Monday, August 3, 2026

“The San Francisco Earthquake, the Chicago Fire, and So Forth” - Red Midnight (1966)

Nobody makes high-quality cinema the way people with axes to grind make high-quality cinema. Case in point: Red Midnight, a captivating thriller from 1966 that makes a convincing case for urban planning through domestic terrorism.

Some of your universe's critics are unpersuaded. For example, reviewer Blastoff Tokicksville writes, "This one could have stayed lost." Reviewer Vaccinia writes, "this is so bloated with filler that it is probably safer to just give a blanket suggestion to avoid and not watch." And reviewer MelvinvtHof writes, "This was very hard to sit trough [sic]."

Read on for the truth about Red Midnight...