Review: 'Midnight Mass,' Mike Flanagan’s new horror series on Netflix, is set in a remote island parish where strange things start happening
Viewers of “Midnight Mass” will hardly be shocked to learn that creator Mike Flanagan was born in Salem, Mass.: The houses on Crockett Island, the fictional, storm-battered setting of the series, look like they came equipped with torches and pitchforks. It’s also no surprise that Mr. Flanagan, much respected creator of sophisticated horror, is a former altar boy: His gothic-Catholic creation is awash equally in the blood of Christ and the blood of the vampire.
“Midnight Mass” also justifies itself as a creature of multiple episodes. Not every series does. Despite the hints being dropped from the outset, the supernatural elements of the story don’t really erupt until about halfway through, by which point the seven-part series—in which demonic possession will masquerade as salvation—has positioned itself as something entirely other: a portrait of a community inhabited by real people with real problems and genuine faith. There will be screams, yes.
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