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'The Midnight Club' on Netflix: Fans hooked to horror-mystery series, call it a 'masterpiece'

A fan said, 'binged #theMidnightClub today all in one sitting.....and i need season 2 as soon as possible'

'The Midnight Club' is the latest addition to Netflix's horror genre. The mini-series is created by Mike Flanagan and  Leah Fong after they were inspired by Christopher Pike's 1994 novel under the same name. Flanagan also served as showrunner and executive producer along with Trevor Macy.

Flanagan confirmed the cast in a series of tweets on Twitter: Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, Sauriyan Sapkota as the titular cast, and Heather Langenkamp as the doctor presiding over the hospice of the terminally ill, who did a stellar job portraying their characters. In addition, Zach Gilford and Matt Biedel, and recurring Flanagan collaborator Samantha Sloyan have appeared in recurring roles and they stole the show in their limited screen time. However, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 87% approval rating with an average rating of 7.4/10, based on 38 critic reviews. The website's critics' consensus reads, "Mike Flanagan's hot streak of heartfelt horror stories continues strong in 'The Midnight Club', a tale of terminal teenagers told with jolts and joie de vivre." Now, let's dive right into how the fans perceived it. 

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The series' premise is that it is about a group of seven close terminally ill young adults that reside in the Rotterdam Home hospice run by an enigmatic doctor. They meet at midnight every night to tell each other scary stories. One night they make a pact that the first one to succumb to their disease is responsible for communicating with the others from beyond the grave. After one of them dies, bizarre occurrences begin.

After the series was released fans could barely contain their excitement so they went on a rampage on Twitter expressing their thoughts and emotions, while some think Flanagan is a "genius" others are in awe of the young cast members' acting. 

A fan tweeted, "binged #theMidnightClub today all in one sitting.....and i NEED SEASON 2. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. yet another masterpiece by our lord and savior @flanaganfilm." Another fan mentioned, "it was genius of mike flanagan to have the midnight club take place in the 90s because he’s going deeeep with these teen mental health issues but he doesn’t have to deal with gen z behavior."

A fan insisted, "Everyone should go watch The Midnight Club on Netflix. Super interesting show. Twists and turns and suspense and actually scary scenes instead of modern jump scares," while another wrote, "Mike Flanagan has always been a master at using horror as a vessel to speak about deeply human experiences such as grief, loss, mental health, addiction, familial issues, and faith,” writes @itsaimmedia" 

A fan tweeted, "The Midnight Club is a haunting yet heartwarming story of teenage kids coming to grasp with their terminal cancer diagnosis and how it can drive even the smartest of us over the edge into the world of delusion. It showcases the most primal urge of survival in humans." Another fan said, "6 min into The Midnight Club and I’ll be damned Mike Flanagan you have done it again"

'The Midnight Club' premiered on Netflix on October 7, 2022, and you can stream the series to set your mood for Halloween, this year.

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