on May 8, 2007. The DVD includes subtitles in English. An earlier DVD edition by the Guangzhou Beauty Culture Communication Co. Ltd was released on December 1, 2006, in the United States. Sequel and remakes A sequel to the original film was first released in 1941: Song at Midnight 2, continuing the story of Song Danping. Song at Midnight and its 1942 sequel have also been remade several times in Hong Kong and mainland China. The first remake, also named Song at Midnight, was directed by Li Ying, and came out in 1956. The second remake, named The Mid-Nightmare, is a two-part series by Hong Kong director Yuan Qiufeng, released in 1962 (part I) and 1963 (part II). It starred Betty Loh Ti and Lao Zhei. The third remake, directed by PRC director Yang Yanjin, also called Song at Midnight, was made in 1985. The fourth remake, directed by Ronny Yu, was released in 1995, under of the title of The Phantom Lover. It was the most famous remake, starring pop singer Leslie Cheung in the lead role of Song Danping. There have also been other films and television series that were inspired by Ma-Xu's original Song at Midnight, such as Yang Gongliang's Wanli Xingshi (1954) and Guixia (1956), a Taiwan production called Gesheng Meiying (1970), and a 2005 television series by mainland director Huang Lei. There have also been films inspired by Song at Midnight, such as Lu Shilei's Midnight Melody (2019), which borrows the original Chinese name 夜半歌声, and references the "First Chinese Horror Film" in its movie poster. References Bibliography </ref> Further reading John Chua, Something Borrowed, Something New: Ye Ban Ge Sheng (Song at Midnight) and the Cross- Cultural Reinterpretations of Horror in Twentieth Century China Asian Cinema;Fall/Winter2005, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p122 Christopher Rea, “Chinese Film Classics 1922-1949, Ch 7 Totaro, D. (2009). The song at midnight. Offscreen, 13(3) David Robinson, “Return of the Phantom,” Film Quarterly 53/3 (Winter 1999–2000): 43–46. Yomi Braester, “Revolution and Revulsion: Ideology, Monstrosity, and Phantasmagoria in 1930s Chinese Cinema, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 81-114 Ed Sikov, "Film Studies: an introduction." Ch10, pp143–157 Chua, J. (2005). Something borrowed, something new: Ye ban ge sheng (song at midnight) and the cross- cultural reinterpretations of horror in twentieth century china. Asian Cinema, 16(2), 122–146. doi:10.1386/ac.16.2.122_1 金星.1937(10).影评：夜半歌声试评(马徐维邦编导). 周舒燕.2018(1).恐怖电影与意识形态: 关于《夜半歌声》(1937) 的精神分析式解读. 北京电影学院学报. 电影批评“夜半歌声”.1937(9).电声(上海). External links Song at Midnight at