![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Being part of the club bonds them, and gives them a reason to stay alive another night - they all want to hear how the next story ends. Every night at midnight, they sneak out of their rooms and meet in the spooky old Victorian mansion's library, where they tell each other scary stories and toast the memories of those who came before and are no longer around. ![]() The Midnight Club tells the story of a group of terminally ill teenagers living in a youth hospice called Brightcliffe in 1994. It's empathetic, fun, and even a little bit funny, a word never used to describe any previous Flanagan joint. It's warm-hearted drama about people facing the unimaginable with courage and dignity thanks to the help of their chosen family. That being said, The Midnight Club is much more of a piece with the lighter, not-as-scary Bly Manor than the terrifying and emotionally devastating Hill House and Midnight Mass. Mike Flanagan productions make you cry as much as they scare you. Just kidding, it's about kids with cancer. It's a cheerful romp that's as comforting as a cup of chamomile tea. But his latest, The Midnight Club, breaks the gloomy streak. The prolific creator of several of Netflix's high-quality horror series take a dramatically serious approach to topics like grief and family trauma ( The Haunting of Hill House), sexual identity and shame ( The Haunting of Bly Manor), and faith and addiction ( Midnight Mass). Iman Benson, Igby Rigney, Annarah Cymone, Ruth Codd, Adia, Chris Sumpter, Aya Furukawa, Sauriyan Sapkota, The Midnight Club Eike Schroter/Netflix ![]()
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