Nig hi Entertainment Jerry "DJ" Srrulhen Friday It Saturday Nights 9fm Ik IfWWlR 391-0924 fin ran mssm i MM, LTL behind tombstones, inching closer and closer to the eventual victim. Instead of showing that last killing in a grisly close-up, Russo opts for shots of a knife flailing in the air above the victim.

At the moment of death he zeroes in on the victim's twitching feet, saving the expense of another make-up job by Tom Savini. The sequence shows a tad more imagination, and humaneness than close-ups of bleeding wounds, if you care about such things. But as a frightening experience, it ranks with the sight of a dentist's drill. By drive-in movie standards, "Midnight" is talkative but not especially grisly. Russo, credited as director and screenwriter, leans too heavily on dialogue, especially in the confrontation scene between the stepfather and stepdaughter.

He talks, she talks, he lunges and suddenly his head is bleeding. Ballet Drops Matinee Series The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has dropped its Saturday matinee series, inaugurated last year. However, there will still be Saturday matinees for "Nutcracker" in December, "Swan Lake" in February and the Silk Road Dance Theatre from Peking, which opens the company's season Oct 15. infill ry wza hite au you can eat a ijFmm compliments or oettoif. pizza SOMEPUa tl IT.

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