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Mr. Midnight

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Mr Midnight
AuthorJames Lee
Original titleMr Midnight
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror fiction
PublisherAngsana Books, Flame Of The Forest Publishing (flameoftheforest.com)
Publication date
1998 (Earliest, Mr Midnight #1)
2023 (Latest, Mr Midnight #SE 28)
Publication placeSingapore

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]

Each book in the series contains two stories. The first book was titled Madman's Mansion and The Monster In Mahima's Mirror.[2]

James Lee's books are very popular among young children and preteens and have been regarded as "Asia's answer to Harry Potter".[3]

In 2020, the series hit a milestone when it released Mr Midnight #100 — the 100th title in the series excluding Special Editions.

Books

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The latest book in the Mr Midnight book series is Mr Midnight #SE28 Ronan’s Ratty Christmas.

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 Publish Date Shajaratuddur Halim 张英(張英
1 Madman's Mansion The Monster in Mahima's Mirror 1998 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 1999 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 1999 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! 2002 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 2002 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 2003 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 2003 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? 2004 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 2004 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 2004 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 2004 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 5 February 2005 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 5 February 2005 Kawan Limunan Jerutan Spageti 面条杀手 我的隐身朋友
14 The Fiendish Fish Spirit Our Ghostly Bus Stop 5 February 2005 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 5 February 2005 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 28 May 2005 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? 28 May 2005 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? 28 May 2005 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 28 May 2005 Tangan Berterbang Shaolin Pulau Hantu 少林飞虎拳 恶魔岛
20 We Made A Monster Clones In Class 28 October 2005 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 28 October 2005 Jangan Mendekati Rumah Jiran! Seorang Mencuri Hidupku!
22 Wormhead They Came From The Drain 28 October 2005 Kepala Cacing Mereka Datang Dari Longkang
23 Good Knight, Raider Goh Sleep Over And Die! 28 October 2005 Penjaga Baik, Raider Goh Tidur Lain Tempat Dan Mati!
24 The Eight Legs Of Ang See Beng The Demon Dentist Strikes Back 20 January 2006 Lapan Kaki Ang See Beng Dr. Dredd Kembali Lagi!
25 The Wild, Wild Wolves Are Coming My Secret Stalker 20 January 2006 Anjing Liar Akan Datang Pengikut Rahsia
26 My Cursed Mask Welcome To The Weird School 20 January 2006 Topeng Sumpahan Selamat Datang Ke Sekolah Gila
27 Please Stay In Your Grave! Forest Of Fear 26 May 2006 Tolong Jangan Keluar Dari Kubur! Hutan Menakutkan
28 The People Gobblers The Revenge Of Mahima's Monster 26 May 2006 Manusia Dimakan Penbalasan Dendam Jembalang Mahina
29 My Creepy Cruise Stranger Danger 26 May 2006 Krus Menakutkan Orang Tidak Dikenali Berbahaya
30 Attack Of The Lizardmen The Body Switchers 15 September 2006 Serangan Orang Cicak Pertukaran Badan
31 Stop The Deadly Dummies! Who Sent Me A Coffin? 15 September 2006 Hentikan Patung Bahaya Siapa Menghantarkanku Kofin?
32 When The Ghosts Went Mad Drop Dead, Gorgeous 15 September 2006 Bila Hantu Menjadi Gila Jatuh Mati, Cantik
33 The Legend Of Lady Long Neck Who's Been Cursing Me? 19 January 2007 Lagenda Wanita Leher Panjang Siapa Sumpahkan Aku?
34 My Freaky Shrunken Head Evil By Email 19 January 2007 Kepala Dikecilkan Jahat Dari E-Mel
35 What's That Thing On My Hand? River Of Shivers 19 January 2007 Apa Di Tanganku? Sungai Berhantu
36 Dr Dredd And The Exploding Teeth Dead Write 4 May 2007 Dr. Dredd Dan Gigi Meletup! Tulisan Kematian
37 The Dead Are Dancing Old Ghosts Of New York 4 May 2007 Hantu Bernari Hantu Lama New York
38 Singing Swords, Dragon Drums Have You Been Drinking Brain Juice? 4 May 2007 Pedang Bernyanyi, Dram Naga Adakah Kamu Berminum Jus Otak?
39 My House Is Now A Graveyard When The Vampire Wakes Up 7 September 2007 Rumahku Sekarang Sebuah Kuburan Bila Pontianak Bangun
40 What's That Under Our School? Magic Shop Madness 7 September 2007 Apa Di Bawah Sekolah? Kedai Magic Bergila
41 There's A Witch In My Watch Tree Boy 7 September 2007 Ada Penyihir Di Arlogi Saya Anak Pokok
42 Beware Of The Gravedigger! The Eggs Of Evil 18 January 2008 Pengali Kubur Telur Jahat
43 Help Me, I'm Changing! Tower Of Terror 18 January 2008 Tolong, Aku Berubah! Menara Keganasan
44 Dr Dredd And The Dentures Of Doom Dressed To Kill 18 January 2008 Dr Dredd Dan Gigi Kiamat Berpakaian Berbunuh
45 Joshua Long, Your Hands Have Gone Wrong Why Can't We Go Into Classroom 44? 6 June 2008 Joshua Long, Tangan Kamu Ada Masalah Mengapa Kita Tidak Boleh Memasuki Kelas 44?
46 Heads Will Roll Don't Open This Letter! 6 June 2008
47 Walking, Running Killer Fish My Shadow Is Killing Me 6 June 2008
48 Just Before You Die Their Master's Grave 29 August 2008
49 Old Ghosts Of Japan Drowned But Not Dead 29 August 2008
50 Die Laughing At A Killer Clown I Live In Coffin 4, Blood Street 29 August 2008
51 Dr Dredd's Voodoo Braces Keep Out! This Village Is Possessed 28 November 2008
52 My Cupboard's Full of Cobras The Girl Next To Me Is A Witch 19 January 2009
53 Terril Tan's Terrible Tongue Do Not Call This Number 19 January 2009
54 Cross Country Creeps The Dead Are Watching 19 January 2009
55 Where The Mad Are Buried Dead Boy's Birthday 15 May 2009
56 Skulls At School There's A Vampire Upstairs 15 May 2009
57 Freaky Farm My Mad Maid 15 May 2009
58 Face Of Doom Buried But Breathing 15 September 2009
59 The Circle of Death When The Screaming Had To Stop 15 September 2009
SE 1 When The Living Meet The Dead 15 September 2009
SE 2 Santa's Claws The Fright Before Christmas 20 November 2009
60 The Brain Raiders The Monsters of Monte Bello 28 December 2009
61 Who Was In That Coffin? Deathmaster 28 December 2009
62 The Tomb of Dr. Theseus Don't let the Eagleheads Find You 18 March 2010
63 The Sleepers Are Awake Beware Of Iron Face 4 June 2010
64 The Beam Of Doom The Grave Busters 4 June 2010
65 Trail Of Terror The Creeping Corpse 24 September 2010
SE 3 Trick Or Treat - Or Die 24 September 2010
SE 4 The Snowmen From Hell 19 November 2010
66 Mangled Man The Ghost Factory 27 January 2011
67 Here Comes The Coneheads! Dr Dredd Drills Again 27 January 2011
68 Don't Look At The Dead! The Haunted Hangman 27 May 2011
69 Has Anyone Seen My Head? Dead On Midnight 27 May 2011
70 One Foot In The Grave We Will Always Be Watching 16 September 2011
SE 5 My Halloween Night Of Horrors 16 September 2011
SE 6 Our Creepiest Christmas Ever! 18 November 2011
71 Never Look Into Their Eyes! The Curse Of The Bloodless 17 February 2012
72 Revenge Of The Zombies Don't Go Down Into The Basement! 17 February 2012
73 Who's Been Knocking On My Door? The Ghosts Of Old Nuggety 24 June 2012
74 Jordon Koh, Where Did You Go? My Night In A Haunted Hotel 24 June 2012
75 My School Is A Dead Zone Our Postman Is A Ghost 14 September 2012
SE 7 The Halloween Graveyard Train 14 September 2012
SE 8 Santa And The Christmas Slime 20 November 2012
76 The League of the Dead The Whistling Ghost 4 February 2013
77 Look Out – It's the Bag Man! Ghost Bees 4 February 2013
78 The Rise of the Barbarian The Dreaded Ones 30 May 2013
79 The Curse Of The Cobweb People The Dinosaur Ghost 30 May 2013
80 When Ghosts Get Married Revenge Of The Golden Poison Frog 20 September 2013
81 Vampires From The Swamp The Night The Undead Died 20 September 2013
SE 9 The Ghost Riders Of Halloween 20 September 2013
SE 10 I'm Dreaming Of A Weird Christmas 22 November 2013
82 Melvin, Melvin, Are You Out There? The Lost Ghosts of Red Hill 5 February 2014
83 My Spooky Bathroom The Mad Mad Music In My Head 13 June 2014
84 The Hand of Doom Grinning Ghosts 13 June 2014
85 Green Eye, Red Eye The Ghost That Wouldn't Die 29 September 2014
SE 11 The Flying Broomsticks Of Halloween 29 September 2014
86 Slither The Bones Of Bok Choo Bin 2 March 2015
87 Dian And The Dead Men Skull Duggery 2 March 2015
88 Flyboy Dead Man's Lake 31 July 2015
89 The Rage Of The Dead I Just Saw My Own Ghost! 31 July 2015
SE 12 The Beasts Of Halloween 11 November 2015
SE 13 Santa and the Evil Elves 4 December 2015
90 Riverboat Ghosts The Scares Upstairs 18 March 2016
91 Run! It's The Rubber Man! My Super Scary School 18 March 2016
92 Mountain of Terror The Headless Horror 17 June 2016
93 When The Dead Go Shopping Zombie Brains 17 June 2016
SE 14 The Dead Are Back For Halloween 30 September 2016
SE 15 The Curse Of The Sinister Santa 25 November 2016
SE 16 Hong Bao Horrors 13 January 2017
94 The Face In The Window The Cemetery's Secret 4 May 2017
SE 17 My Graveyard Halloween 12 October 2017
SE 18 The Christmas Tree Of Doom 1 December 2017
SE 19 I've Got Ghosts In My New Year 2 February 2018
95 Jessica Sim Is Screaming! Bad Men Make Bad Ghosts 2 February 2018
96 Bring On The Bats! The Dead Want You 1 June 2018
SE 20 The Halloween Vikings Invade! 4 October 2018
SE 21 What’s Wrong With Mrs Santa? 18 December 2018
SE 22 Who Stole Luxi's Luck? 18 February 2019
97 Mountain Of Madness The Bus That Never Came Back 18 February 2019
98 Into The Dark Unknown The Hangman Never Waits 9 June 2019
99 The House On Deadman's Hill Crawling Flesh 4 October 2019
SE 23 My Halloween At Doomton Abbey 4 October 2019
SE 24 The Night Of The Sinister Santa 6 December 2019
SE 25 There’s A Monster In My Mandarin! 27 January 2020
100 He Swims Without Water Our School Ghoul 27 November 2020
101 Ship Of Ghosts Dead Of Night 15 September 2021
SE 26 My Christmas Tree Turned Creepy! 15 December 2021
102 Seng And The Scottish Cannibals The She-Ghost From The Drain 20 June 2022
SE 27 Halloween House Of Bones 15 October 2022
103 My Ghost Positioning System Vampires, Vampires, Vampires! 9 December 2022
104 Zombies In the Zoo Underground with the Dead 29 June 2023
SE 28 Ronan’s Ratty Christmas 11 December 2023

Netflix series

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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

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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.

References

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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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