Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Shudder brings us a horror comedy AFTER MIDNIGHT.

Ten years into his small-town, storybook romance with Abby (Brea Grant, Lucky), Hank (Jeremy Gardner, The Battery) suddenly wakes up to an empty home. With nothing but a cryptic note to explain why she left, Hank’s charmed life begins to fall apart. To make matters worse, Abby’s disappearance seems to trigger the arrival of a ferocious creature that crawls out of the old grove on the edge of his property.

AFTER MIDNIGHT is directed by Jeremy Gardner (The Battery) and Christian Stella (Tex Montana Will Survive).

AFTER MIDNIGHT is steadily becoming my favorite type of film in the genre at the moment. Because reality is so dreary it is nice to watch a movie that manages to make you laugh while you anxiously await a monster. Director, writer and star Jeremy Gardner does a great job at balancing classic horror elements (things going bump in the night, or in this case giant scratch marks on the front door) and genuinely funny moments from a friend – I would kind of like to have Wade (Henry Zebrowski).  There is also a good bit of reality questioning. This comes in the form of questioning Hank’s grief for his failed relationship with Abby. Is Hank cracking up or has the cat really run off and become feral?

AFTER MIDNIGHT is currently airing on Shudder. The HorrorFatale says – Watch it!