It takes real skill to make a character so hate-able that I grind my teeth every time they’re on screen and this actress had this in spades. She chewed every piece of scenery she was given in the best/worst way and I hated her so much. Phenomenal actress and I hope she gets tons more work after this.

I think I hated her cause I didn't like her acting. It was too distracting to even feel like she was selling the already longated dialogue.

@@Eggplantman21 As long as you accept that you're in the minority with this opinion, that's aite.

that means she did a really good job

Despised her soo much that her death wasn’t even satisfying

They did such a good job showing that religion is just a tool in the end. People like bev can use it to justify whatever they want, while others turn to it for peace or hope or whatever they might need.

@@zenon1o15 the Bible is a shit show cherrypicked and translated selectively by people that wanted power.

@@emhu2594 yikes, I am not so familiar with the history of the Bible in that regard. But I'm not christian anyways lol.

If you are smart enough you can use pretty words and scripture to justify almost anything. People have done that for millenniums.

@@JMD501 straight facts my dude

Even me, as an atheist, I loved that quote. But my favorite would be: "Can you think of a miracle more amazing than that? I mean, cure blindness, sure. Or part the seas, alright. But a second chance? That's a real miracle" - Father Paul. I really felt that one.

Yeah that got me! It was so good and so well delivered. Hamish deserves awards!

I like how he was just a well meaning devout person who was deceived, but redeemed himself and asked forgiveness in the end. Total opposite of Bev.

As a catholic person myself, lines like these is what makes this show so believable and no-offensive at all, the people in that island were deceived and misunderstood the meaning of the religiom. Also there are a lot of bev keans irl

@@luanbatista5128 big same

It's shocking how overlooked this show has been; I can't fathom why it hasn't made more of an impact.

Just binged it all in a day and I know exactly what you mea

Me rn! And I love Mike Flanagan’s work idk how this slipped under the radar for me

Masterpiece

Gerald's game too

I did see an interview where he said he's had this idea since before he was making anything professionally, I'm glad he finally got his chance

lol I just commented about this on here too! I'm so happy that he got to finally make his story happen!

Even the lady who read it says "I loved Erin and Reiley!" It's crazy how long he's had this planned out

Holy crap, and the lead in Hush plays a big role in MM! So cool!!

She didn’t have enough character development. Why did she do all that? After 7 hours of singing and full sermons and endless monologues, no one knows

@@emhu2594 why? Because those kind of people exist. It's normal. We call them extremist.

I think that's the whole point of the series isn't it? The real monster was a human up until the end.

@@emhu2594 What do you mean why did she do it? I thought the script made it pretty clear Bev thought she was chosen by god that she was his ACTUAL vessel.

@@darktheories1758 exactly and I think that most of us have encountered a person like her in our lifetime.

Well it was kinda anti- Catholic. It was clearly done by an Atheist who believes , Catholics are just guillable and will fall for anything. For example when the Vampire walks into the Church and the priest says this is the Angel most of the congregation buys it and drinks Bev's poison. That thing looked nothing like an Angel. We would've been pulling out our crucifixes and running out the door. Maybe grabbing some holy water on the way. Also Riley Finn was I guess supposed to be the Catholic turned Atheist hero. A guy who gets drunk, kills a girl, and after 4 yrs in jail goes home and sponges off his parents. When he should be out there looking for a job to help his struggling family he's trying to get into some pregnant woman's pants. The beat thing he did was set himself on fire. If I'm not mistaken I believe before doing that he tells the woman to keep on rolling and not to go back and try to save anyone. Yeah some hero.

@@kevinruiz8461 I don't think just catholic was the aim. I think I mentioned before, I was part of the Evangelicals, (who earnestly were of course anti catholic, cuz of course God was on OUR side. Haven't been part of them since 1974 so no idea what its like now) and even thought he is called Father I think that guy speaks for all populist revs who are basically needing to convert everybody.

@@kevinruiz8461 Agreed. Most of Netflix originals seem to be one sided and all are boring. I'm sick of this pandering.

I grew up catholic and the character Bev embodies the "holier than thou" energy that some in the congregation had. They weren't the majority, but they tainted they rest and ruined catholicism for me.

Yeah I don't think it ever insinuated that the faith was wrong to have or. All the genuinely devout people (minus Bev who was clearly not one of them) were singing that hymn together and clearly at peace in the very end, and the girl who escaped still prayed for her parents to find peace.

Absolutely agree!!

i’ve seen the finale four times now and tear up during their sunrise prayer every. single. time.

@FarDev27 he does

@@charlottephillips9269 the way he holds on for as long as he can, can’t even stand up beside his son, it was so impactful

well said! loved his character

I never saw his acting as “acting”, it was cool as fuck

His last name is Linklater?!?! That's an AWESOME last name!!!!🤩🤩🤩

yes, it was great.

He's a fantastic actor and I hope this role will finally shine light on that.

Yeah, Nick Cave was great in this

absolutely amazing... it was horrifying and touching at the same time... i did not know that was a combination that could work so well together... Flanagan makes it look effortless❤

I just finished that episode (we’ll watch the final two tomorrow). What an ending. It was brilliant. Just brilliant. The writing in this show is outstanding.

If you watch the credits instead of going to the next episode She screams the whole time

Fellow Hitchens fan, I salute you.

LOL! And Hitchens himself was one of the war in Iraq's biggest cheerleaders. He was living proof that a man does not need religion to be a total scumbag.

@@rumrunner8019 Whatever. Not saying I agreed with everything the man ever said. I know that’s a crazy concept, but you actually can agree with some things a person stands for while disagreeing with other things.

The evil never believe they are evil, only that they are right.

Something we right now see when people believe they have a 'greater good' on their side....

At least he didn't have to see his son ash away :( that whole episode was hard.

Dude, as a catholic, so did I! It was a beautiful and tragic moment regardless of religion.

I am neither and I cried too, that scene was so human it transcends religion

I'm an absolute cun7 and it got me.

And was spoiled of seeing his son burn.

And he managed to do it without making it feel cheap or lame at all.

Thanks Mr spoiler

Agree!!

@@Mitsu2040 I agree for the first 6 episodes but that finale just turned into a cheap zombie movie for me

In reality they do have many elements that come from the same cultural ideas.

Except nobody talks like that. Try it yourself, ask someone what happens when they die and see if they bust out a 5 minute monologue which they recite perfectly while you silently stare at them. The show is riddled with sermons, and they’re good as sermons go, but they’re not believable except when they’re delivered by a priest reading from notes during a service.

I would throw in the "AA meeting" scenes in there too, with Riley and Father Paul.

@@dwhartwick Bro? There’s a blood thirsty vampire being presented as an angel of god flying around drinking people’s blood and making them immortal… And your problem is with the monologues being un-believable? 😂 p.s I’ve had long deep discussion like this with people, not quite as flawless but close. Again, it’s a TV show…

@@dwhartwick I disagree. Sometimes, when I speak with my family or friends about important matters, we ask each other's oppinion, and then, one is the speaker and one is the listener, and then, viceversa. We can talk for minutes each without being interrupted, thinking and reflecting aloud, developing thoughts. This part was not strange at all to me, since I have had a lot of conversations like this one, or even this one, many times.

@@ssmufc9941 oh wait, it was about vampires? Yes, I see now that vampires totally makes it cool to have 5 minute monologues bring everything to a grinding halt at least once an episode. Thanks for the explanation!

I was thinking Ross from friends in a way. Only me?

I can SWEAR I've seen him in Scrubs but can't find anything about a role on his imdb page, driving me nuts

I've only seen him in this and 42 but I coulda swore he was in more

@@careerintransit 7 months later but yes his mannerisms, especially in his monologues reminded me of David Schwimmer (his character from Band of Brothers and not Ross because I haven't watched friends).

i think it’s because the tone and cadence of his voice throughout the series sounds (at least to me) UNCANNILY like philip seymour hoffman doing an occasional john malkovich impression

To each their own. I thought they were ow and dragged on. I don't know anyone who talks that long in real life.

I thought it was a bunch of pretentious gibberish.

@@stillsearching1284 Spoilers I think monologue is for making a kind of Statement for audience to think and digest it. I see so many monologues are clearly Inspired from Neil deGrasse Tyson's speeches (maybe Not) and I also feel last one from Erin is kinda long but it's not actually a monologue of which she really talking to someone but her long dying thoughts before her total system is switched off.

@@WhirlingMusic I understand it seems kinda pretentious but its definitely not gibberish if you know what they're talking.

I thought it was beautifully written and loved the call back to it at the end. I’m much more inclined to go with Riley’s scientific belief. I just had never heard it expressed so eloquently and it really connected with me. I believe the same way. It’s strange because Erin desperately needed to believe the way she did because of the loss of her baby and I understand that inclination since I lost my mom in January. It’s hard to reconcile the belief that you will never see the person you loved the most ever again.

Easily one of the most underrated director working today. At this point, I would love to see him tackle a movie for The Conjuring universe with a low budget, he can definitely do it

@@15Candles as long as he doesn't add a huge ass monologue in a conjuring film like midnight mass

His character work is phenomenal. That's definitely the reason why so much of what he does works and why so many horror stories don't.

@@RakibMfilms how about adding more cheap jumpscares?...u might like that more uh?

@@varunc9110 nah I hate cheap jumpscares. I wanted a compelling story, not some boring ass monologues

Agreed. I have never before felt so threatened by a cello.

I agree 100% I’m a score lover I love all types of movies and TV scores and when I started watching the show I noticed the music right off the bat and its amazing

I’m still trying to decide Rating I would give the show but I absolutely love the show it’s amazing I’m definitely going to rewatch it sometime

The Niel Diamond Holy Holly montage 🤌🏻

Now go and watch 1997 Beserk Anime playlist on KZfaq until episode 25 and come back to this comment. I'm seriously curious how you both take that ending now. 🙏🏾😁

@@CharlesHayden I just started reading the manga for berserk barely in the first 20 pages but I heard the enemy sucked but now I’m intrigued I’ll check it out😁

Agree. I liked how Flanagan was respectful to all positions when debating such heavy themes.

Okay I'm watching this. Thank your comment.

Yeah, it was very tastefully done. Simultaneously, it has probably the best take on a self-proclaimed atheist I've seen, where they aren't just dunking on religion the whole time or aren't a purely vile piece of shit who's destined to get killed off or converted by the end. As someone who relates more to that position, there are scenes in Midnight Mass (namely conversations between Riley and Father Paul) that are nearly identical to conversations I've had with my pastor father, and both positions in the show are presented essentially in their best form. There aren't really any "straw men", which is great. The key to making this work, I think, is that a lot of questions are brought up about these things but nothing that the show gives us as a definitive "right answer" to these real-world mysteries. It kinda leaves that up to the viewer.

I couldn’t stand her character, nor most of them, and then they never shut up, just on and on and on. The religious aspect, whether it went one way or the other, wasn’t my main gripe with this series. Someone needed to rein in Flanagan instead of letting him have a mediocre free-for-all. Linklater was good, but any good aspects of the show just made me angry that they were surrounded by varying degrees of “meh” and “awful”.

@@aikaterineillt9876 what were some examples of things you saw as mediocre, meh or awful?

Exactly. I also noticed King's storytelling style, the profound dialogs and despair atmosphere.

It’s almost identical to “storm of the century” by Stephen king. I’m guessing that’s where they drew the aspiration from

Funny...that's exactly what I said while watching it in regards to Stephen King.

When does it get good? I'm halfway through episode 2 and just had to watch a dog die. Nothing is scary and it's just church shit

@@MichaelWutsch honestly it’s a very slow burn series I almost gave up on it halfway though but I finished it and the last episodes are so worth it

I'm surprised because in episode 3 when Monsigour discovers the angel, and I twigged Father Paul had been spiking the church wine with something, I sat up in my chair with a big dumb smile and said (out loud), "It's not just about faith gone bad... THIS IS A FUCKING VAMPIRE STORY!" And I was all in. So clever and well done, As Chris said, marrying the two concepts together.

It's a demon imo

The whole time I’m just like ok so it’s a vampire show lame

@@captbuckyohare5585 this is the exact same initial thought then later reaction that I had lol

@@IVANOsijek007 that’s not a terrible theory

That character was my favorite in the show. He was the most honest and straight forward of anyone in that town. He had some great crying scenes that tore my heart out.

the fact that he was getting better and was so proud of himself for being on the road to recovery and then brutally killed... that hurt the most

Likewise 😢

I just found out that actor is going to be in the new Halloween movie too! He needs more roles!

@@bradleykb Totally agree. Can't wait to see him in that.

Bev is basically like any cult leader from any movie. The crazy religious woman from Silent Hill. The crazy religious woman from The Mist. I could go on.

@@WhirlingMusic Still not less scary familiar for me and well acted. And yes those characters you've mentioned are indeed of the same caliber.

Me and my wife just signed out as members of the church I grew up in and we stayed after we married 2,5 years ago. Got a card this week from two members of the church man and wife. The text she wrote in it: the road of those who believe, shall lead to salvation, but the road of the heathens, shall lead to eternal doom (Bible verse) 😂😬

@@WhirlingMusic But she did it superbly in my opinion and deserves the credit.

@@rickh852 I don't disagree

Lmao get some standards losers

100%! When that little girl went into Joe Colley's trailer...OMG! What a performance by both actors! That was one of the most emotional scenes I've ever watched...and I've watched A LOT.

@@dogsbreakfast4952 🤡

I read that vox article, totally agree the author missed the point, as they usually do. The irony falls short on a lot of people who think this show is a middle finger to the religious (Christians specifically). As someone who came back to Catholicism after 10 years as an atheist, I enjoyed this show.

Literally just found that review after finishing the show last night. Stopped reading after the author said it was somehow a "thinly veiled allegory for COVID" when Flannagan's been working on this since like, 2014.

People are pretty accepting when a show uses Catholicism as a tool to critique “blind faith and false prophets”. I wonder if these people would be as comfortable had Islam been used as a tool. Would they still be objective or would they claim it was making a mockery and type “not all muslims”? Either way, I really enjoyed the show. I just don’t think people would carry such liberal thoughts had it not been Catholicism.

@@07foxmulder yes I agree. It seems that Christianity is one of the few mainstream religions that it is politically correct to criticize.

@@burgers8 For sure. And don’t get me wrong, my comment wasn’t targeted at you. I just realized it looks that way because I quoted you.

SPOILER ALERT!!! OMG that scene where he burns to death, hit me so hard. I actually rewinded and watched it again three times. Kate's (Erin) scream going all the way through the credits was haunting and brilliant.

i related to riley so much and i kinda caught on that he was going to die and i love how they gave you hope for him returning and then killed him off again. he sacrificed himself and this so-called black sheep of the village was probably the best human being there because nobody else would've done that

Wouldn't his best have been getting his family, the sheriff and his friend and showing them his hand burning in the sun, instead of barely doing anything to warn his family and taking himself out completely? His best was dogshit, imo.

I loved how he had a dream before burning to death just like how he envisioned his own version of death.

I felt nothing. It is basically a ripoff scene of 30 Days of Night. Been there. Seen it.

Elena Frazer That’s not how feminism works jfc 🤦🏻 How embarrassing

That shit cracked me up lmao.

I could definitely see some Catholics being offended by it, but to me it was also a warning about blind faith without reason or critical thought.

Exactly. Phenomenal show

Agreed! Be wary of the evil who disguises himself as an agent of God, but also the show talks about forgiveness. After all the evil that was committed by the townsfolk, they spent their last moments repenting and forgiving, because we are taught to believe in the power of God’s forgiveness.

I did see them criticizing some of the teachings and rules that the church, as an institution, has if they are taken to an extreme. However there really isnt anything attacking religion itself, that would have been really dumb and unnecessary.

Look at Riley who sacrificed himself for Erin, and refuse the "gift". His family accepting what happened but refusing to give in. The priest talking about the priesthood being never about the person but God. Erin sacrifing to cut the wings of the vampire, like her mother saying. Amazing show. It says more about the human nature, than God's.

Thank you for sharing. That scene has been the one to stick with me through the years and knowing this makes it that much more meaningful.

Really good take - I had the same reaction.

I really liked the series but I had the complete opposite reaction to you. I actually thought the last episode nearly ruined the series. A lot of things broke the immersion for me, and a lot of plot points and character decisions/behaviour jarred me right out of the show. Really glad to see I'm in the minority. I love Flanaghan's work and genre fiction needs a creator like him and his team.

Same I was ugly crying the whole yime

I cried as well

Riley's death scene was equally beautiful

I agree 💯

Same here, this is by far the best horror show on Netflix and I haven’t really heard anyone talking about it! Every actor in this show does an incredible job, I’m not even religious but I connected with so much of this show. I went through AA and all that shit when I was younger so I felt like I was sitting in the room in some of the scenes here.

I don't see it, this has been one of the most boring things to watch. So predictable, laughably pretentious and long monologues. Slow zooms on every shot, they treat you like you cant notice a very young actress with old makeup on pretty much ruining the reveal that the pastor has de aged. Its just a very pretentious and uninteresting so far. I have yet to see the last ep.

I like both shows, but I feel like Squid Game came out and stole it's thunder

I think it is the name of the show and possibly the cover art that isn't generating the views. On first sight in the Netflix screen, it seems like another religion is bad horror show. I only watched it because I saw it was done by Mike Flanagan. I am really glad i did though. It was great. One of the best horror stories I have watched in a long time.

Why you have to fucking spoil in comments,

@@SuperBeasto303 why you in a review if you haven’t seen dummy

@@dogsbreakfast4952 who tf watches a review after watching a show?

@SpaceTrucker Okay, general youtube etiquette is that if the video is spoiler free, the comments should be too. But if the video duscusses spoilers, then spoilers in the comments is free game. Honestly, you really only have yourself to blame for going into the comments section of a video that discusses spoilers

@@SuperBeasto303 I like to watch review/analysis videos to see what they saw but I didn't. I don't always catch everything.

Same story here

Same here!!

I finished it yesterday

I finished it last night!

I Truly tell you we are in the last days, it’s up to you decide which side your on God or the Devil ✝️

Agreed. The scene in ep 2 with the dog had me so furious and upset I could feel my face flushing, and I had trouble sleeping the night I watched it. (I mean that in the best possible way)

I cried for a good hour. I'm not easily moved to tears from TV/Movies, but this broke me. I kinda needed it, so I guess thanks, Mike Flanagan? lol.

@@dcut75 Yeah that tore me up too. I’m a huge animal lover especially cats so seeing all the dead cats washed up on the shore also hit me really hard.

More like lust rather then love. God is love so love can’t be bad.

More than love i'd say It was the implícit selfishness on loving someone, he did it to love the life he never could with the woman he loves and his daughter, he did what he thought was the best for him, not for his family. As the woman said, she wouldnt have ruined 4 lifes. What i'm trying to say is that love pushes people to do selfish things, not for love but for themselves.

I just don't understand why she just stood by him the whole time. Like this guy just destroyed the entire island and you're smiling and holding hands with him.

Right,I fucking love her monologues ecspecially the final one

I thought it was a weird shift since at first she believed

Same, so many feelings.

@@callmeej8399 I think it's because it was when she was actually dieing and "remembering" what happens (in this story at least)

a total acid trip

I liked the personal nature of the discussions of what happened when you die. And when that young man got to have forgiveness in his final moments instead of feeling the agony of burning away, I didn't take away that he was right that there is no god or heaven. I got more of a feeling that everyone's ending will be personal and different.

Their meetings were my favourite too

The show is fucking terrible

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love your pfp

i binged in one day from morning until dinner time to the point i forgot i have a report to submit that night lol

Squid game is the best to come out of 2021 tbh

@@Nakiimushi that's fine if you think that it's definitely "one of" the best

I watched almost the whole thing at work (boiler operator so I sit and monitor everything with a bunch of computers) and was so upset I couldn't finish it bc my shift ended if it were a 13 hour I would've been good but I was freaked out when I had to do my hourly rounds on graveyard shift at that

I started doing it as one of my new year resolutions (the only one I’ve kept 😂) it’s just made everything so much more magical 🦋

Same here

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As someone who adores both Stephen King and Mike Flanagan's works, I completely understand and agree

I got serious 'Storm of the century' vibes from this and loved it.

I am so glad someone else feels this way too.

I genuinely looked up whether it was a Steven king novel lol, it was right up his alley but props to the director/writer

If it had been a Stephen King feature he would have reinforced the validity of christianity and made the story into a parable. I don't think that the the film either validates or invalidates belief. You find that faith isn't necessarily bad, but can be, but neither confirms or denies god.

Afterwards I tried to remember exactly when I figured out who the priest was, etc...and I'm really not sure. Waves is a good way of putting it!

Too bad since it's a TV show it can't get Oscars but hopefully some golden globes and Emmys!!

But like HOW GOOD WERE THE FINAL 2 EPISODES? Like man this guy always ends his stuff perfectly always sticks the landing!

@@ajwaddanwarr3409 I liked the ending, and it rarely became a slow show for me save for when the main guy actually became the vampire. I felt that could have been tighter, but then they do follow it up with how his girlfriend reacts to it. That felt pretty holy sh*t at the end and not just because he got dusted (ironic).

@@ajwaddanwarr3409 I really really loved the show however I did had some problems with the decision made by Sarah, Erin and Hassan... Made no sense to me, why not wait for doing what they did instead of doing it right in front of the others, I get it was done in order to complete their storylines but it felt like an irrational decision.

@@JackJackIsBackBack Right, just wanted to emphasize my excitement. ;)

riveting. I could not look away

The whole series was absolutely hypnotizing. The dialogues were amazing. I know some people complained about “the monologues”, but I found them mesmerizing.

Yes. Real dialogue. Things people would actually say.

The show was garbage

@@borris3768 I like how we all have such different opinions 😊

Oh yeah! "Dark" is brilliant!

Have you watched hill house?

OH MAN DARK IS SO DAMN GOOD

@@GilangD21 I have

Here! Here! Agree 100% Dark and Ragnarok are awesome. Dark is a really masterpiece.

Catholics are not Jehovas Witnesses, though.. We're nothing like the depiction in this show (the vast majority of us anyway) and also believe that Jehovas Witnesses are a cult, along with Mormons.

@@OrthoLou You're completely missing the point if you think any of that matters. The show is depicting a church becoming a cult. Jehovah's Witnesses are a cult. Of course I can't relate to what a catholic mass is like but I can relate to the cultish aspects of what was depicted in the show. And literally nobody thinks that a fictional depiction of a congregation with VAMPIRES is an accurate depiction of the catholic church 🤦🏾

@@Excultbaby believe it or not...some may. Sure, no one thinks the vampire is real (although the show took the science approach and made it into a creature that essentially just spreads a virus), but many will watch it and say "See?? This is how those Catholics (or Christians in general) are!" And that's my fear.. There were things that I liked about it; I personally saw it as evil infiltrating the church and spreading false/evil messages, something that's a huge issue in the Catholic church in this time, but...those last two episodes.. I dunno, I just felt like there was a message being conveyed there that seemed anti-Christian..

@@OrthoLou any religion can look like a cult when they are that fanatical

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100%

I saw a trailer for this before everyone started talking about it and I decided the trailer looked awful. Now I feel I must be missing something. Mind you, I loved Haunted Hill House or whatever it was called and I know he reuses the same actors but the trailer just looked really bad to me. Of course so did Squid Game until everyone started talking about it so I've started watching it and was crying like a bytch episode 6 last night.

It took me until it was blatantly obvious to figure it out … so if you’re anything like me you’ll just get to experience the mystery for that much longer!

I must dumb bc i didn’t pick up on it until like ep 4 lol. I actually wish it were marketed more as a show about [blank]. They had a really good dialogue going that ended up kinda contradicting itself halfway through

Yeah. I did not know what this is about and it blew my mind. Not exactly because of the plot or the actual threat, but because of the deeper themes.

god, leeza... "you reached THROUGH TIME, joe collie" and riley in the boat... and the end with the singing that just stops. amazing.

M.F's shows tend to do that 😊

SAME!

I’m so glad I saw your comment, because that’s how I felt while watching this show. Scary accurate when you think about it

Your comment made me cry 😭

That’s me too 😭 hit so heavy

Agreed, and I’m also a Lutheran. Every character felt like real people you can find in church, and it really shows how often the most “steadfast believers” are actually the weakest people, looking at you Bev Keane

Happy to hear some people don’t get overly defensive and try to see the meaning behind it. Anyone promoting violence or hate has nothing to do with God. Anyone claiming to be a person of faith who incites violence and hate, is lying.

@@daffodil852 What is hate though? Calling something sinful is considered "hate" these days and Jesus did it non-stop.

Look into Pantheism if you enjoyed in Erin’s monologue.

Riley’s speech about what happens when you die and Erin’s last monologue are very similar to, if not directly inspired by, what Carl Sagan used to say about it - in the old Cosmos show, and his books and interviews.

Truly! I love how he’s so good at incorporating deeper themes into his work, especially in such unique ways. Lots of horror movies have handled ideas of death and religion, but I’ve never seen anyone delve into it in the way Midnight Mass does.

@@HannahPewee I would love to see him tackle a movie for The Conjuring universe, I think he'll do great for that

I don't think he is underrated. He is quite well rated!

Huh? He was maybe underrated 6 or 7 years ago. Horrofans around the world know his name.

And thankfully he’s becoming more and more of a household name and getting the recognition he’s deserved for so so long

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I just finished it last night I may rewatch it now loll

Some were so long I might have skipped forward 30/ 40 secs and missed nothing 😅

As I said elsewhere, the one that really felt too much to me was the Sheriff's to Sarah--Sarah knows that the town is quickly going to Hell and time is of the essence, and she sits through 5+ mins of the Sheriff giving her his life story? It was well written, well directed, but happening when it did in the show (when we knew enough that he could have just said "I think you know why it would be suicide for me to investigate the church") was just too too much...

Hamish Linklater was really impressive, I 200% believed his character.

@@EricMontreal22 Sarah listened to his monologue about being a cop dealing with Islamophobia on the job, not Erin.

@@hambone.fakenamington UGH how embarrassing--I have no idea why I typed Erin. But my point stands lol

i'm binging flanagan's other works, my first movie i've watched of him was 'hush' and i fricken loved that. done rewatching hill house and this, will watch other of his stuff heard good thing about occulus.

OMG, I binged it till 4 in the morning too! You should have called me.

Same. They captured such nuance and all the concepts were handled with incredible sincerity. I can't wait to see what Flanagan does next.

Is the first episode a reflection of the rest of the series? Really found it dull, wooden acting & as a person of no faith, found nothing engaging...

Atheist here 🖐️ Is it worth watching?

@@MelficeN7 Yes! I thought it actually dealt with all sides of the question in REALLY interesting ways!

@@chriscunningham8703 I thought it had a slow start, yes. But if you can make it to episode 3, you will have your mind blown.

Let's hope the good folks at Netflix keep Mike producing amazing content.

@@makatron I heard today that his production company is making a new show called Fall of the House of Usher which is an amalgamation of Poe stories . Mike is directing four episodes and he’s the executive producer on the show. Netflix ordered 9 episodes.

@@Jonezysmusiccentral Mike can do no wrong, I just recently rewatched Hill House and it was just perfect horror just like the first time.

I couldn't agree more. I thought Doctor Sleep was a work of art.

Dr Sleep was amazing. I don't often follow directors, but it seems everything he makes is good, so perhaps I will start.

Same, I never watched the other Netflix stuff he’s done. Definitely going to check them out now.

Dr Sleep was ok. Creative but would never care to watch it again.

Didn't know he did Doctor Sleep. Was really impressed with that one. Knowing that he also did Haunting At Hill House, he's now cemented himself for me as one to look for