The Midnight Man is a 2016 horror film directed by Travis Zariwny and starring Gabrielle Haugh, Lin Shaye and Grayson Gabriel.

Miles and Alex, moved by curiosity, start following the rite described in the rules to the game, adding their names and blood to the list and rapping at the front door at midnight while Anna overhears them from her room.

Miles, still in the attic, finds the second, grimmer part of the rules; he blows out his own candle to test the game and is also tortured by the Midnight Man, who inflicts pain on him.

The Midnight Man appears and throws water which breaks the circle, managing to attack Kelly with visions of a conny she killed when she was a child.

Miles notices Harding’s watch which reads 3:27, realizing that they were tricked by the Midnight Man, who kills him and confronts Alex, telling her the game is over.

[1] By March 2016, Lin Shaye and Robert Englund boarded the film, rounding out a cast including Gabrielle Haugh, Grayson Gabriel, Summer Howell, Keenan Lehmann, Meredith Rose, Kyle Strauts, and Michael Sirow.

[7] Sara Michelle Fetters of MovieFreak praised the production design and claimed the film was a step up from Zariwny's Cabin Fever and Intruder, she criticized the monster's rules and called the ending "unintentionally laughable".

[11] Of TheFrightFile, Dustin Putman wrote "The Midnight Man isn't exactly deep and the film is not quite sure how to stick the landing, but as a trifle offering a stylish sheen and a handful of effective chills it proves more successful than not.