http://www.listal.com/list/midnight-movie-madness A list of the original and most legendary Midnight Movies in chronolical order. Freaks and Reefer Madness are the ones that gained huge popularity at midnight screenings back in the 30s, but it was El Topo that made a phenomenon of the midnight movies, partly due the statement of John Lennon that it is his all time favorite film. He also helped Jodorowsky and his crew to finance Jodo's next masterpiece, The Holy Mountain. These cult and underground films of their time has had huge impact on the way movies are seen and made. Most notably the unbeliavable cult-following of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A take from Wikipedia: "<i>The term <b>midnight movie</b> is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming, often with a host delivering ironic asides. As a cinematic phenomenon, the midnight screening of offbeat movies began in the early 1970s in a few urban centers, particularly New York City, eventually spreading across the country. The screening of nonmainstream pictures at midnight was aimed at building a cult film audience, encouraging repeat viewing and social interaction in what was originally a countercultural setting. The national success of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the changing economics of the film exhibition industry altered the nature of the midnight movie phenomenon; as its association with broader trends of cultural and political opposition dwindled in the 1980s, the midnight movie became a more purely camp experience—in effect, bringing it closer to the television form that shares its name. The term midnight movie is now often used in two different, though related, ways: as a synonym for B movie, reflecting the relative cheapness characteristic of late-night movies both theatrically and on TV, and as a synonym for cult film.</i>" en-us GMT GMT Listal.com <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/freaks' title="Freaks"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/849/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Tod Browning</b> Year: <b>1932</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:42:07 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/freaks http://www.listal.com/movie/freaks B00005JH9W <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/tell-your-children-1936' title="Reefer Madness"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/441664/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Louis J. Gasnier</b> Year: <b>1936</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Also known as <i>'Tell Your Children'</i> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:42:07 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/tell-your-children-1936 http://www.listal.com/movie/tell-your-children-1936 6305066795 <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/curse-frankenstein' title="The Curse of Frankenstein"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/304529/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Terence Fisher</b> Year: <b>1957</b> Country: <b>UK</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:54:34 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/curse-frankenstein http://www.listal.com/movie/curse-frankenstein B00006G8JZ <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/night-of-the-living-dead' title="Night of the Living Dead"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/73371/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>George A. Romero</b> Year: <b>1968</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:42:55 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/night-of-the-living-dead http://www.listal.com/movie/night-of-the-living-dead 6305248109 <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/targets' title="Targets"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/187415/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Peter Bogdanovich</b> Year: <b>1968</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:52:03 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/targets http://www.listal.com/movie/targets B00009RXKC <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/invocation-my-demon-brother' title="Invocation of My Demon Brother"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/171405/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Kenneth Anger</b> Year: <b>1969</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:55:32 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/invocation-my-demon-brother http://www.listal.com/movie/invocation-my-demon-brother <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/bambi-meets-godzilla' title="Bambi Meets Godzilla"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/90178/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Marv Newland</b> Year: <b>1969</b> Country: <b>Canada</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:50:46 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/bambi-meets-godzilla http://www.listal.com/movie/bambi-meets-godzilla <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/topo-el-1970' title="The Mole"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/807555/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Alejandro Jodorowsky</b> Year: <b>1970</b> Country: <b>Mexico</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:43:28 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/topo-el-1970 http://www.listal.com/movie/topo-el-1970 <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/equinox' title="Equinox"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/760640/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Jack Woods</b> Year: <b>1970</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:58:45 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/equinox http://www.listal.com/movie/equinox <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/viva-la-muerte' title="Viva la muerte"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/productsus/50/B00007149L/movies/.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Fernando Arrabal</b> Year: <b>1971</b> Country: <b>France/Tunisia</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:57:59 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/viva-la-muerte http://www.listal.com/movie/viva-la-muerte B00007149L <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/pink-flamingos-1972' title="Pink Flamingos"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/68665/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>John Waters</b> Year: <b>1972</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:50:54 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/pink-flamingos-1972 http://www.listal.com/movie/pink-flamingos-1972 B00005NC4Y <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/the-harder-they-come' title="The Harder They Come"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/202812/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Perry Henzell</b> Year: <b>1972</b> Country: <b>Jamaica</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:51:11 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/the-harder-they-come http://www.listal.com/movie/the-harder-they-come 1559409061 <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/flesh-gordon' title="Flesh Gordon"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/295933/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Michael Benveniste</b> Year: <b>1974</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:54:13 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/flesh-gordon http://www.listal.com/movie/flesh-gordon 6305641587 <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/the-rocky-horror-picture-show' title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/205029/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Jim Sharman</b> Year: <b>1975</b> Country: <b>UK/USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:51:24 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/the-rocky-horror-picture-show http://www.listal.com/movie/the-rocky-horror-picture-show B00004U8P9 <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/eraserhead-1977' title="Eraserhead"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/338006/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>David Lynch</b> Year: <b>1977</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:51:36 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/eraserhead-1977 http://www.listal.com/movie/eraserhead-1977 <a href='http://www.listal.com/movie/liquid-sky' title="Liquid Sky"><img src='http://img.listal.com/image/206962/50full.jpg' style="float:left;" /></a>Director: <b>Slava Tsukerman</b> Year: <b>1982</b> Country: <b>USA</b> Widely considered being one of the last "true" indie films that would became a midnight hit, if not the last. The wide spread of VCR and cable-TV this time around marked the death for midnight movie madness, though the legacy lives. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:56:30 GMT http://www.listal.com/movie/liquid-sky http://www.listal.com/movie/liquid-sky 6305660328