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Midnight Mass

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Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 113 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date: September 24, 2021

Summary: On isolated Crockett Island, the arrival of Father Paul (Hamish Linklater) seems to bring forth mysterious miracles in this limited series from Mike Flanagan.

Creator: Mike Flanagan

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction

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S1:E7. Book VII: Revelation
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S1:E6. Book VI: Acts of the Apostles
Air Date: September 24, 2021
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S1:E5. Book V: Gospel
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Metascore

75

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18

Mixed:

5

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Critic Reviews

100

i Emily Baker

Dec 3, 2021

Season 1 Review: Midnight Mass is engrossing to the very last. Read full review

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Collider Vinnie Mancuso

Sep 20, 2021

Season 1 Review: I'm telling you it's occasionally a laborious, frustrating undertaking (except when it's not), and, it absolutely must be mentioned, you're about to experience some truly ill-advised old age makeup (it serves a purpose, but big yeesh). But I'm also telling you to dive in anyway, because what you'll find on the other side is worth it. Read full review

91

Entertainment Weekly

Kristen Baldwin

Sep 23, 2021

Season 1 Review: As an allegory, Midnight Mass doesn't have anything particularly groundbreaking to say about religion as an opiate of the masses. That's okay; the power here lies in the profoundly human struggles faced by the faithful and the doubting Thomases in Father Paul's flock. Read full review

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Time

Judy Berman

Sep 20, 2021

Season 1 Review: The dialogue is often stagey, and every character, whether they’re a priest or a teen, seems to have the same tendency toward speechifying. Yet after a slow first two episodes (pace being another common issue for not just Flanagan, but serialized horror in general), the show’s alchemy of spectacle, suspense and storytelling starts working. A binge becomes inevitable but also unexpectedly satisfying. Read full review

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rob Owen

Sep 20, 2021

Season 1 Review: It’s heady, highbrow horror that, though talky, grows more engrossing the longer you stick with it. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Daniel Fienberg

Sep 22, 2021

Season 1 Review: More than faith in the events of the show, Midnight Mass requires faith in Flanagan and the seriousness of purpose within his Stephen King pastiches. Even if the miniseries doesn’t stick its frightful landing, its ecclesiastical eeriness is a thing worth mulling over, be you rapturous or a doubting Thomas. Read full review

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The Playlist Andrew Crump

Sep 24, 2021

Season 1 Review: There’s much to savor here, too, which makes the oversized sense of purpose and meaning frustrating. “Midnight Mass” has something to say. It just can’t help saying it too loudly—and without bothering to stop and spook us out. Read full review

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SpewingMcgregor

Nov 25, 2021

The best TV series I've seen all year. If you like well fleshed out characters, mystery and top notch acting then look no further. Please go into this as blind as possible as I did and you'll get the most out of it.

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Bafb1

Sep 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As someone who's never particularly religious, i didn't think that a religious horror was gonna hit me. But damn, this show actually hit me on another level. Nothing scarier than people who do bad things in the name of God. Ty Mike, u never fails me… Expand

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Mike_Eze

Jun 5, 2022

Prone to pretentious, rambling monologues in the middle of character interactions which fully break immersion. These had me skipping entire scenes and did nothing to advance the story. In general much of the series feels forced in the way a 16 year old's bad poetry does. The series as aProne to pretentious, rambling monologues in the middle of character interactions which fully break immersion. These had me skipping entire scenes and did nothing to advance the story. In general much of the series feels forced in the way a 16 year old's bad poetry does. The series as a whole feels nicely paced until the second to third episode, by which point it becomes a fairly tiring watch and fails to decide what redeeming message it's trying to send, if any at all. Plus points are the relatively novel/interesting premise and stellar (With a capital S) performances of Hamish Linklater and Samantha Sloyan. I see a lot of positive reviews on here citing the lack of jump-scares as the reason for negative reviews - the truth is much of it is just plain bad from an artistic perspective. Middling to bad - not a total dumpster fire but a missed opportunity to make a slick, compelling modern horror series. the average score on here yet further evidence that Netflix are succeeding in keeping people happy with total mediocrity. Collapse… Expand

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JLuis_001

Oct 18, 2021

''Never made much sense to me.
We all say there's a heaven.
And it's waiting for us. Then we claw, fight, beg for a few more minutes at the end. Minutes''. Slow, it moves slowly. This is a dense mystery. Midnight Mass it's a horror story but it's also a thriller about the manipulation of''Never made much sense to me.
We all say there's a heaven.
And it's waiting for us.
Then we claw, fight, beg for a few more minutes at the end.
Minutes''.

Slow, it moves slowly. This is a dense mystery.
Midnight Mass it's a horror story but it's also a thriller about the manipulation of faith and religion, and how people use it to justify actions that have nothing to do with deities or divine revelations but with their own moral compass.

Netflix gave Mike Flanagan the opportunity to carry out a project that he has had in mind for a long time, and what Frank Darabont has achieved with the stories of Stephen King in the drama terrain, he has done it in the horror realm.

And it's not that this story is an adaptation of King's work, but the influences are brutal, especially, and most all from Salem's Lot, but still Midnight Mass stands on its own, revealing when it should and developing when it must.
It doesn't take much to guess what's going on, but the entertainment is more than solid.

There are only seven episodes in this show, little more than seven and a half hours that I enjoyed plenty, and for me, it makes up a lot for the disappointment I had with The Haunting of Bly Manor.

If you have Netflix, this is a must-watch.… Expand

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UncleWillard

Oct 6, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It had me at the beginning and most of the way through, but the ending was unsatisfying. I love the conversations about faith, belief, religion. There were some truly beautiful moments in there, but that ending betrayed it all. Not the worst, just disappointing on contrast to such great drama. Honestly, the vampire plot was less interesting than the character development. I did want more about the old vampire though. And a plot where he uses religion as a grooming mechanism is pretty great. Religious vampires! I think this would have made a great, multi-season vampire show. Them exporting that new religion to the mainland and all that would entail.… Expand

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5

sugarnite

Dec 28, 2021

The first three episodes are fantastic, save for some cringe-y monologues (not talking about the masses). Unfortunately, the worst parts of the show become a lot more prevalent after that, and by then I had lost interest.

Ironically, by the end of the show, it was the writers who wereThe first three episodes are fantastic, save for some cringe-y monologues (not talking about the masses). Unfortunately, the worst parts of the show become a lot more prevalent after that, and by then I had lost interest.

Ironically, by the end of the show, it was the writers who were giving the sermons.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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Emeritus

Jan 13, 2022

Killing cats in the first episode and so unnecessary. Definitely not the kind of storytelling to hook someone. No thanks, I pass.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
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  S1:E7. Book VII: Revelation
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E6. Book VI: Acts of the Apostles
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E5. Book V: Gospel
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E4. Book IV: Lamentations
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E3. Book III: Proverbs
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
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  S1:E2. Book II: Psalms
  Air Date: September 24, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E1. Book I: Genesis
  Air Date: September 24, 2021