Free 'Midnight Movies' on PSN every Saturday night

by Andrew Yoon on Oct 14th 2010 7:30AM

Starting this Saturday, the PlayStation Store will update with one free movie rental as part of its "Midnight Movies" promotion. But, there's a catch! You'll need to sign on to the PSN between 8PM and 6AM EST. This weekend's movie will be Bram Stroker's Dracula. If you're up late playing some games on a Saturday night, might as well get a free movie download, right?

Update: Here's the official word from Sony. This deal likely applies only to members of the US PSN.

Halloween is here! This week you can find your favorite monsters, zombies and blood-thirsty creatures all in one place. Get incredible discounts on monster movies like Let the Right One In, Dawn of the Dead, The Fog and many more! Plus, you can rent Bram Stoker's Dracula for FREE when you visit the Halloween Horror Flicks collection on PlayStation®Store, Saturday, 10/16, from 5 PM PDT through 3 AM PDT 10/17!

Tags: bram-strokers-dracula, dracula, playstation, ps3, psn, psp, sony

Reader Comments (55)

is this for the united states or for everyone every where
when posting these articles can you please post who can and cannot get them im from Canada and would like to know if im able to get the item which you post

@oncrazyleafsfan Indeed joystiq, you do have a lot of Canadian readers! Great way to promote the service though. Good move, Sony!

@oncrazyleafsfan

With punctuation like that, you can't be Canadian.

@oncrazyleafsfan
Too bad canadians are bound by crappy download + upload rates in canada.

Even if I had a ps3 I don't think I could spare the GB a month to stream a movie every week.

@oncrazyleafsfan

I have to agree, I'm from Europe and I'd like to know as well if this offer is also available outside North America.

@oncrazyleafsfan

seriously joystiq whats that all aboot?

@Jerkamie
I live in Halifax, NS and have 30GB download speeds with a 250GB/month cap. I've got GB to spare, so don't go thinking the whole country is on dial-up or something.

Wow it's not even required to to be a PSN+ member? Thumbs up Sony!

Wow thanks for the info. I def will take advantage of this. Is this a movie we can download and keep to watch anytime or can only be watched between 8pm and 6am EST, Saturday night

That's a good promotional idea. This version of Dracula makes for good late-night entertainment. I hope they have other cult classics for the next several weeks.

That said, I know I bought my one and only movie from the PSN store back when it was first rolled out...."Aliens." That particular ps3 YLOD'ed...is there any way to re-download the movie like we already do for games? I paid for it already.

According to the good people at the Sony Support Customer line, that isn't the case. Once the film content is gone, it's gone.

Has anybody else run into this problem?

@kentuckyfried is the current account the same account used to buy the movie? authorize/activate your video and just visit your previous downloads, press X and click Download

@chrisredfield31
Movies are one of the two exceptions to this that I have seen (the other being PS1 classics that you wish to sync between PSP and your PS3, but only if you sync them). I actually don't mind this, given that I've downloaded plenty of games from friends' accounts and it's OK because Sony worked that into their business model.

@chrisredfield31

I'll re-check again, but yeah, Aliens wasn't in my past downloaded queue.

It could very well possibly be under one of my alternate aliases, but I check in the past and the film wasn't there either. I know that when this whole mess started, the account I was using as my primary was NOT authorized to download video, etc.

In any case, it was alot of trouble getting on the phone with the sony support since the person I'd talk to on the phone invariably would not know what I was talking about. And calling back and forth is a hassle b/c they don't pick up for awhile.

In any case, I should just buy another thing and make sure the history is working properly, and let the previous Aliens purchase just be water under the bridge.

@kentuckyfried
The rules for video content and game content on PSN are different. Game content can be redownloaded indefinitely to a finite set of (activated) PS3/PSP/PCs (I should note that comics content on the PSP follows this model as well). However, video content can only be downloaded ONCE. Also, *rented* SD content can be transferred once from a PS3/PC to a PSP, I think, and not at all in the other direction. At any rate, this restriction is why the PS3 allows you to back up video content to external storage (well, not so much "back up" as "move," since it frees up space on the PS3's hard drive). Bottom line: no more Aliens for you unless you buy it again.

@killdash9

Thanks for the clarification.

Yeah, this is pretty awesome. Good on them.

Wow, this is an awesome idea. Well done, Sony. 8D

I just hope this lasts a long time, or better yet, indefinitely. It'll be a real bummer if it only goes on for a couple months or so.

I can't find any info about this on the PlayStation Blog. Is this a permanent movie license or just a rental? How long is it running for? Come on Joystiq give us a bit more info (if you can)!!

@GumbyX did you read....it clearly says RENTAL....smh

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi mess off. I'm running on 4 or less hours of sleep. Being in the hospital all night can f with your head jerk.

@GumbyX

oh yeah? well being stuck in a cave in chile for 43 days looking for minors and all you find are some dirt covered guys is no joke either

@GumbyX
The point is: RTFA first. He wasn't being an outright dick; how the hell are people to presume how much sleep you got or what the hell is going on in your life? You make a demand that was already met, expect to catch some flack.

@ytilanigiroon

1. I didn't demand anything. I said "gives us more info (if you can)"
2. I also asked how long the promo was running as I couldn't find anything on the Playstation Blog, which is still the case

I RTFA but I missed something. So sorry. I didnt need to snap at him but Im a bit screwed up on the head ATM.

@PedoJokerBear Very much NOT funny

@GumbyX

1. I should have used "request" instead of "demand," then. My apologies.
2. I assume it runs the same with everything that's free: until they feel like ending it.

@GumbyX

damn right it isnt funny I WAS STUCK WITH DUDES

Nice....maybe I'll actually watch these movies unlike that God awful GodZilla 2000....

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi
Hey, Godzilla 2K wasn't bad...
It was certainly better than the American Godzilla movie at least.

@Fminus Negativity To The Rescue

So far, the freebies have been awful on the ps3, so I hope they give us some good free rentals for this promo.

Warehouse 13 s01e01 - awful
Armored - starts of promising, ends as waste of time

There was free hentai though for a little bit, right? hahaha.

@kentuckyfried
There was? :o

That's good and all but this movie is already available as an instant watch on Netflix. I'm hoping that they'll put some movies up that aren't just to add an even better variety.

Still, I think it's a good move if you can get the HD versions.

@Arcaria
Not everyone has Netflix

A nice idea. Even if it was available in Canada I am not sure if I'd tune in but I can't fault free stuff.

Gary Oldman owned this movie. Awesome

Why are Canadians stressing? Make a US account. Hell, Make US, EU, and Japanese accounts

@Sigfodr even with a us account in canada you cannot watch us content from the us video store

@oncrazyleafsfan
I wasn't aware of that, thank you for the clarification

@oncrazyleafsfan

Yeah, that's the same with trying to setup a UK account and accessing all the BBC t.v. stuff. doesn't work. -_-

@Sigfodr
I note that when I was overseas, the video store was not there whenever I logged into the US PS Store.

Cool idea. I just might check it out.

Seems like a great idea. $60 for XBL gold and I don't think there is a comparable offer.

Stop. You're embarrassing yourself.

Make sure you sign in by 11 so there's time for system updates!

I keed keed! I keed because I love.

Kudos to Sony!

Nice promotion indeed. Now I have something to do in my empty bed.

Won't have to cry myself to sleep on a Saturday night.

@KinseySS

lol

Ummmm. Bram STOKER. Bram STROKER's Dracula is probably a porno :p

@NarcoSleepy Or what the lonely Portuguese-Canadian who posted above you will become when confronted with Winona Ryder's cleavage.

great, the offers only applies between 8pm and 6am, time when the internet sucks in speed.

There are way too many of these US (or North America) only features on PS3 and Xbox 360. We Europeans paid MORE for our consoles and get fewer features? There is no excuse!

The official word says nothing about it being a weekly feature. In fact, it makes it seem like it's just a one-week thing.

Hopefully these FREE titles will be HD. But I'm not holding my breath. They will most likely be SD old transfers and ONLY SONY titles. But one can hope!

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