“Midnight Mass” is a new supernatural horror miniseries by Mike Flanagan for the streaming platform, Netflix.
Mike Flanagan was the creator of two more horror miniseries for the streaming service, “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor”. So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new series.
- Midnight Mass is an American supernatural horror streaming television miniseries
- The series was created and directed by Mike Flanagan for Netflix
- The cast features Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Hamish Linklater, Rahul Kohli and Henry Thomas
- The series is centered around an isolated island community that experiences supernatural events after the arrival of a mysterious priest
- The series was released on Netflix on September 24, 2021
- It received critical acclaim, with praise for the performances (particularly Linklater’s and Sloyan’s), themes, and Flanagan’s direction
- Midnight Mass tells the tale of a small, isolated island community whose existing divisions are amplified by the return of a disgraced young man and the arrival of a charismatic priest
- When Father Paul’s appearance on Crockett Island coincides with unexplained and seemingly miraculous events, a renewed religious fervor takes hold of the community
- But do these miracles come at a price
- On July 1, 2019, Netflix announced a seven-episode horror series
- With Mike Flanagan serving as writer, director and executive producer
- In February 2020, Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel and Hamish Linklater were announced as lead roles for the series
- Production was originally scheduled to commence in March 2020
- It was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Midnight Mass entered production on August 17, 2020, in Vancouver, Canada
- Production concluded on December 15, 2020
- Production built the town set at Garry Point Park, a seaside public area outside Vancouver
- This area stood in for Crockett Island
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 94% approval rating
- With an average rating of 8.5/10
- Based on 47 critic reviews
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “An ambitious meditation on grief and faith that is as gorgeous as it is unsettling, Midnight Mass’s slow boil is a triumph of terror that will leave viewers shaking – and thinking – long after the credits roll”
- Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 74 out of 100
- Based on 19 reviews
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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