Midnight

Midnight (also released as Backwoods Massacre) is a 1982 American exploitation horror film directed by John A. Russo and starring Melanie Verlin, Lawrence Tierney, and John Amplas. It is based on Russo's 1980 novel of the same name, published by Pocket Books. It follows a female hitchhiker en route to San Francisco who finds herself at the mercy of a backwoods Satanic cult in Pennsylvania who sacrifice young women in an attempt to resurrect their dead mother. The film was shot on location outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and features special effects by Tom Savini. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic