Midnight Mass

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It’s a fair assessment to say we’ve not seen many Muslim sheriffs in modern-day entertainment. Rahul Kohli’s Sheriff Hassan is here to change that perspective. According to the Haunting of Bly Manor alum, it was the combination of two cultural polarities that really excited him to play the part. Those conversations were so inseparable in my head, that this show was always where they were just kind of dumped,” he said. “It’s where they lived as a record of my perspective of sobriety through various points of my life — in the full grips of it, in the denial of it, and in the acceptance of it.” Thrilling and horrific, with a dose humorous irony. Wilson's Midnight Mass is a return to the grisly, purely evil side of vampiric lore. And it's a welcome addition to a genre inundated with romanticized depictions.

Erin herself, however, died. We assume, because of her tainted blood and death via Angel that she burned up in the sunlight off-screen. During her remaining time though, with her body's cells dying but the neurons in her brain firing, she remembered her cosmic beginnings and realized that "we are the cosmos dreaming of itself."Hermanns, Grant (March 13, 2020). "Netflix Delays Production on Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass". ComingSoon.net . Retrieved August 18, 2020. Seriously, bad characterization and plot development here. The dialogue was embarrassing to read. The vampires have to explain in terrible, cheesy, monologues how truly evil they really are (!). The main character seems like a hopeless self-insertion. He is the manliest man who ever was, and has no flaws. The other characters have to keep repeating how great and admirable he is, because otherwise the reader wouldn't get it. He certainly succeeded in that. There is nothing to like about these vampires and a great deal to fear. They are some of the nastiest vampires I've read about: physically repulsive, merciless, predatory, aggressive, fundamentally selfish but organised, adept at psychological warfare and bent on world domination. Perhaps the scariest thing about these vampires is that they think the same way that the guys behind Bannon do. They set out to destroy hope and trust by weaponising the most violent and selfish elements of humanity and then use fear to keep control. Kennedy, Michael (January 22, 2020). "Midnight Mass: What We Know So Far". Screen Rant . Retrieved August 18, 2020.

Aside from the fact that the entire plague of righteous violence was over, and that the contained madness unknowingly unleashed by Pruitt had gone up in flames, signaling a symbolic break from the miraculous hope it all briefly delivered, the "head" vampire dying usually means an instant signal break from its subjects. In popular vampire lore, the lead vampire's demise frees those controlled by its blood. For Leeza though, that would mean the end of her restorative gift. The ability to walk that she was granted by the Angel's blood was now gone and she was returned to her paralyzed state. While it's a sad ending for Leeza (though maybe not as sad as Warren and Leeza losing their entire families), it's good news for the world overall, right?Wonderful and harrowing, horror legend Mike Flanagan’s seven-part series is deeply human – and unforgettable

When it comes to seeing a priest in a horror story, the common audience expectation is that he is the villain. It’s a common trope in horror. Flanagan chose a different road.The typical Flanagan fare wraps poignant stories of family, community, and unremitting optimism around horror-filled centers. This combo has made him a perfect collaborator with Netflix, the home of most of Flanagan’s recent work. In all of the films and series he’s written for the network so far, Flanagan has created tales whose horror plots draw broad audiences and whose rosy themes appeal directly to middle America. Flanagan’s Netflix partnership has also given him an enormous audience; The Haunting of Hill House, arguably his most successful project, was one of the most-binged series of 2018.