The Midnight Club (Netflix) — from Mike Flanagan — premieres 10/7/22
06-06-22, 04:14 PM
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The Midnight Club (Netflix) — from Mike Flanagan — premieres 10/7/22
The Midnight Club has set a date for its first meeting — and you’re cordially invited.
The new Netflix series from The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan will premiere on Friday, October 7. The announcement came as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week celebration of its horror, sci-fi and fantasy content.
The streamer also released a teaser for the series — which you can watch above — taking us inside a creepy and isolated house with lots of grand staircases and chandeliers. When the watch of one of its young inhabitants starts beeping at midnight, they begin a toast that sounds eerily like an incantation: “To those before, to those after; to us now, and to those beyond; seen or unseen; here, but not here.” They drink on it as ominous lightning crashes outside… and what is that dark figure that appears before them?!
Based on the Christopher Pike YA novel, The Midnight Club centers on a tight-knit group of terminally ill young adults who live in a hospice run by a mysterious doctor. Flanagan serves as showrunner and EP, along with co-creator Leah Fong. The cast includes several Flanagan-verse veterans like Samantha Sloyan and Zach Gilford, along with Nightmare on Elm Street legend Heather Langenkamp as the doctor.
The new Netflix series from The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan will premiere on Friday, October 7. The announcement came as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week celebration of its horror, sci-fi and fantasy content.
The streamer also released a teaser for the series — which you can watch above — taking us inside a creepy and isolated house with lots of grand staircases and chandeliers. When the watch of one of its young inhabitants starts beeping at midnight, they begin a toast that sounds eerily like an incantation: “To those before, to those after; to us now, and to those beyond; seen or unseen; here, but not here.” They drink on it as ominous lightning crashes outside… and what is that dark figure that appears before them?!
Based on the Christopher Pike YA novel, The Midnight Club centers on a tight-knit group of terminally ill young adults who live in a hospice run by a mysterious doctor. Flanagan serves as showrunner and EP, along with co-creator Leah Fong. The cast includes several Flanagan-verse veterans like Samantha Sloyan and Zach Gilford, along with Nightmare on Elm Street legend Heather Langenkamp as the doctor.
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06-06-22, 04:20 PM
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Dudes been busy.
06-07-22, 10:39 AM
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Cool to see Gilford getting this work... he was great on Friday Night Lights.
06-07-22, 12:35 PM
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Releasing this in October tracks, and I admit that I am curious so I will give it a try. I watched Haunting Of Hill House, did not finish Bly Manor, but I did enjoy Flanagan's recent mini-series Midnight Mass so his work interests me.
08-20-22, 06:12 AM
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09-20-22, 09:44 AM
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To those before, to those after. To us now, and to those beyond: welcome to THE MIDNIGHT CLUB, a new Netflix horror series from Mike Flanagan the producers of The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass. The Midnight Club release date is October 7.
At a hospice for terminally ill young adults, eight patients come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories – and make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond. The Midnight Club is based on the 1994 novel of the same name as well as other works by Christopher Pike.
At a hospice for terminally ill young adults, eight patients come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories – and make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond. The Midnight Club is based on the 1994 novel of the same name as well as other works by Christopher Pike.
10-06-22, 07:56 AM
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This is up tomorrow.
10-06-22, 08:36 AM
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I'll watch because Flanagan has been pretty excellent so far. That said, the teenage angle has me a bit hesitant. The "scares" from the trailer look cliche at this point; hope I'm wrong.
10-06-22, 08:40 AM
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10-06-22, 09:25 AM
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I felt like Midnight mass was a swing and a miss but I will give this a go, If it does not hook me after a few episodes I won't power through if it looks sloppy or weak again due to how Midnight mass fizzled for me.
10-09-22, 11:33 PM
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I liked the first episode and I think the premise is interesting. I'll probably try to watch another ep or two tomorrow.
10-10-22, 01:58 AM
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Besides being well-made the first episode didn't do much for me. The premise is not terribly interesting and the "scares" were really cliché and cheesy. I'll keep going since Flanagan hasn't let me down yet, but it's a very soft and weak start for a horror series.
10-10-22, 06:04 AM
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I didn’t notice in the first episode that the characters are playing the parts in their stories. They “uglied” them up television style to show that they’re sick and in the stories they all look nice.
10-14-22, 02:23 PM
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I've watched the first two episodes, and so far I agree. I am not really engaged.
10-15-22, 07:30 PM
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10-15-22, 07:49 PM
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I'm five episodes in and enjoying it. Some pretty creepy things have started happening, but it's still a slow burn. It definitely has the look and feel of a Flanagan show.
10-16-22, 01:35 PM
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While I enjoyed the series, and found the meta stories more captivating than I expected, I still could not help feeling that the gimmick took too much focus from the central storyline and essentially starved out a satifsying main conclusion. I can understand going for a cliff-hanger, but it left a bad taste. Maybe I was too primed by previous Flanagan shows.
10-17-22, 07:47 AM
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That was actually one of my questions ... is there any actual relevance to these stories they are telling? Or are they there just to pad the time?
10-18-22, 02:30 AM
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I'm out. Couldn't even finish episode 2 without being bored out of my mind. Way too much teenage angst and YA, not enough horror.
10-18-22, 09:11 AM
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Ok, I'm up through episode 8, and while I am still interested in how this ends, I found the show rather frustrating. They seem to be spending so much time trying to get us to actually care about these kids, but I just want them to die already so something interesting will happen. I see the semi-importance of these stories they are telling now, but jesus, can we just get to the real story please?
10-19-22, 10:25 AM
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Ok, finished that, wasn't happy about it. I think it's actually Netflix's fault for setting wrong expectations. Here's the blurb they use to describe the show on their site:
That is maybe 5% of the show. A better description would be:
Inside a hospice for terminally ill teens, members of an exclusive club make a chilling pact: The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave.
A bunch of sad, dying kids tell scary stories and a couple spooky things happen
10-19-22, 10:35 AM
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^^ I gotta say, if they used your description, I'd hard pass. As a matter of fact, I am gonna pass based on your description lol. Too bad... Flanagan's material has been Excellent, then good, then ok, then meh.
10-19-22, 10:43 AM
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I've watched 5 episodes and that was a struggle. I don't know if I'll finish it... and that's a bummer to say. The only reason I'd consider finishing it is because of Flanagan's involvement.
10-19-22, 10:46 AM
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The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave.
OOh! I'm gonna spoil it for you so you can see if this is worth sitting through 10 episodes for:
Spoiler:
In case you can't tell, this show actually pissed me off. My partner really liked it though, he enjoyed all the stories they told and felt emotionally connected to the kids, so YMMV.
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10-19-22, 11:39 AM
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