This year Netflix and series creator Mike Flanagan are doing something a little different for the Halloween season. There won't be a new entry into the Haunting Of anthology series that gave us the shows Hill House and Bly Manor. Instead, we've got a brand-new, original horror mini-series by the same team (featuring a handful of the same actors) called Midnight Mass, and while it's not the same sort of loose adaptation of a piece of classic literature as those previous shows, it's sure to scratch the same itch for fans while still bringing plenty of surprises. Midnight Mass brings the thoughtful, evocative horror that Flanagan has made his name with, while also delivering standout performances and some incredibly inventive, entirely unexpected spins on familiar conventions that will keep you guessing until the very end.
Midnight Mass tells the story of an isolated island fishing community that has fallen on some less-than-ideal times--a past oil spill caused irreversible damage to the ecosystem and fish are scarce, so families are struggling. But change comes in the form of two new arrivals--one, Riley Flynn (Zach Gilford), the son of an island family who spent several years in prison on the mainland after a drunk driving accident, and another, a mysterious young priest who has come to take the place of the island's extremely elderly Monsignor Pruitt.
According to the new priest, Father Paul (Hamish Linklater), Pruitt fell very ill on a pilgrimage trip to Jerusalem--a trip many of the island's residents thought was a bad idea in the first place, given the Monsignor was pushing 80 years old when he boarded the plane. Still, Father Paul seems alright and is more than happy to serve the island's devoutly Catholic community with a sort of charming, affable energy that's completely at odds with a string of strange occurrences that begin happening all over the island following his arrival.
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