Mr. Midnight

Mr Midnight
Author	James Lee
Original title	Mr Midnight
Country	Singapore
Language	English
Genre	Horror fiction
Publisher	Angsana Books, Flame Of The Forest Publishing ( flameoftheforest.com )
Publication date	1998 (Earliest, Mr Midnight #1); 2023 (Latest, Mr Midnight #104)

Last updated October 06, 2023

Mr Midnight (US title: Mr. Midnight) is a children's horror fiction book series written by Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee. The series is published by Angsana Books, Flame Of The Forest Publishing. There are currently 130 books in the series, including 27 Special Edition titles, with more being written and released around every two to four months. It has been translated into Burmese, Malay, Indonesian, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese.^[1]

Books

The latest book in the Mr Midnight book series is Mr Midnight #104. It contains two story, Zombies in the Zoo and Underground with the Dead.

The Complete List
Language	English		Malay		Indonesian		Chinese
Localised Title	Mr. Midnight		Detik Tengah Malam (Mr. Midnight until book 4)		Mr. Midnight		午夜先生惊魂系列
Translator	Original language		Shajaratuddur Halim				张英（張英
1	Madman's Mansion	The Monster in Mahima's Mirror	Rumah Agam Orang Gila	Jembalang Dalam Cermin Mahima	Rumah Hantu Gila	Monster Dalam Cermin	魔屋 (古老怪屋）	镜中历险记（鏡中歷險記）
2	The Case Of The Cursed Clock	Night Of The Haunted Hamburgers	Kes Jam Sumpahan	Malam Burger Berhantu	Kasus Jam Terkutuk	Hamburger Berhantu	邪恶的时钟（邪惡的時鐘）	闹鬼之夜（鬧鬼之夜）
3	Scary School Bus To Nowhere	Revenge Of The Goldfish	Bas Sekolah Yang Menakutkan	Dendam Ikan Emas	Bis Sekolah Tanpa Tujuan	Balas Dendam Ikan Mas Koki	校车疑云（校車疑雲）	金鱼复仇记　（金魚复仇記）
4	My Creepy Computer	There's A Ghost In My Photo!	Komputer Seram	Hantu Dalam Gambar!			恐怖电脑（恐怖電腦）	照片幽灵　（照片幽靈）
5	Happy Birthday Horrors	Eaten By Hamburgers	Hadiah Ngeri	Serangan Burger			生日惊魂　（生日驚魂）	吃人汉堡　（吃人漢堡）
6	Our Radio Won't Turn Off!	The Cinema Of Doom	Misteri Bunyi Radio	Pawagam Berhantu			关不掉的收音机　（關不掉的收音機）	死亡影院　（死亡影院）
7	Don't Get Off At The 13th Floor!	My Shoes Have Gone Nuts	Misteri Tingkat 13!	Kasut Gila			不详的13	疯狂的鞋子　（瘋狂的鞋子）
8	The Demon Dentist	Who Stole The Zoo?	Mangsa Dr Dredd	Rompakan Zoo			魔鬼牙医（魔鬼牙醫）	谁偷走了动物园　（誰偷走了動物園）
9	My Handphone Is Haunted!	School Camp Terrors	Telefon Berhantu!	Serangan Kupu-kupu			闹鬼的手机　（鬧鬼的手機）	恐怖的野营　（恐怖的野營）
10	Who Else Is Living In Our House?	Our School Ghost	Tetamu Tak Diundang	Hantu Sekolah			房子里另有其人	校园幽灵
11	Don't Laugh At A Killer Clown!	My Sinister Sunglasses	Badut Pembunuh!	Bayangan Kaca Mata Hitam			杀人小丑	我的诡异墨镜
12	The Carnival Of Horrors	The Boy With Blood-Red Eyes	Karnival Berhantu	Budak Lelaki Bermata Merah			恐怖的游乐场	血色眼睛的男孩
13	My Invisible Friend	Strangled By Spaghetti	Kawan Limunan	Jerutan Spageti			面条杀手	我的隐身朋友
14	The Fiendish Fish Spirit	Our Ghostly Bus Stop	Roh Ikan Ganas	Hentian Bas Berhantu			凶猛的鱼王	幽灵徘徊的车站
15	My Friend's Now a Mummy!	May All Your Dreams Come True	Kawanku Pocong!	Mimpi Terjadi			我朋友成了木乃伊	祝你美梦成真
16	My Class Vampire	The Mad, Mad Music School	Pontianak Kelas	Kelas Muzik Gila			班级里的吸血鬼	疯狂的音乐学校
17	All My Friends Have Vanished!	What's That Thing In My Pillow?	Semua Kawanku Hilang!	Apa Dalam Bantalku?			我的朋友们都失踪了	我的枕头里有什么
18	The Super Scary Supermarket	Who Invited The Ghost?	Kedai Sangat Ngeri	Siapa Undangkan Hantu?			超级恐怖超市	谁邀请了魔鬼
19	Flying Tiger Fist Of Shaolin	Demon's Island	Tangan Berterbang Shaolin	Pulau Hantu			少林飞虎拳	恶魔岛
20	We Made A Monster	Clones In Class	Robot Hidup	Clon Di Kelas			我们制造了一个怪物	克隆班级
21	Don't Go Near The Neighbors	Somebody's Stealing My Life	Jangan Mendekati Rumah Jiran!	Seorang Mencuri Hidupku!
22	Wormhead	They Came From The Drain	Kepala Cacing	Mereka Datang Dari Longkang
23	Good Knight, Raider Goh	Sleep Over And Die!	Penjaga Baik, Raider Goh	Tidur Lain Tempat Dan Mati!
24	The Eight Legs Of Ang See Beng	The Demon Dentist Strikes Back	Lapan Kaki Ang See Beng	Dr. Dredd Kembali Lagi!
25	The Wild, Wild Wolves Are Coming	My Secret Stalker	Anjing Liar Akan Datang	Pengikut Rahsia
26	My Cursed Mask	Welcome To The Weird School	Topeng Sumpahan	Selamat Datang Ke Sekolah Gila
27	Please Stay In Your Grave!	Forest Of Fear	Tolong Jangan Keluar Dari Kubur!	Hutan Menakutkan
28	The People Gobblers	The Revenge Of Mahima's Monster	Manusia Dimakan	Penbalasan Dendam Jembalang Mahina
29	My Creepy Cruise	Stranger Danger	Krus Menakutkan	Orang Tidak Dikenali Berbahaya
30	Attack Of The Lizardmen	The Body Switchers	Serangan Orang Cicak	Pertukaran Badan
31	Stop The Deadly Dummies!	Who Sent Me A Coffin?	Hentikan Patung Bahaya	Siapa Menghantarkanku Kofin?
32	When The Ghosts Went Mad	Drop Dead, Gorgeous	Bila Hantu Menjadi Gila	Jatuh Mati, Cantik
33	The Legend Of Lady Long Neck	Who's Been Cursing Me?	Lagenda Wanita Leher Panjang	Siapa Sumpahkan Aku?
34	My Freaky Shrunken Head	Evil By Email	Kepala Dikecilkan	Jahat Dari E-Mel
35	What's That Thing On My Hand?	River Of Shivers	Apa Di Tanganku?	Sungai Berhantu
36	Dr Dredd And The Exploding Teeth	Dead Write	Dr. Dredd Dan Gigi Meletup!	Tulisan Kematian
37	The Dead Are Dancing	Old Ghosts Of New York	Hantu Bernari	Hantu Lama New York
38	Singing Swords, Dragon Drums	Have You Been Drinking Brain Juice?	Pedang Bernyanyi, Dram Naga	Adakah Kamu Berminum Jus Otak?
39	My House Is Now A Graveyard	When The Vampire Wakes Up	Rumahku Sekarang Sebuah Kuburan	Bila Pontianak Bangun
40	What's That Under Our School?	Magic Shop Madness	Apa Di Bawah Sekolah?	Kedai Magic Bergila
41	There's A Witch In My Watch	Tree Boy	Ada Penyihir Di Arlogi Saya	Anak Pokok
42	Beware Of The Gravedigger!	The Eggs Of Evil	Pengali Kubur	Telur Jahat
43	Help Me, I'm Changing!	Tower Of Terror	Tolong, Aku Berubah!	Menara Keganasan
44	Dr Dredd And The Dentures Of Doom	Dressed To Kill	Dr Dredd Dan Gigi Kiamat	Berpakaian Berbunuh
45	Joshua Long, Your Hands Have Gone Wrong	Why Can't We Go Into Classroom 44?	Joshua Long, Tangan Kamu Ada Masalah	Mengapa Kita Tidak Boleh Memasuki Kelas 44?
46	Heads Will Roll	Don't Open This Letter!
47	Walking, Running Killer Fish	My Shadow Is Killing Me
48	Just Before You Die	Their Master's Grave
49	Old Ghosts Of Japan	Drowned But Not Dead
50	Die Laughing At A Killer Clown	I Live In Coffin 4, Blood Street
51	Dr Dredd's Voodoo Braces	Keep Out! This Village Is Possessed
52	My Cupboard's Full of Cobras	The Girl Next To Me Is A Witch
53	Terril Tan's Terrible Tongue	Do Not Call This Number
54	Cross Country Creeps	The Dead Are Watching
55	Where The Mad Are Buried	Dead Boy's Birthday
56	Skulls At School	There's A Vampire Upstairs
57	Freaky Farm	My Mad Maid
58	Face Of Doom	Buried But Breathing
59	The Circle of Death	When The Screaming Had To Stop
SE 1	When The Living Meet The Dead
SE 2	Santa's Claws	The Fright Before Christmas
60	The Brain Raiders	The Monsters of Monte Bello
61	Who Was In That Coffin?	Deathmaster
62	The Tomb of Dr. Theseus	Don't let the Eagleheads Find You
63	The Sleepers Are Awake	Beware Of Iron Face
64	The Beam Of Doom	The Grave Busters
65	Trail Of Terror	The Creeping Corpse
SE 3	Trick Or Treat - Or Die
SE 4	The Snowmen From Hell
66	Mangled Man	The Ghost Factory
67	Here Comes The Coneheads!	Dr Dredd Drills Again
68	Don't Look At The Dead!	The Haunted Hangman
69	Has Anyone Seen My Head?	Dead On Midnight
70	One Foot In The Grave	We Will Always Be Watching
SE 5	My Halloween Night Of Horrors
SE 6	Our Creepiest Christmas Ever!
71	Never Look Into Their Eyes!	The Curse Of The Bloodless
72	Revenge Of The Zombies	Don't Go Down Into The Basement!
73	Who's Been Knocking On My Door?	The Ghosts Of Old Nuggety
74	Jordon Koh, Where Did You Go?	My Night In A Haunted Hotel
75	My School Is A Dead Zone	Our Postman Is A Ghost
SE 7	The Halloween Graveyard Train
SE 8	Santa And The Christmas Slime
76	The League of the Dead	The Whistling Ghost
77	Look Out – It's the Bag Man!	Ghost Bees
78	The Rise of the Barbarian	The Dreaded Ones
79	The Curse Of The Cobweb People	The Dinosaur Ghost
80	When Ghosts Get Married	Revenge Of The Golden Poison Frog
81	Vampires From The Swamp	The Night The Undead Died
SE 9	The Ghost Riders Of Halloween
SE 10	I'm Dreaming Of A Weird Christmas
82	Melvin, Melvin, Are You Out There?	The Lost Ghosts of Red Hill
83	My Spooky Bathroom	The Mad Mad Music In My Head
84	The Hand of Doom	Grinning Ghosts
85	Green Eye, Red Eye	The Ghost That Wouldn't Die
SE 11	The Flying Broomsticks Of Halloween
86	Slither	The Bones Of Bok Choo Bin
87	Dian And The Dead Men	Skull Duggery
88	Flyboy	Dead Man's Lake
89	The Rage Of The Dead	I Just Saw My Own Ghost!
SE 12	The Beasts Of Halloween
SE 13	Santa and the Evil Elves
90	Riverboat Ghosts	The Scares Upstairs
91	Run! It's The Rubber Man!	My Super Scary School
92	Mountain of Terror	The Headless Horror
93	When The Dead Go Shopping	Zombie Brains
SE 14	The Dead Are Back For Halloween
SE 15	The Curse Of The Sinister Santa
SE 16	Hong Bao Horrors
94	The Face In The Window	The Cemetery's Secret
SE 17	My Graveyard Halloween
SE 18	The Christmas Tree Of Doom
SE 19	I've Got Ghosts In My New Year
95	Jessica Sim Is Screaming!	Bad Men Make Bad Ghosts
96	Bring On The Bats!	The Dead Want You
SE 20	The Halloween Vikings Invade!
SE 21	What’s Wrong With Mrs Santa?
SE 22	Who Stole Luxi's Luck?
97	Mountain Of Madness	The Bus That Never Came Back
98	Into The Dark Unknown	The Hangman Never Waits
99	The House On Deadman's Hill	Crawling Flesh
SE 23	My Halloween At Doomton Abbey
SE 24	The Night Of The Sinister Santa
SE 25	There’s A Monster In My Mandarin!
100	He Swims Without Water	Our School Ghoul
101	Ship Of Ghosts	Dead Of Night
SE 26	My Christmas Tree Turned Creepy!
102	Seng And The Scottish Cannibals	The She-Ghost From The Drain
SE 27	Halloween House Of Bones
103	My Ghost Positioning System	Vampires, Vampires, Vampires!
104	Zombies In the Zoo	Underground with the Dead

Netflix series

In February 2015, a promotional image for a new Mr Midnight television series was posted on the Mr Midnight Facebook page. It featured a Mr Midnight logo with a pair of eyes peeking out from behind the logo. The caption underneath the logo read, "The hit book series that has scared thousands of kids across Asia is coming to television!" Any other details about the upcoming series were unknown, except that the series would most likely be adaptations of the stories.

However, an update was finally released by the publisher on Instagram and Facebook in late September 2022 with the announcement that the TV series, produced by Beach House Pictures, would be released on Netflix to a worldwide audience. Titled Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters , the series premiered on 24 October 2022.

Movie

A movie titled Mr. Midnight the Movie: My Haunted Holiday^[4] was in the works but was cancelled as the producers thought the movie would not suit the book's style.

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References

↑ Inside back cover of Mr Midnight Book #44 ISBN 978-981-4193-42-9
↑ "Flame of the Forest - Books by James Lee". Flame Of The Forest Publishing Pte Ltd. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
↑ Lee, Melanie (2006-07-05). "Mr Midnight, Asia's answer to Harry Potter". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
↑ "Mr. Midnight the Movie: My Haunted Holiday". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

External links

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[1] Inside back cover of Mr Midnight Book #44 ISBN 978-981-4193-42-9

[2] "Flame of the Forest - Books by James Lee". Flame Of The Forest Publishing Pte Ltd. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[3] Lee, Melanie (2006-07-05). "Mr Midnight, Asia's answer to Harry Potter". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[4] "Mr. Midnight the Movie: My Haunted Holiday". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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