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'''''Midnite Movies''''' is a line of [[B movie]]s released first on [[VHS]] and later on [[DVD]] by [[MGM Home Entertainment]]. The line was begun by MGM in March 2001 following its acquisition of [[Orion Pictures]], which bought out [[Filmways]], the owner of [[American International Pictures]]. AIP had a library of B movies from the 1950s and 1960s that were [[Science fiction film|science fiction]], [[Horror film|horror]], and [[exploitation film]]s. The ''Midnite Movies'' collection was primarily derived from the AIP library (including most of [[Roger Corman]] and [[Vincent Price]]'s horror films) but also included [[Hammer Film Productions]], [[Amicus Productions]], [[United Artists]], [[Cannon Films]], and [[Empire International Pictures]] films as well. The DVDs were first released as single films, but most later releases would be [[double feature]]s on single double-sided discs.<ref>{{cite news | last=Arnold | first=Thomas K. | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-04-27-schlock_x.htm | title=Before the A-films arrive, 'psych out' with a good B-movie | work=[[USA Today]] | date=April 27, 2003 | accessdate=November 26, 2008 }}</ref> Sony Pictures Home Entertainment later became owners of the MGM library and continued the "Midnite Movies" line with distributor [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. All double feature titles released on the 20th Century Fox label were two-disc packages. By 2011, no new titles were forthcoming; the previous catalog titles slowly went out of print and the ''Midnite Movies'' website was taken down.<ref>{{cite news | last=Kehr | first=Dave | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E3DB1530F934A1575AC0A9639C8B63 | title=Critic's Choice: New DVDs | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=September 27, 2005 | accessdate=November 26, 2008 }}</ref>
'''''Midnite Movies''''' is a line of [[B movie]]s released first on [[VHS]] and later on [[DVD]] by [[MGM Home Entertainment]]. The line was launched by MGM in March 2001 following its acquisition of [[Orion Pictures]], which bought out [[Filmways]], the owner of [[American International Pictures]]. AIP had a library of B movies from the 1950s and 1960s that were primarily [[Science fiction film|science fiction]], [[Horror film|horror]], and [[exploitation film]]s. The ''Midnite Movies'' collection was primarily derived from the AIP library (including most of [[Roger Corman]] and [[Vincent Price]]'s horror films), but also included films from other MGM-owned libraries, namely [[United Artists]], [[Cannon Films]], and [[Empire International Pictures]]; films from [[Hammer Film Productions]] and [[Amicus Productions]] were also licensed and released under the banner. The DVDs were first released as single films, but most later releases would be [[double feature]]s on single double-sided discs.<ref>{{cite news | last=Arnold | first=Thomas K. | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-04-27-schlock_x.htm | title=Before the A-films arrive, 'psych out' with a good B-movie | work=[[USA Today]] | date=April 27, 2003 | accessdate=November 26, 2008 }}</ref> The "Midnite Movies" line continued as MGM Home Entertainment switched distributors twice in the mid-2000s, first to [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] and then to [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]; under Fox's tenure, the banner was expanded to include Fox library titles. All double feature titles released during the Fox era were two-disc packages. By 2011, no new titles were forthcoming; the previous catalog titles slowly went out of print and the ''Midnite Movies'' website was taken down.<ref>{{cite news | last=Kehr | first=Dave | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E3DB1530F934A1575AC0A9639C8B63 | title=Critic's Choice: New DVDs | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=September 27, 2005 | accessdate=November 26, 2008 }}</ref>


Beginning in 2013, independent media labels such as Shout! Factory, Scream Factory, Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Twilight Time and Olive Films have licensed titles from the former ''Midnite Movies'' line for [[Blu-ray]] release.
Beginning in 2013, independent media labels such as [[Shout! Studios|Shout! Factory]] (and sub-label Scream Factory), [[Kino Lorber]] Studio Classics, [[Twilight Time (home video label)|Twilight Time]] and Olive Films have licensed MGM-owned titles from the former ''Midnite Movies'' line for [[Blu-ray]] release.

==DVD releases==


===Single film releases also available in Double and/or Quadruple Features===
''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Angry Red Planet]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[At the Earth's Core (film)|At the Earth's Core]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Attack of the Puppet People]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Beach Blanket Bingo]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Beast Within]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Count Yorga, Vampire]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Dr. Phibes Rises Again]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Empire of the Ants (film)|Empire of the Ants]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[House of Usher (film)|The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Invaders from Mars (1986 film)|Invaders from Mars]]'' (1986) (OOP)<br />
''[[It! The Terror from Beyond Space]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Man from Planet X]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Monster That Challenged the World]]''<br />
''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The People That Time Forgot (film)|The People That Time Forgot]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Strange Invaders]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') (OOP)<br />
''[[The Thing with Two Heads]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Twice-Told Tales (film)|Twice-Told Tales]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Village of the Giants]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[City Under the Sea|War-Gods of the Deep]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Wild Angels]]'' (OOP)

===Single film releases not available in Double Features===
''[[Donovan's Brain]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Food of the Gods (film)|The Food of the Gods]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[I Bury the Living]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' (1977) (OOP)<br />
''[[Killer Klowns from Outer Space]]''<br />
''[[The Man from Planet X]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Mars Needs Women]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Planet of the Vampires]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Reptilicus]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Thing with Two Heads]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Witchfinder General (film)|Witchfinder General]]''<br />
''[[X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes]]'' (OOP)<br />

===Double Feature releases===
''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' / ''[[Dr. Phibes Rises Again]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Angel Unchained]]'' / ''[[The Cycle Savages|Cycle Savages]]''<br />
''[[Attack of the Puppet People]]'' / ''[[Village of the Giants]]''<br />
''[[The Attic (1980 film)|The Attic]]'' / ''[[Crawlspace (1986 film)|Crawlspace]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Beach Blanket Bingo]]'' / ''[[How to Stuff a Wild Bikini]]'' (''HtSaWB'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie)<br />
''[[Beach Party]]'' / ''[[Bikini Beach]]''<br />
''[[The Beast Within]]'' / ''[[The Bat People]]''<br />
''[[A Blueprint for Murder]]'' / ''[[Man in the Attic]]''<br />
''[[Chosen Survivors]]'' / ''[[The Earth Dies Screaming]]''<br />
''[[The Comedy of Terrors]]'' / ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963) (OOP)<br />
''[[Count Yorga, Vampire]]'' / ''[[The Return of Count Yorga]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Countess Dracula]]'' / ''[[The Vampire Lovers]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Cry of the Banshee]]'' / ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film) |Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' (1971) (OOP)<br />
''[[Crystalstone]]'' / ''[[The Boy and the Pirates]]''<br />
''[[Deranged (1974 film)|Deranged]]'' / ''[[Motel Hell]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Devils of Darkness]]'' / ''[[Witchcraft (1964 film)|Witchcraft]]''<br />
''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' / ''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Empire of the Ants (film)|Empire of the Ants]]'' / ''[[Tentacles (film)|Tentacles]]''<br />
''[[House of Usher (film)|The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' / ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Penduium]]'' (1961)<br />
''[[Fireball 500]]'' / ''[[Thunder Alley (1967 film)|Thunder Alley]]''<br />
''[[Fortunes of Captain Blood]]'' / ''[[Captain Pirate]]''<br />
''[[Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow]]'' / ''[[The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini]]''<br />
''[[Gorilla at Large]]'' / ''[[Mystery on Monster Island]]''<br />
''[[The Haunted Palace]]'' / ''[[Tower of London (1962 film)|Tower of London]]''<br />
''[[The House on Skull Mountain]]'' / ''[[The Mephisto Waltz (film)|The Mephisto Waltz]]''<br />
''[[The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant]]'' / ''[[The Thing with Two Heads]]''<br />
''[[Invisible Invaders]]'' / ''[[Journey to the Seventh Planet]]''<br />
''[[Invasion of the Star Creatures]]'' / ''[[Invasion of the Bee Girls]]''<br />
''[[The Land That Time Forgot (1975 film)|The Land That Time Forgot]]'' / ''[[The People That Time Forgot (film)|The People That Time Forgot]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]'' / ''[[The Premature Burial (film)|The Premature Burial]]''<br />
''[[The Mini-Skirt Mob]]'' / ''[[Chrome and Hot Leather]]''<br />
''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' / ''[[Alien from L.A.]]'' (''Alien from L.A.'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie)<br />
''[[The Monster That Challenged the World]]'' / ''[[It! The Terror from Beyond Space]]''<br />
''[[Muscle Beach Party]]'' / ''[[Ski Party]]''<br />
''[[The Oblong Box (film)|The Oblong Box]]'' / ''[[Scream and Scream Again]]''<br />
''[[Panic in Year Zero!]]'' / ''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' (''TLMOE'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie)<br />
''[[The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues]]'' / ''[[The Beast with a Million Eyes]]''<br />
''[[Psych-Out]]'' / ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Return of Dracula]]'' / ''[[The Vampire (1957 film) |The Vampire]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Strange Invaders]]'' / ''[[Invaders from Mars (1986 film)|Invaders from Mars]]''<br />
''[[Tales from the Crypt (film)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' / ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Tales of Terror]]'' / ''[[Twice-Told Tales (film)|Twice-Told Tales]]'' (''ToT'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie) (OOP)<br />
''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') / ''[[Madhouse (1974 film)|Madhouse]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Tomb of Ligeia]]'' / ''[[An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe]]''<br />
''[[Voodoo Island]]'' / ''[[The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake]]''<br />
''[[City Under the Sea|War-Gods of the Deep]]'' / ''[[At the Earth's Core (film)|At the Earth's Core]]''<br />
''[[The Wild Angels]]'' / ''[[Hell's Belles (film)|Hell's Belles]]''<br />
''[[Wild in the Streets]]'' / ''[[Gas-s-s-s]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[What's the Matter with Helen?]]'' / ''[[Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]'' / ''[[Konga (film)|Konga]]'' (''Konga'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie) (OOP)

===Quadruple Feature releases===
Released April 5, 2011<br />
''[[The Land That Time Forgot (1975 film)|The Land That Time Forgot]]'' / ''[[The People That Time Forgot (film)|The People That Time Forgot]]'' / ''[[Panic in Year Zero!]]'' / ''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man On Earth]]''<br />
''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' / ''[[Alien from L.A.]]'' / ''[[The Man from Planet X]]'' / ''[[The Angry Red Planet]]''<br />
''[[The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues]]'' / ''[[The Beast with a Million Eyes]]'' / ''[[City Under the Sea|War-Gods of the Deep]]'' / ''[[At the Earth's Core (film)|At the Earth's Core]]''<br />
''[[Strange Invaders]]'' / ''[[Invaders from Mars (1986 film)|Invaders from Mars]]'' / ''[[Invisible Invaders]]'' / ''[[Journey to the Seventh Planet]]''

===Box sets===
'''''Midnite Movies: Creepy Classics''''' (OOP)<br />
- ''X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes''<br />
- ''The Fall of the House of Usher''<br />
- ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' (1961)<br />
- ''The Dunwich Horror''<br />
'''''Midnite Movies Volume One: Creatures & Monsters''''' (OOP)<br />
- ''Yongary, Monster From the Deep'' / ''Konga''<br />
- ''Chosen Survivors'' / ''The Earth Dies Screaming''<br />
- ''The Food of the Gods''<br />
- ''Gorilla at Large'' / ''Mystery on Monster Island''<br />
- ''The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues'' / ''The Beast with a Million Eyes''<br />
'''''Midnite Movies Volume Two: Vampires & Witchcraft''''' (OOP)<br />
- ''The Beast Within'' / ''The Bat People''<br />
- ''Devils of Darkness'' / ''Witchcraft''<br />
- ''Witchfinder General''<br />
- ''The House on Skull Mountain'' / ''The Mephisto Waltz''<br />
- ''The Return of Dracula'' / ''The Vampire''<br />
'''''Vincent Price: MGM Scream Legends Collection'''''<br />
- ''Tales of Terror'' / ''Twice-Told Tales''<br />
- ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' / ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again''<br />
- ''Theatre of Blood'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') / ''Madhouse''<br />
- ''Witchfinder General'' / Disc of Horrors (bonus disc)

===Selected VHS releases===
These 12 films were ''not'' later released as ''Midnite Movies'' DVDs:<br />
''[[The Amazing Transparent Man]]'' (a [[public domain]] film released on several different DVDs)<br />
''[[The Brain That Wouldn't Die]]'' (a [[public domain]] film released on several different DVDs)<br />
''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'' (released on an MGM DVD with the same cover sleeve art/text, but no ''Midnite Movies'' title)<br />
''[[Night of the Eagle|Burn, Witch, Burn]]'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')<br />
''[[Frogs (film)|Frogs]]'' (released on an MGM DVD with the same cover sleeve art/text, but no ''Midnite Movies'' title)<br />
''[[High School Hellcats]]'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')<br />
''[[The Incredible Melting Man]]'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')<br />
''[[Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter]]'' (a [[public domain]] film released on several different DVDs)<br />
''[[Master of the World (1961 film)|Master of the World]]'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')<br />
''[[Pajama Party (film)|Pajama Party]]'' (released on an MGM DVD with the same cover sleeve art/text, but no ''Midnite Movies'' title)<br />
''[[The Phantom Planet]]'' (a [[public domain]] film released on several different DVDs)<br />
''[[The Quatermass Xperiment]]'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')

==Blu-ray releases==
There have been no Blu-rays released under the ''Midnite Movies'' label; however, MGM is/has been licensing many of the ''MM'' titles to independent labels for Blu-ray release. The U.S. releases are as follows.

===Shout! Factory===
''Invaders from Mars'' (1986)<br />
''Motel Hell''<br />

===Scream Factory===
'''''The Vincent Price Collection'''''<br />
''The Fall of the House of Usher''<br />
''The Pit and the Pendulum''<br />
''The Haunted Palace''<br />
''The Masque of the Red Death''<br />
''Witchfinder General''<br />
''The Abominable Dr. Phibes''<br />
'''''The Vincent Price Collection II'''''<br />
''The Raven'' (1963)<br />
''The Comedy of Terrors''<br />
''The Last Man on Earth''<br />
''The Tomb of Ligeia''<br />
''Dr. Phibes Rises Again''<br />
'''''The Vincent Price Collection III'''''<br />
''Tower of London''<br />
''An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe''<br />
''Cry of the Banshee''<br />

''Empire of the Ants''/''Jaws of Satan''<br />
''The Food of the Gods''/''Frogs''<br />
''Tentacles''/''Reptilicus''<br />
''Tales from the Crypt''/''Vault of Horror''<br />
''Murders in the Rue Morgue'' (1971)/''The Dunwich Horror''<br />
''Crawlspace''<br />
''Die, Monster, Die!''<br />
''Invasion of the Bee Girls''<br />
''The Return of Count Yorga''<br />
''The Vampire Lovers''<br />

===KINO Studio Classics===
''At the Earth's Core''<br />
''Donovan's Brain''<br />
''Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine''<br />
''The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant''<br />
''Invisible Invaders''<br />
''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1977)<br />
''Journey to the Seventh Planet''<br />
''The Land That Time Forgot''<br />
''Madhouse''<br />
''The Monster That Challenged the World''<br />
''The Oblong Box''<br />
''Panic in Year Zero!''<br />
''The People That Time Forgot''<br />
''The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues''<br />
''Planet of the Vampires''<br />
''The Premature Burial''<br />
''Tales of Terror''<br />
''Twice-Told Tales''<br />
''War-Gods of the Deep''<br />
''X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes''<br />
''Yongary, Monster from the Deep''<br />

===MGM===
''Killer Klowns from Outer Space''<br />

===Olive Films===
''It! The Terror from Beyond Space''<br />
''Muscle Beach Party''<br />
''Psych-Out''<br />
''The Return of Dracula'' ([[BestBuy]] exclusive release)<br />
''The Thing with Two Heads''<br />
''The Wild Angels''<br />

===Twilight Time===
''Count Yorga, Vampire''<br />
''Scream and Scream Again''<br />
''Strange Invaders''<br />

===Synapse Films===
''Countess Dracula''<br />

== All released titles in alphabetical order ==

''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Alien from L.A.]]''<br />
''[[An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe]]''<br />
''[[Angel Unchained]]''<br />
''[[The Angry Red Planet]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[At the Earth's Core (film)|At the Earth's Core]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Attack of the Puppet People]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Attic (1980 film)|The Attic]]''<br />
''[[The Bat People]]''<br />
''[[Beach Blanket Bingo]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Beach Party]]''<br />
''[[The Beast with a Million Eyes]]''<br />
''[[The Beast Within]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Bikini Beach]]''<br />
''[[A Blueprint for Murder]]''<br />
''[[The Boy and the Pirates]]''<br />
''[[Captain Blood (1960 film)|Captain Blood]]'' (1960)<br />
''[[Captain Pirate]]''<br />
''[[Chosen Survivors]]''<br />
''[[Chrome and Hot Leather]]''<br />
''[[The Comedy of Terrors]]''<br />
''[[Count Yorga, Vampire]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Countess Dracula]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Crawlspace (1986 film)|Crawlspace]]''<br />
''[[Cry of the Banshee]]''<br />
''[[Crystalstone]]''<br />
''[[The Cycle Savages|Cycle Savages]]''<br />
''[[Deranged (1974 film)|Deranged]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Devils of Darkness]]''<br />
''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Donovan's Brain]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Dr. Phibes Rises Again]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Earth Dies Screaming]]''<br />
''[[Empire of the Ants (film)|Empire of the Ants]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[House of Usher (film)|The Fall of the House of Usher]]''<br />
''[[Fireball 500]]''<br />
''[[The Food of the Gods (film)|The Food of the Gods]]''<br />
''[[Fortunes of Captain Blood]]''<br />
''[[The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake]]''<br />
''[[Gas-s-s-s]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini]]''<br />
''[[Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow]]''<br />
''[[Gorilla at Large]]''<br />
''[[The Haunted Palace]]''<br />
''[[Hell's Belles (film)|Hell's Belles]]''<br />
''[[The House on Skull Mountain]]''<br />
''[[How to Stuff a Wild Bikini]]''<br />
''[[I Bury the Living]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant]]''<br />
''[[Invaders from Mars (1986 film)|Invaders from Mars]]'' (1986) (OOP)<br />
''[[Invasion of the Bee Girls]]''<br />
''[[Invasion of the Star Creatures]]''<br />
''[[Invisible Invaders]]''<br />
''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' (1977) (OOP)<br />
''[[It! The Terror from Beyond Space]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Journey to the Seventh Planet]]''<br />
''[[Killer Klowns from Outer Space]]''<br />
''[[Konga (film)|Konga]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Land That Time Forgot (1975 film)|The Land That Time Forgot]]''<br />
''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]''<br />
''[[Madhouse (1974 film)|Madhouse]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Man from Planet X]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Man in the Attic]]''<br />
''[[Mars Needs Women]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]''<br />
''[[The Mephisto Waltz (film)|The Mephisto Waltz]]''<br />
''[[The Mini-Skirt Mob]]''<br />
''[[The Monster That Challenged the World]]''<br />
''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Motel Hell]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' (1971) (OOP)<br />
''[[Muscle Beach Party]]''<br />
''[[Mystery on Monster Island]]''<br />
''[[The Oblong Box (film)|The Oblong Box]]''<br />
''[[Panic in Year Zero!]]''<br />
''[[The People That Time Forgot (film)|The People That Time Forgot]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues]]''<br />
''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961) (OOP)<br />
''[[Planet of the Vampires]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Premature Burial (film)|The Premature Burial]]''<br />
''[[Psych-Out]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963) (OOP)<br />
''[[Reptilicus]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Return of Count Yorga]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Return of Dracula]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Scream and Scream Again]]''<br />
''[[Ski Party]]''<br />
''[[Strange Invaders]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Tales from the Crypt (film)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Tales of Terror]]''<br />
''[[Tentacles (film)|Tentacles]]''<br />
''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') (OOP)<br />
''[[The Thing with Two Heads]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Thunder Alley (1967 film)|Thunder Alley]]''<br />
''[[The Tomb of Ligeia]]''<br />
''[[Tower of London (1962 film)|Tower of London]]''<br />
''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Twice-Told Tales (film)|Twice-Told Tales]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Vampire (1957 film)|The Vampire]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Vampire Lovers]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Village of the Giants]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Voodoo Island]]''<br />
''[[City Under the Sea|War-Gods of the Deep]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[What's the Matter with Helen?]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[The Wild Angels]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Wild in the Streets]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Witchcraft (1964 film)|Witchcraft]]''<br />
''[[Witchfinder General (film)|Witchfinder General]]''<br />
''[[X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes]]'' (OOP)<br />
''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]'' (OOP)<br />

OOP = [[out of print]]

==See also==
*[[Shout! Factory#Scream Factory|Scream Factory]]
*[[IFC Films]]
*[[Shout! Factory#Roger Corman's Cult Classics|Roger Corman's Cult Classics]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 15:54, 14 March 2024

Midnite Movies
IndustryMotion picture video production
GenreScience fiction/Horror/Cult
FounderMGM
ProductsVHS, DVD
OwnerMGM

Midnite Movies is a line of B movies released first on VHS and later on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment. The line was launched by MGM in March 2001 following its acquisition of Orion Pictures, which bought out Filmways, the owner of American International Pictures. AIP had a library of B movies from the 1950s and 1960s that were primarily science fiction, horror, and exploitation films. The Midnite Movies collection was primarily derived from the AIP library (including most of Roger Corman and Vincent Price's horror films), but also included films from other MGM-owned libraries, namely United Artists, Cannon Films, and Empire International Pictures; films from Hammer Film Productions and Amicus Productions were also licensed and released under the banner. The DVDs were first released as single films, but most later releases would be double features on single double-sided discs.[1] The "Midnite Movies" line continued as MGM Home Entertainment switched distributors twice in the mid-2000s, first to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and then to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; under Fox's tenure, the banner was expanded to include Fox library titles. All double feature titles released during the Fox era were two-disc packages. By 2011, no new titles were forthcoming; the previous catalog titles slowly went out of print and the Midnite Movies website was taken down.[2]

Beginning in 2013, independent media labels such as Shout! Factory (and sub-label Scream Factory), Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Twilight Time and Olive Films have licensed MGM-owned titles from the former Midnite Movies line for Blu-ray release.

References

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  1. ^ Arnold, Thomas K. (April 27, 2003). "Before the A-films arrive, 'psych out' with a good B-movie". USA Today. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  2. ^ Kehr, Dave (September 27, 2005). "Critic's Choice: New DVDs". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
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