After Midnight is a 1989 American horror anthology film directed by Ken and Jim Wheat, and starring Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure, Alan Rosenberg, and Pamela Segal.
One of Derek's in-class experiments involving a revolver makes jock Russ urinate in his pants, humiliating him.
This leads to the censuring of the class by the university, to which Professor Derek responds by inviting his students to his home for a private lesson.
In a parlor, he is confronted by Joan, who dons a mask on the back of her head, and brandishes shears, before the doors close.
Unbeknownst to him, Joan and all of the couple's friends are waiting in the room—the entire event was orchestrated as a prank followed by a surprise party.
As their friends open the door to reveal Joan with a birthday cake, a panicked Kevin unintentionally decapitates her with a sword.
Jennifer and Lisa enter the station garage, where they are confronted by a perverted attendant and his band of violent dogs.
Alex, an employee at a telephone messaging service, returns to work after breaking her leg during a ski trip.
During the night shift, Alex receives numerous calls from an unhinged man, Richard, who is obsessively attempting to reach Vanessa Birch, one of the company's clients.
Allison climbs the staircase, and finds herself fleeing through the settings of the various stories told, followed by Derek's reanimated skeleton, pursuing her with an axe.
[2] Eleanor Ringel of The Atlanta Constitution felt the film was "more boring than frightening", comparing it negatively to Dead of Night.