Midnight Madness: My Favorite Bad Movie 

My wife and I love this movie but have never met anyone else that has even heard of it. We just pretend we are from a super awesome alternate reality.

This is my all time favorite movie. I wore my tape out as a kid watching it all the time and now I watch the DVD at least 4-5 times a year

Thank you! I was looking for this movie for the last 20 years.

This is my husband's all time favorite movie. He laughs like a hyena when the character says "Faga Beefy" As for the movie that made a HUGE impression on me when I was a kid... a movie from around the same time as Midnight Madness called "Times Square". It was about two teenage girls, one girl who grew up on the streets, and another girl who was the daughter of a politician who was trying to "Clean up Times Square". They run away from a psychiatric hospital together and make a home for themselves in an abandoned warehouse near Times Square. It was also the first movie that I saw Tim Curry in - he plays a radio DJ who finds out that the daughter of the politician who wants to clean up Times Square has run away. I was about 12 or 13 when I saw this for the first time in 84/85 and the politician's daughter reminded me a lot about myself - shy and unsure of herself. It was also when I started getting panic attacks and couldn't sleep so I'd stay up watching movies. I also started writing stories to try to keep myself from losing my mind completely. This movie was also a big inspiration to my writing. No other movie has made the same impact as Times Square, although a few have come close.

I remember this movie. My cousin and I would stay up late and watch this movie when we first got cable. We were way too young to watch it. But we laughed like crazy. Fast forward to my early 20’s couldn’t be more than 21. My then boyfriend now ex husband and I were at the traffic light waiting to get on the expressway after a night out. And what do I see zipping through the intersection... 5 white mopeds!! After that we had to go to blockbuster to find the movie 🤣🤣

LEEEE-ONNN is one of the most sublime moments in film.

Dude! No one knows about this movie, its funny and entertaining. I watched it a million times as a kid amd even now its still funny and fun to watch. Thanks for doing a review. Cherry point! What about the ball? Lol

this is one of my all time faves!

LOVE THIS MOVIE!! Used to watch it all the time as a kid on VHS...love the scene where Harold takes the whole bowl of potato chips from Adam and then - like a complete slob - grabs two full handfuls of chips before leaving Leon's meeting...

I remember watching this Movie right before I entered school. I use to stay home with my Grandmother and everyone was at work. This movie made the city life epic! Specially to a small town kid like me, Id watch over again when cable tv would air it, and from then on, whenever I encountered of opening an envelope, it would remind me of the yellow envelope that the team would gather around to open. haha great times!! I miss being a kid!! thanks for this video!!

Midnight Madness is one of my all time favorite movies.

M-E-A-T! M-A-C-H-I-N-E! Meat Machine! Meat Machine! All right Break!

You nailed it with Midnight Madness. It was the first movie I watched the day we got Cable TV for the first time. It was on all the time. So Funny.

Thank you for this! It's kinda neat to be one of the few people who even remember, let alone like, this movie. Haven't seen it in 30 years, but I'd watch it again! ;) It truly does appeal to the twelve year old in us. lol

Thanks for making this and sharing! My sister and I watched this a bunch of times growing up after recording on VHS. Ah, the good old days. Go Green Team!

Excellent video. This movie struck a chord with me as a young teenager as well. I organized three such events in the mid 80s all based on this movie. What fun it was. I'd love to do it again.

Okay, I saw this at a drive-in. In 1980 one of the last drive-in theater in Rochester, N.Y. (where I am from) was playing this as well as a few other crummy movies. And yes I also seen it about 2 or three years later on cable. A lot of strange things in this one. Kinda wacky through most of it. Seen it recently on cable again over at a friend's house. Thanks again... Until next time!

I remember watching this in a theater back when I was a kid. Couldn't remember what it was called till I found this video. Thanks!

No! Herald there aren't anymore Oreos!😂🤣🤣🤣 I remember this movie, hilarious!

Cable. Saw this as a kid with my sister. Years later (mid 2000’s) I asked her the title of that “scavenger hunt movie”. She remembered, I bought it off Amazon. Good times.

I bought this movie for 5 bucks 20 years ago at some drug store in Colorado. It was one of my first dvds. I’ve got a lot of memories of watching this a dozen times when I was 13 and it really brings me back.

My siblings and I have loved this movie since the early 80's, having watched it time and again when it was running on HBO. A few years ago here in our own town, my wife and I and a group of friends got together to run our own version of the Great All-Nighter and everyone had a blast. "I said leave me alone, Kojak!"

Oh wow I remember this movie from when I was a kid. I probably wasn't even supposed to watch it but I did and I laughed at it. Great video

I watched it back in the day dozens of times on cable. Thanks for the memories.

Don't forget Dirk Blocker (Dan's son). The beer vat scene.... Hey, and Eddie Deezen. I remember when we ran it at the theater. (have the VHS & DVD)

I loved that movie when I grew up and wanted to be in one when I grew up too. Living in Austin, TX I have yet to find or hear anything like that. If you hear of one, I would love to know.

I actually enjoyed this movie from my childhood. Didn't realize it was that old. I first saw it on HBO

I was like 4 or 5 years old when it came out and I remember it.. I've been looking for it forever.. thanks for jarring my memory.. GOD BLESS

If Disney renew this movie with more complex clues and up to date set with todays internet and smartphones, that would be great. But perhaps the plot needs to be improved with todays situation. Maybe Michael J Fox suitable to replace Leon's role.

I loved this movie in 1980. I still watch it to this day. I was born in spring of 71' & saw this movie on cable ( Preview or ON TV with the key) in 1981/82 when my dad got cable.

thank you!!!! i have found someone that not only knows this movie, but likes it!

One Of My Childhood Favorites...Michael J. Fox was 14 years old a year later was on Family Ties ...Alex P. Keaton after 2nd season he started filming Back to the future

I absolutely love this movie. Exactly like you mentioned we got cable when I was little and I saw this movie. It's been a favorite ever since!

There is nothing bad about this movie and it couldn't be less like Nerve

Watched this when we first got HBO when I was 5.

Back in late 1970s - Back in the UK it wasvthe norm to rent TV's & Our rental company was offering a TV & VCRN package ! - My Sister and I had just started working & we put the extra ££ towards & we now had a VCR in our home - Mom & Dad loved it once they got used to it - time switching tv shows ( Mom was a night nurse in local hospiital) - So it helped Mom keep up with her TV shows - We found we had a lot of friends around after the pubs shut at weekends ! Our regular videos go my mates & me were MAD MAX I & II THE WARRIORS ANIMAL HOUSE KING FRAT SCHLOCK Well we were around 18 year old at the time ! Haha ! We'd also rent what ever new movie was released at that weekend - block busters - Horror /Ghost movies - Sci Fi - Zombies ! But those we would first movies 6 Movies would always get rented ! Even now I enjoy finding new movies like this gem "Midnight Madness" Thanks for sharing ! S.B. British Isles !

Awesome movie...The Hollywood Knights also hilarious and not well-known.

I love this movie and saw it when I was twelve in 1986 and watched it multiple times that year.

I saw Midnight Madness when it came out at the theater in 1980 when I was 15. I liked it then, but rewatched it at 55 years old. Even though it is definitely a stupid movie, it is still awkwardly entertaining. I remember seeing Michael J.Fox then, and recognized that he shined on screen.. He really stole every scene he was in i.m.o. I forgot Pee Wee Herman was in this. Who knew then that Fox would become a huge star. David was also a heavily sought after actor at the time. American Werewolf in London is my favorite movie he was in. I still enjoyed the movie after revisiting it, but I'm a sucker for dumb comedies. The 80's was a great decade for these light hearted movies. Try doing a review for The Last American Virgin if you never have. Another great comedy from that era.

I Almost had to dislike this video because u referred to Midnight Madness as a "Bad" "Good Movie", That's blasphemy sir,lol,but I know what you meant..Just 4doing a good review I gave it thumbs up&subscribed..For ppl who Love Midnight Madness IM going 2post another comment just about the movie.It will have a lot of facts about the movie & IF you've never heard them before I think ull enjoy reading the post..The scene you showed that was Disneys animation department,WOW,2018 AND STILL LEARNING SOMETHING NEW about a movie i love,Thank U

Barf is not only a take-off on BART, but Barf is also the tall dude on Harold's team (fagabefe!). So many quotable moments in this film.

I remember this when it came out! I was just a preteen and I went to see it because it had the Dr. Pepper guy. He was cool back then. And it had Ed Deezen, the nerd us other nerds look up to from grease but maybe not emulate. I thought his girlfriend Debra Clinger was beautiful and I remember Michael J Fox as the kid who ended up helping to up save the team. He’s just a little older than me so I thought that was cool! I thought it was fun and that was the first time I’ve seen a scavenger hunt. They’re fun and I try to join one whenever i get the chance. The movie wasn’t Oscar worthy but they didn’t all have to be. Movies weren’t as expensive as they are now so people would go to hang and kill time.

Nice! I totally agree! That game in Arkansas you mentioned is in Hot Springs, where I grew up!

It needs to be on Disney Plus.

You should check out "The Heavenly Kid". Another great 80's movie that nobody seems to know about.

I first watched this movie when I was in my teens, and still have a soft spot for it. It's one of the cheesiest films I've seen, and yet, it has a beating heart (mainly in the form of the bonding that takes place in the yellow team). Candy and Sunshine are super 'hot chicks' - what are they doing hanging out with a king-of-the-nerds character like Leon? The mass celebration and buffet at the end is pretty cool, but if Leon had turned down his audio equipment a tad and not bothered his neighbours or the police, would the celebratory party have just been Leon, Candy, Sunshine and the winning team? I love that the arcade machine was basically a Star Wars game, an X-Wing piloted against Tie fighters.

👍I saw this the same way. My broke family got HBO when midnight madness first came on cable. We were living in a dirty Florida town called Taft,and this movie was a great escape. We saw it on a Friday summer night,and it was magical. EDIT: The 15 people who couldn't solve the hunt, gave this a 👎.😋 P.s. As a trick driver, I shut down for a night in Palatka Fla about 4years back,and saw a bunch of teenagers playing a scavenger hunt. They all had to get a menu from the Sonic burger that was next to the mall. They seemed to be having so much fun.😁👍I was a bit envious. It also gave me flashbacks of this movie.

By far one of my all time favorite films. Despite its weird flaws it's a lot of fun.

Loved it. Had it on vhs in 80s and 90s and was able to find it on DVD in the early 2000s. Haven't checked to see if available on Amazon prime now. But really enjoyed this movie and watched it at least several hundred times bc thats what I did back in the 80s lol

I vaguely remember this as a child....I always had a flashback of a movie with teams all in a different color.....Anyway, just watched a horror channel where this movie was mentioned...Apparently the Movie was the idea of Disney after they heard about a real game like this one that took place in LA for years underground. Once Disney got wind of such a game they got the idea to make it. Apparently one of the games had a tragic cave fall by one of the contestants, hence why it was on a horror channel. But yea, the game was around long before the movie.

Great movie. My high school prom was at Bonaventure.

I am from Brazil and i really enjoy this movie. My father had a VHS of it. Here it is translated as Loucuras em plena madrugada.

This movie is awesome

You forgot Dirk Blocker ("Black Sheep Squadron", "Brooklyn 99"), the son of Dan Blocker ("Bonanza")

this is one of my favorite bad movies. Its charming and i have to say i have always wanted to do an all night scavenger hunt like that. its funny that you say fagabefe, as that might the line my sister and i quoted the most. Eddie Deezen was also in 1942 and in another of my favorite bad movies. Whoopee boys.. i know only a few people that have seen it and one other that liked it. Its terrible, but i dunno, it has an 80s charm.

Was cool as a kid...LEON....nice pinball machines with Reubens

Same, watched it at least 20x

Dude... I remember this movie! It took me awhile to find it as an adult. When I saw this movie as a kid I ended up doing scavenger hunts with my niece and nephews. Have you ever seen the 1989 movie "Catch Me if you can"? It's another movie I enjoyed as a kid. Look it up. I hope you like it.

What a fantastic review and post. Such a pleasure to watch. Subscribe? Done. Thanks for the upload and the nostalgia!

I LOVE this movie!!!

O.K. I might know what you were saying....but, this is definitely NOT a bad movie. lol. This is a not well enough known gem! Michael J. Fox's first on screen gig....scavenger hunt all over the city...beer splash down....the nerds, the twins, the jocks....Pee Wee Herman before he was Pee Wee...well, nationally known as him......let the hilarity begin!! I will give you a hard time about the bad movie thing....lol....but, i will concede...perhaps if you are not of a certain age..that you did catch this as a kid on HBO and VCR it and literally grow up watching this movie until the tape wore out...lol....you might not appreciate or like it as much as ,yself, and as i see pretty much everyone else here does lol. One of my all time favorites...still makes me laugh out loud..loudly...the biggest surprise to me that i never paid attention to as that tape wearing out kid...lol...this is Disney production....quite a bit different what most people think of now...lol

I love love love this movie!

ln the 80s l recorded the movie to VHS. l let a friend borrow it and he forgot it on the bumper of my dad's truck. Dad drove to work the next day, the tape fell off the bumper somewhere and we never found it. l was mad.

And Dr. Axelrod from St. Elsewhere!!

The Cannon Ball Run race was started after the movie came out. That one is not so good, as it is a bit dangerous.

I remember watching this on HBO reruns late at night after my dad started snoring on the couch 😂 I saw this before Goonies so I think movies like this helped Goonies attract GenX kiddos like me 😊

One of the funniest parts of the film IMO are when Harold's "buddy" Melio laughs when stuff goes wrong

Love MM. What's not to love about a flick with Eddie Deezen AND Paul Ruebens!!!

I liked this movie unironically as a kid, it was on cable constantly. It's still pretty entertaining too - it's an odd one though, it seems like they were going for an R-rated comedy like Animal House, with nudity, sex, adult language, etc. - and then decided to make it (mostly) family-friendly and PG at the last minute.

awesome video, thank you

I've got a few , most recent is Death at a Funeral, then there are the "" My "" themed comedies like ( My Stepmother is an Alien ) ; ( My best friends a Vampire ) ; ( My Deadly Friend ) & one of the greatest Murder by Death.!

why did they even have Blade on the blue team? totally unused character. no lines.

Leeeeooon!

One of my all-time favorite bad movies!!!

God, I love that movie.

FAGA BEFFE?? I loved that movie as a kid.

1980 had to compete with empire strikes back

Love M.M. it is amazing!!! MJF first movie ever

First of all... This movie is not bad.

Faga beefe?

Can you do Super Fuzz from the 80s I can't remember it's Ernest Borgnine and the Italian guy can't remember what his name is now really good movie really really fun hopefully if you watch this movie than you probably have seen superfuzz it's a superhero movie but it has a lot of Comedy

Student Bodies...that is another cult classic around the same time is midnight madness

While I haven't seen the movie, I think you are misleading in the title of your review since it wasn't a bad movie. If you want to review a BAD movie, I'd recommend Death Race 2000.

Chair-E-Point!

Is Cole Hersch your son????

Stumbled across this cause this is a movie i love a lot. But being an 80's person, go review Mr. Boogedy. Bud Bundy is in it.

Fun movie all around

You should review Back Christmas the original

Any True Midnight Madness fans in the southern california area? Working on a project.

The two twins were fun loving but the red team in general (especially Berle) were feminists. The white team were a debate group.

Quiero conseguir esta película, y si es en español mejor por supuesto

The dude who played Flynch is in prison.

Fagabeefe lol

paused the video and left at the 0:04 mark

Hug me

How did I miss this back then? I'm going to have to watch it now.