# Favorite midnight movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584 "2007-06-19T14:11:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/1 "2007-06-19T14:11:08Z")
The title really says it all: What is your favorite midnight movie? _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? _The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_? _Eraserhead_? Something else? I love RHPS and have seen it about 50 times but I loved when a local theater started showing great horror films at their midnight slot. The original _Night of the Living Dead_, _Halloween_, _The Shining_ and others all made the rotation but _The Exorcist_ was the best. The scares were fun but the audience made it entertaining by calling out lines and throwing peas or sprinkling “holy” water. So what is your favorite midnite madness movie? ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/2 "2007-06-19T14:12:33Z")
_Midnight Run_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/3 "2007-06-19T14:13:53Z")
_Midnight Cowboy_ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/4 "2007-06-19T14:17:25Z")
_Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil_ ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/5 "2007-06-19T14:17:58Z")
Our usual favourite is the _Rocky Horror Pictuer Show_ although I do have to be careful in case 'im indoors goes looking for those stilettos that he wore last time we went to the show. He’s not too bad in them but he does tend to wobble a bit and combined with a few drinks, that’s not always good news! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/6 "2007-06-19T14:50:51Z")
_Midnight Express_ ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/7 "2007-06-19T14:52:16Z")
[QUOTE=Kozmik] _Midnight Run_ [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] _Midnight Cowboy_ [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Otto] _Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil_ [/QUOTE] Hardy freaking har-har. You forgot _Midnight Express, The Other Side of Midnight, Permanent Midnight_ and _Captain Midnight_. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/8 "2007-06-19T16:30:28Z")
_Young Frankenstein_ - although I need a new copy ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/9 "2007-06-19T16:40:53Z")
Best I can do (because I’m an old coot with kids and never get to go to midnight movies) is _Dungeons and Dragons_ - used to watch it whenever I sat up all night with a sick kid. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/10 "2007-06-19T17:51:28Z")
Geez, begrudge a workin’ man a little fun why doncha. Spoilsport. RHPS is of course the standard. Combining it with its sequel, “Shock Treatment,” makes for a good double feature, since by the time ST starts it’s late enough that you don’t notice how weak it actually is and can focus on the great songs. “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains,” which aired on Night Flight it seemed like every other weekend, is also a good choice. It was produced by Lou Adler of RHPS fame and stars Diane Lane as a pissed off teenage punk, with Laura Dern in a supporting role. That film NEEDS to be on DVD like, NOW. Anything of the John Waters filmography up to and including “Polyester” but especially “Female Trouble” which, depsite “Pink Flamingos”’ greater notoriety, is the far superior film. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/11 "2007-06-19T18:35:49Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Geez, begrudge a workin’ man a little fun why doncha. Spoilsport. RHPS is of course the standard. Combining it with its sequel, “Shock Treatment,” makes for a good double feature, since by the time ST starts it’s late enough that you don’t notice how weak it actually is and can focus on the great songs. “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains,” which aired on Night Flight it seemed like every other weekend, is also a good choice. It was produced by Lou Adler of RHPS fame and stars Diane Lane as a pissed off teenage punk, with Laura Dern in a supporting role. That film NEEDS to be on DVD like, NOW. Anything of the John Waters filmography up to and including “Polyester” but especially “Female Trouble” which, depsite “Pink Flamingos”’ greater notoriety, is the far superior film. [/QUOTE] Just doing my job, giving people a hard time. 😉 Another great midnight movie was _Pink Floyd’s The Wall_. The music is excellent and your level of enjoyment was determined by your blood alcohol content and/or the particular pharmaceuticals you were imbibing. Same for _2001: A Space Odyssey_. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/12 "2007-06-19T18:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] RHPS is of course the standard. Combining it with its sequel, “Shock Treatment,” makes for a good double feature, since by the time ST starts it’s late enough that you don’t notice how weak it actually is and can focus on the great songs. [/QUOTE] Or if you want to make a triple feature : _Phantom of the Paradise_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/13 "2007-06-19T18:45:01Z")
I thought this thread would feature stuff more like _She_ or Rutger Hauer movies. Speaking of which: _Split Second_: “I need more coffee”. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/14 "2007-06-19T18:46:54Z")
[QUOTE=detop] Or if you want to make a triple feature : _Phantom of the Paradise_. [/QUOTE] Gah, boring. Swap in the vastly underrated [Get Crazy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085551/), starring Malcolm McDowell as Reggie Wanker, and there’s your triple feature. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/15 "2007-06-19T23:27:25Z")
_The Forbidden Zone_ - made by Richard Elfman, the first musical score by Danny Elfman (then of "The Mystical Knights of the **Oingo Boingo** , whose work making the movie turned them into Oingo Boingo), and featuring Susan Tyrell and Herve Villachez as the King and Queen of the 10th Dimension. Absolutely amazing, absolutely insane, and in a perfect world it would have a _Rocky Horror_-sized following. ---
**Author:** ![Commodore\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Commodore\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commodore_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/16 "2007-06-20T06:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] _The Forbidden Zone_ - made by Richard Elfman, the first musical score by Danny Elfman (then of "The Mystical Knights of the **Oingo Boingo** , whose work making the movie turned them into Oingo Boingo), and featuring Susan Tyrell and Herve Villachez as the King and Queen of the 10th Dimension. Absolutely amazing, absolutely insane, and in a perfect world it would have a _Rocky Horror_-sized following. [/QUOTE] I love you. But what’s a nice Jewish kid like you doing in the sixth dimension? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/17 "2007-06-20T09:40:33Z")
[Barbarella](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarella_%28film%29) ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/18 "2007-06-20T11:52:22Z")
[_Heavy Metal_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0082509/) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/19 "2007-06-20T12:54:34Z")
I’ve never been to a “midnight movie”, but I think [Phantasm](http://imdb.com/title/tt0079714/) has all the makings of a classic midnight camp. The tall man, orbs, and Jawa zombies, oh yea. Maybe include Bubba Ho-Tep from Coscarelli as a double feature. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584/20 "2007-06-20T13:26:39Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] Hardy freaking har-har. You forgot _Midnight Express, The Other Side of Midnight, Permanent Midnight_ and _Captain Midnight_. [/QUOTE] OK. How about _High Noon_? :::just kidding For real this time: _Where’s Poppa? Little Murders Start The Revolution Without Me_ :::it’s been a long time since I’ve been to a midnight movie [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-midnight-movie/408584.md?page=2)