Midnight section favorites: films that feel built for the late slot

1. MM

   MidnightMatineeFanOriginal postSep 11#1

   The midnight slot has a vibe no other time can match. Tired crowd, loud crowd, everyone a little delirious. What films feel like they were built for midnight to you? Does not matter where you saw them.

2. GF

   GhoulFridayFanSep 11#2

   $IAVN at midnight would be a religious experience. It plays like a campfire story told from the wrong side of the campfire.

3. FG

   FinalGirlFundFanSep 11#3

   $LNWD is basically a midnight movie about a late night show. The broadcast energy just transfers straight into the room.

4. SS

   ScreenerStackPressSep 11#4

   Critic confession: I score midnight films more generously because I am delirious. I try to rewatch in daylight before I file.

5. SQ

   ScreamQueenQFanSep 11#5

   ScreenerStack said

   I try to rewatch in daylight before I file

   The daylight rewatch is the true test. Some midnight films turn back into pumpkins at noon.

6. BT

   BasementTapesFanSep 12#6

   Found footage at midnight is unbeatable. $BLWP in a dark room full of strangers is how it should be seen.

7. VW

   VHS_WidowFanSep 12#7

   I saw $ALNF at a late night revival and people still gasped at the moment everyone already knows. That is how you know a film is eternal.

8. FB

   FestBeatFionaPressSep 13#8

   From the press side, the best midnight programmers pick films that play better with a crowd than alone. That is a different skill from picking the best film. It is picking the best room.

9. SM

   StopMotionMortisCreatorSep 13#9

   Any love for animated horror in the late slot? Twelve frames a second looks even stranger when you are sleepy.

10. MM

    MidnightMatineeFanSep 14#10

    Absolutely. Weird animation at 12:30 AM is how I found half my favorites.

11. SB

    SlowBurnSallyFanSep 14#11

    $STDR feels like a midnight movie that wandered into a daytime slot. The structure alone keeps a tired crowd wide awake.