Michel Caen and Alain Le Bris started it, accompanied by Jean Boullet and Jean-Claude Romer.
The magazine was dedicated to the fantastique, horror and science fiction films of the 1960s.
Some Midi Minuit Fantastique issues were dedicated to special themes (King Kong, Dracula, The Most Dangerous Game).
In later days, when acceptance of alternative canons of cinema had grown, Midi Minuit Fantastique sometimes dealt with more mainstream subject matter, publishing profiles on Samuel Fuller, Otto Preminger or Federico Fellini.
Literary fiction was also a subject of Midi Minuit, including an essay on Gaston Leroux by Jean Rollin.