The Midnight Mass Series Review

22 days ago

I'm not a huge horror fan. I find no enjoyment in the regular jump scares, bloody gore trope. It usually bores me till I sleep off, disgusts me and then I'll find something better to watch or scares me shitless and I simply say "nope." and then go off for my peace of mind.
When watching movies I prefer something that makes me think, something that has that touch of realism. A movie that's filled with thrills, just enough touch of the real world to make you realize that this could happen, yet just enough touch of fantasy movie magic that makes you understand that it can't happen to this degree.
In other notes I'm still a big sucker for the theological movies and that's what drew me to this one. A single scene of a theological argument that made me immediately download the 7 episodes horror thriller. The scene wasn't even up to 6 minutes, but it was beautiful.
Yet, it wasn't the most moving aspect of the series, not in a long way.

The Midnight Mass.

Plot

When a new priest is brought to the CrockPot, we see the dying town being revived with mysteries, miracles and religious fever. Yet for Riley Flynn and a few others, too much miracles happening in one place is a cause for suspicion.

Matthew 7:15: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves."

When watching this series, especially at the later episodes of it, this is the scripture that was in my mind and I'm led to believe that this scripture is the major theme of the story.
I mentioned earlier how I was moved to watch this because of a single scene, well the movie is one of those that is hard to really raye without spoiling so I'll simply list what I like about it and then why I like it.

The first thing that I liked about this movie was the storytelling.
There's a way the story is told that we on the audience are able to see it from everyone's eyes and understanding.
We see the signs, see the wonders and understand why the characters are acting the way they are because they are in it but as we are the audience the wool is pulled off our eyes before the rest.

The series follows a buildup pattern, something that'll gently ease you up to the climax at the ending, and I'd have said they did a wonderful job on doing that...
..but saying that would be me lying because the pace became so drawn out in the middle episode that it felt as though nothing was happening 😭
The movie became boring and I had to take a two day break from it.
This was the middle episode, just when we've started noticing the minor changes and oddities in the village.

The next episode instantly takes us deep. It was like we were standing on a ledge waiting for the revelations and everything to happen immediately, Lamentations which is the 4th episode is when it all starts to unravel.

And this is where we finally understand just how insane this woman really is.

It's safe to say that she's the main antagonist of the movie. She is probably the most easiest—to—hate character I've seen in a while and it's just insane how good the actress played this role.
Infact how good the actors and actresses played every role.

A good story is only good when told by a good cast and the castings for this movie were some of the best.
Their mannerisms, accents and movement all tell a story.
It all speaks about the little obscure community that has something new introduced.

Something evil introduced...

I really can't talk more about the show without spoiling it but I assure you that its a stunning 9 out of 10!
I invite all horror lovers and theological enthusiasts to check it out ✨