3. Expect Poor Customer Service
Of course all the problems you encounter due to rampant fandom should pose no problem. Remember you're at a civilized movie theater. At any given time associates of the establishment are standing by to help make your movie going experience more enjoyable. Such is the case during any ordinary day at the movies theater but you must realize you're at a midnight screening. That civilized movie theater world that was so comforting to you during the day no longer exists. Welcome to the wild. I don't mean to speak ill of the movie theaters in general, but even on their best day they're a complete mess. Snot nosed immature kids, working for minimum wage to afford gas and weed, are given the monumental task of providing a professional, enjoyable, and overall pleasant experience to the movie going public. No wonder movie theaters are often so repugnant. The bathrooms stink, the food is terrible, the food service is terribly slow, the screening room is only marginally clean, and (if all that hasn't sent you to the manager already) the projection and sound of the picture is often of substandard or even un-watchable quality. What would you expect when you have kids running the projectors and sound. Of course there may be the rare case when you have an actual professional on board to regulate the projectors but that really doesn't help either. This is a multiplex society and one professional (there is usually only one) is not enough to make sure the sound and picture is running perfectly at a movie theater with 20 or more screening houses. It's a horrendously flawed system. Remember however, that's a snapshot of what it is like at a movie theater on a good day. Now lets take a look at the worst day. Imagine if you will, all those problems I listed as common to most movie theaters trying to be solved by overworked, sleep deprived, understaffed, technically deficient, short tempered, generally aloof teenagers. That's exactly what it's like at a midnight screening. If you manage to reach your seat and something does go wrong then you might as well sit there and take it. Trying to get any help at a midnight screening is like trying to get ice water in hell. If you do decide to take in a midnight screening remember you are completely on your own. If you manage to come away with a good cinematic experience then congratulations, you've survived the jungle.