Netflix unveils a new trailer for Midnight Mass offering a deeper look at Mike Flanagan's latest horror series for the streaming platform. Flanagan previously teamed with Netflix for the anthology horror series, The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor, on which he served as the creator and director for the former and the creator and a director for the latter. The new series has reportedly been created, written and directed entirely by Flanagan.
Midnight Mass is set on the isolated community of Crockett Island who find their divisions amplified when disgraced former townie Riley Flynn returns alongside the mysterious-yet-charismatic Father Paul, the latter seemingly bringing miraculous events that may come at a cost. The cast for the series features a number of The Haunting stars including Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, Annabeth Gish, Robert Longstreet, Rahul Kohli, Samantha Sloyan and Alex Essoe as well as Flanagan newcomers Zach Gilford and Hamish Linklater. Production on Midnight Mass ran from August to December of last year and Netflix is building up further anticipation for its release this month.
With just two weeks remaining until the series' debut, Netflix has shared a new trailer for Midnight Mass. The video offers a deeper look at the wide roster of characters and the haunting mystery plaguing the small town of Crockett Island. Check out the chilling new trailer below:
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Since his breakout work with Oculus, Flanagan has proven time and again a strength in taking familiar tales and turning them into fresh and unique concepts and the latest trailer for Midnight Mass certainly looks to continue that trend. Seemingly taking inspiration from Stephen King's Needful Things and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, the trailer also sees a unique expansion into how the arrival of a mysterious stranger bringing gifts can affect relationships within the community as much as the individual lives of those bestowed with them. The video also offers a better look at Linklater's ominous Father Paul and hints that he may be just as much unable to control the chaos to come as the miracles he brings to the town.
Setting Midnight Mass in an oceanside town also opens the door for Flanagan to dive into Lovecraftian terror that he has been eager to explore for some time. The filmmaker had been working on an adaptation of King's Revival, a novel well-known for its final act becoming a Lovecraftian fright show, though due to budgetary concerns was not able to get it off the ground. With any luck, Midnight Mass will be able to satiate his desires for such a genre feat and audiences' anticipation for the latest project from the Haunting of Hill House creator when it arrives on Netflix on September 24.
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