I didn’t get Bevs character, I thought they were eventually going to explain why she was such a manipulative psycho...didn’t happen, but they had plenty of time for singing, monologuing and showing a full ass mass.
@@emhu2594 some extremely religious people are just like that, unfortunately. They feel justified in their shitty, holier-than-thou attitude and behaviour towards others because they believe God is on their side.
I loved Riley’s mom’s dialogue to bev kean at the end about how god doesn’t pick favorites and that’s something that’s shouldn’t offend her as much as it does.
When Bev forgot that Jesus dined with taxpayers and sinners. Fair enough however, the believers aka Bev, got furious for Jesus being compassion to those who have sinned.
Mike Flanagan's direction and writing are exemplary. Haunting of Hill House is, in my opinion, the best horror series ever made. Mike's storytelling is just on another level. Midnight Mass has 7 episodes and not a single second wasted.
Agree Haunting of Hill house was so compelling and characters all relatable... this one amazing as well but definitely more horror than suspense at times. He has an amazing mind, as I said earlier I love his concept of showing communion this way with the angel and the exchange of physical eating of flesh and giving of life blood to resurrect.
The fact that just seeing Samantha Sloyan's face filled me with rage goes to show how well she played the role. Absolutely superb performances all around
I hated her character so much and I think she was so well written and excecuted. I can't believe how much I smiled when I heard Samantha talk in the interview haha.
Not gonna lie, I hated her character but I have to admit that it was quite funny sometimes 🤣 she just came with certain phrases or the way she just reacted to something weird and it was just pure comedy for a second
Samantha Sloyan gave an Emmy worthy performance. Definitely the breakout star for this series. Hamish Linklater has been around for a while, but this is the first time he’s really gotten to show how talented he is.
Agree... as soon as I saw him I remembered him from Christine Tv show and was pleasantly surprised to see his acting range with this series, since other roles he has had are more small. This time he gets ro shine and boy he did!
One of the highlights of all these interviews for me is seeing Zach Gilford happy and smiling. He was so convincing as Riley, who seemed so broken and sad that I suffered right along with him. I wanted to take his pain away so that he could move on and have a happy life. Kudos to Zach for playing Riley with such depth and emotion! And I‘m so glad you seem to be actually very happy in real life!!
I loved how he portrayed Islam in this. Any religion can turn into a crazy brainwashed blood thirsty (literally in the case of the show lol) extremist cult and not just Islam.
So I'm not a horror fan at all. AT ALL. I thought I was in for a character drama with a bit of mystery. 😂😂😂 It was a masterpiece for sure and weeks after I've watched it it's still stuck with me. Bravo. 👏
I feel exactly the same as I did after Hill House. I just want to see this team in more projects. It was absolutely phenomenal! This is one of the best horror tales I’ve ever seen. Totally reminded me of a Stephen King style book. But with added existential dread. Genius!
I watched some of Samantha Sloyen's scenes over and over. She is incredible - they all were - no weak links in this cast or script, at all! It's jarring to see Zach Gilford happy and relaxed, his performance was stunning.
This series was so damn good. I enjoyed every minute of it. Really loved the monologues. Zach Gilford's delivery was on point in every line. So talented.
There was one monologue that imo draged too much and overall I would tighten up the pacing. But all these are nit pics. Overall it was a great thriller that built a feeling of unease.
@@user-sleepingpills Εμένα Μ άρεσαν οι μονόλογοι. Στην αρχή είναι λίγο περίεργο γιατί δεν είναι κάτι συνηθισμένο σε σειρές αλλά νομίζω προσθέτει αληθοφάνεια στους χαρακτήρες. Σίγουρα δεν είναι για όλους. Όσον αφορά τον Zach μ'αρεσε πολύ η αυθεντικότητα που εφερε στον χαρακτήρα. Γενικά οι χαρακτήρες είναι "πετσωμενοι " κατά τη γνώμη μου και οι διάλογοι πολύ καλοί.
@@DeanithForeverYoung Πρωτα απ'ολα wow ελληνικα. Και δευτερον σε καταλαβαινω. Για το τυπικο δεν εχω τελειωσει τη σειρα ειμαι λιγο πριν το τελος. Μου αρεσαν οι μονολογοι στις προηγουμενες σειρες του και εδω λειτουργουν εξαιρετικα σε πολλαπλα σημεια. Αλλα πιστευω πως το παρακανε λιγο.Οι ερμηνειες ειναι απιστευτες και ο διαλογος μου αρεσει οπως και σε εσενα αν και θα εκτιμουσα αν υπηρχε λιγο smaltalk. Το σιγουρο ειναι πως με καθε επισοδειο παθαινω υπαρξιακη κριση αρα κατι καταφερε ο Flanagan.
Mike is absolutely correct about there being an insane amount of horror within religion. I recall being at my great grandmother's funeral, and the pastor/priest giving the sermon about how when Jesus returns all the dead will rise again, and all that. But the way he described it literally made it sound like terrifying Zombie Apocalypse stuff, and even my parents were like, "uhhhh, this is creepy af." So yeah, Mike is right on the money with that.
Dang, just watched the last episode. Hey, Mike, if you happen to read this, I love your worldview. It's like you understood something about the deep meaning of the universe that make us afraid and at the same time watch in awe. Like that Angel/Demon (doesn't matter it's the same anyways). But I feel kinda sad, because I know that only very few ppl will understand what you have to say. Your series aren't really horror, they are philosophic parables covered under a story with horror elements. That's true beauty. Thank you, for that story.
I totally agree about the last part. I watched Midnight Mass over the weekend and then I just finished binging Hill House and Bly Manor so watching them all back to back was really intense emotionally yet I was never scared. I've cried so much over the last few days that I'm on day 3 of a migraine (I get really intense migraines especially if I've been talking, crying, chewing/eating crunchy things). Episode 5 of Midnight Mass was so heartbreaking that I immediately knew that the rest of the show wasn't really about the horror they could see but about the horrific things people can do for malevolent reasons and benevolent reasons which also carries over into Hill House and Bly Manor. I keep hearing about how terrifying everything is but I don't find it scary at all in the typical horror kinda way but instead in the omfg people are cruel kinda way.
I'd say it classifies more as psychological horror. Sure there's a monster that some would find scary, but the main horror comes from how people can be brainwashed by their religions and knowing that if something like that would happen in the real world, there are people who would embrace it, thinking it was a gift from their god and not realising the danger to humanity they're allowing and accepting with open arms.
Watched it by myself, then told my wife to watch it…so ive watched it twice within the last week….i loved it, it was some of the best acting in a series i have ever seen…hamish was incredible and he portrayed seriously such an interesting character
Midnight Mass...terpiece. Amazing. Gripping. Poignant. Heartbreaking. And Full off top notch performances. Hamish Linklater...What a performance amongst such a strong group brilliant perfromances.
Thoroughly enjoyed Midnight Mass, as well as Flanagan's other series. Side note: I greatly appreciate anyone who can film extremely long shots, because those long takes really pull the audience in and are extremely complicated to pull off. It's one of my favorite things to see in a movie or show.
I like that they never use the "V" word throughout the whole show. It reminds me of a homage to all the zombie movies that never say the word Zombie in them.
I like to think of it actually as an angel, because angels were supposed to be horrific lol. That and the sacrament is supposed to be blood. I thought it was a good take tbh.
That was a conscious effort not to use the word. Being the very being is being heralded as something else. To indicate it otherwise would have defeated its representation as something else!! I appreciate that conscious omission!!
@@DeanithForeverYoung Angel, Vampire, Demon... whatever. The point is, it doesn't matter. The word Demon means in its original meaning messenger between the devine and the mortal world. So demon and angel is the same.
@@kontrolfreak9 Same I saw it as a creature. Humans would be a more accurate representation of vampires than the "thing". But they definitely didn't want to label anything.
I'm glad no mention of vampires/zombies because it's really an amazing choice to represent communion and in Catholicism it is supposed to be quite literally the blood and body of Christ... so the Angel does the bite which is eating of the body then he offers the life giving blood to the person he bit to resurrect them and that's the communion transaction. It's a clever way to show how horrifying the concept really can be.
Why they didn't use "that word" is such a great way to ask that question, where everyone that has seen it knows EXACTLY what the word is but doesn't spoil anyting. It's such a wild reveal and such a poignant alagory to use in the show. This is one of the best things I've watched in quite a long time.
@@nathanjudy7705 Exactly I knew it the minute they started talking about it yet apparently it’s not so clear because a lot of people seem confused in the comments.
I do recall that Maddie was trying to write a second book and was telling herself "I can't kill Erin," so I guess either Mike decided not to stick with that, or there's going to be some crazy twist in season 2.
So ~ not a huge horror fan, except for Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe, that ilk. However ~ having watched this series, I'm stunned by the genius of it, the characters, the writing, the story, the writing, the setting, the writing...can't stop thinking about it and the eternal war between good and evil. Maybe raised Catholic intensified it for me. I loved it. Now I've become a Mike Flanagan junkie. Have to watch all he's done and all he will do.
Me too exactly 💯 He did Bly Manor and The Haunting of Hill House but neither of them even come close to this IMO. People raved about Hill house but it honestly wasn't such a big deal. this was his opus...his lifes work his most personal masterpiece. He spent years writing this...since 2014. His issues with sobriety...mainly accepting addiction and maintenance sobriety as well as speculating on a higher power where obviously huge inspiration for his work
Just finishjed watching it. First time. Loved the religious and theology ideas put on screen to make you think! I really felt for Riley's character and his suffering. At the time of his death, to hear him say "I did my best" and he sees Tara-Beth whole - I was in tears! Grown man... I suppose Lisa's line at the end makes us think that the Angel is dead. If we go by modern lore about such things.
The story, the cinematography, the casts, the series left me begging for more. Yet! Mike was able to tell this story in 7 episodes!! I've watched it twice already. Thank you for this masterpiece and I'm a FAN!!
I thought this entire series is the best I have seen in years. The setting was the the perfect backdrop. I have never seen any of these actors before and I have to say they were awesome...the casting was excellent. Then you get to the story and it has real meat on it...it's thoughtful and inspiring. Thank you so much.
I've never been so transported, emotionally, spiritually...as I have from Flanagan's work, specifically hill house and this. Also the actors in them are phenomenal. I could watch these ppl make beautiful art forever 🙏❤️
I watched it when it first came out and that was already ages ago, and it's my favourite Flanagan story so far. As someone who was brought up as a Roman Catholic it created a deep feeling of horror and sadness within me and it really struck a chord. It wasn't until 2 weeks ago that I realised how much, when I had a nightmare about the creature and the townspeople (so any months later after the last time I saw it). From an objective point of view, these elements aren't any scarier than any other horror monsters out there, but I think combining the realistic depiction of people's fragility and reliance on faith and thinking they're in a safe, comfortable bubble, with an evil entity that clearly perverts and consumes whilst being stuck in an island, really taps deep and visceral fears we have about the world. And Mike's point about religion having a lot of horror I think is correct. If you're scared of the unknown, you make it known, but if you're scared of a monstrous or colossal unknown, then you deify it, just like the angel.
I'm so touched to see Zach getting back in full motion, being a working actor and making an active choice to do projects that speak to you much less if it means that you could be a dad and a husband much more is a very brave decision, especially given their own private nightmare which was only made tolerable when their second/first daughter was born. His kids are older now so hopefully we get to share him with them alot more because he's just fantastic, I've fallen in love with him when I first watched Friday night lights and I haven't stopped loving him ever since. He inspires me in a way I never expected which is the best kind of inspiration there is.
Jake, if the girl who told you to wrap up doesn't read the comments please show her mine in particular: Girl, you were RUDE AF. Change your manners. I always love your interviews, well done! 😊
As a Christian I found this show really fascinating to watch. It’s a huge warning, (which also states in the Bible) that many false prophets will come, that many will twist scripture and that demons will come to rule the earth in the end days because they know their time is coming. I love how only a few characters saw through this. Test all spirits because not all are from God. That’s why the drs mom wanted nothing to do with the service after attending it. Stop drinking the Cool aid scenario pretty much.
The script and direction and location and lighting special effects everything about this was perfect, but the actors knocked it out of the park. I imagine in my head that every one of them showed up each day committed to do their very best work.
Mike Flanagan is the best! Haunting of the hill house tops! Then Bly manor,then Geralds game then Midnight mass! I'm totally a fun of you and your wife!🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ love from UAE/Kenya
I've never heard of Mike Flanagan before Midnight Mass, but I am a fan now. He "gets it" ! I feel like I was in on a secret. What a masterpiece ! This was the ONLY Netflix series that made me cry.
@@leftyrighty5045 no problem. i saw your comment and searched more projects from him and ended up watching his 2016 movie Hush 🤣 i recommend it also, Mike really knows what he's doing
@@leftyrighty5045 you won't regret it!! btw Bly and Hill House are a 9 and 10 ep series, which gives Mike a lot of room to develop the characters and it just flows perfectly you won't wanna stop 😂
I lock my doors for the same exact reason as Kate!! I saw a documentary on Richard Ramirez where he said he would only enter houses if the doors were unlocked. Never left my door unlocked since.
They never used the “word”, the V word, and that was the right choice. It worked as well in the Walking Dead. Never used the Z word there either. Kept it more serious.
I'd love to jump on that elevator. Mike's Absentia inspired me to get in gear and shoot my own film, but I've absolutely no clue how you get distribution or anything else on the business end of things.
Flanagan = 3 Mike shows on Netflix = 3 Masterpieces! I was super excited about "Midnight Mass". As always, "Horror" is more about character drama than the "supernatural" thing. I mean, you don't have "fright jumps" every 30 seconds like in traditional horror movies/series, and I really love that about Flanagan's work, man! He writes drama with touches of horror. This is Flanagan's first copyrighted story, and you can really see the difference here. There are so many passions in discussing the essential perspectives of facing life. Science and religion are so well portrayed, you can't tell if Flanagan is a Christian or a science guy or a tormented soul in between. And the acting? My Lord, Linklater (Father Paul) is amazing here, but for me, Samantha Sloyan (Bev) stole the show for her! Amazing woman and character! If Game of Thrones had this ending, man... Just kill them all! People like the courage of it!
I didn’t want to overthink or figure anything out so I skipped through the code word and right afterwards. I’ll be back later to appreciate the discussion!
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The longer version is definitely better! 👏
Goddamit Jake - What WORD!!! hahahaha
Ive just finished it - probably will let it marinate in my brain then get back to you!
SEASON 2 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽📿💯
"There is an enormous amount of horror in religion" there it is, this is the reason why this show is so amazing.
Overall, all the actors were great, but especially Samantha Sloyan and Hamish Linklater deserve Emmys.
I hated Samantha's character... In a good way.. she was great
they do deserve it!
They won't get any :( The Emmys are just like every other award in that they completely disregard horror in any shape or form.
Carried the show
Yesss 💕
Where's Rahul Kohli? AKA Sheriff Hassan? Such an important character, and so brilliantly played!
Bev and Father Paul were exceptional in their delivery.
Bev but yes they were exceptional
I didn’t get Bevs character, I thought they were eventually going to explain why she was such a manipulative psycho...didn’t happen, but they had plenty of time for singing, monologuing and showing a full ass mass.
Couldn't agree more!!! Fantastic acting
@@emhu2594 some extremely religious people are just like that, unfortunately. They feel justified in their shitty, holier-than-thou attitude and behaviour towards others because they believe God is on their side.
All of the actors were great. Those two had stand out characters so they are the stand out actors, the other roles were done perfectly too!
I loved Riley’s mom’s dialogue to bev kean at the end about how god doesn’t pick favorites and that’s something that’s shouldn’t offend her as much as it does.
When Bev forgot that Jesus dined with taxpayers and sinners. Fair enough however, the believers aka Bev, got furious for Jesus being compassion to those who have sinned.
What is so sad is that there are people just like her in the world now.
This is the first thing that I saw Hamish Linklater in. He was perfect 🏆
Even father Paul said that some of Jesus's best friends were those that weren't right with god lol. I think that would've made her so mad lol.
Me too, it was so satisfying
Mike Flanagan's direction and writing are exemplary. Haunting of Hill House is, in my opinion, the best horror series ever made. Mike's storytelling is just on another level. Midnight Mass has 7 episodes and not a single second wasted.
I agree with you. He's amazing and hill house is one my favorite pieces of horror ever
Totally agree
Agree Haunting of Hill house was so compelling and characters all relatable... this one amazing as well but definitely more horror than suspense at times. He has an amazing mind, as I said earlier I love his concept of showing communion this way with the angel and the exchange of physical eating of flesh and giving of life blood to resurrect.
100% agree, this man is genius
Good director, awful person
The fact that just seeing Samantha Sloyan's face filled me with rage goes to show how well she played the role. Absolutely superb performances all around
Samantha definitely deserves EVERY award a tv character can get. I HATED her character so much lol.
She and Hamish Linklater both deserve every award out there.
I hated her character so much and I think she was so well written and excecuted. I can't believe how much I smiled when I heard Samantha talk in the interview haha.
Not gonna lie, I hated her character but I have to admit that it was quite funny sometimes 🤣 she just came with certain phrases or the way she just reacted to something weird and it was just pure comedy for a second
Samantha Sloyan gave an Emmy worthy performance. Definitely the breakout star for this series. Hamish Linklater has been around for a while, but this is the first time he’s really gotten to show how talented he is.
Agree... as soon as I saw him I remembered him from Christine Tv show and was pleasantly surprised to see his acting range with this series, since other roles he has had are more small. This time he gets ro shine and boy he did!
He's amazing but also got to show it in Tell Me Your secrets
he was stunning in that role, I forgot he wasn't really a priest.
Kate Siegel and Samantha Sloyan were fucking amazing in this.
Dont forget Monsignor!!!
Hamish Linklater killed it as father Paul , he was good in legion hope he keeps getting work
One of the highlights of all these interviews for me is seeing Zach Gilford happy and smiling. He was so convincing as Riley, who seemed so broken and sad that I suffered right along with him. I wanted to take his pain away so that he could move on and have a happy life. Kudos to Zach for playing Riley with such depth and emotion! And I‘m so glad you seem to be actually very happy in real life!!
Everyone praises Hamish and Sam for good reason, but the superb acting and dialogue between the cripple girl and Joe in his trailer was SO UNDERRATED.
I loved Mike's description of religion. "When we're afraid, we deify it."
I loved how he portrayed Islam in this. Any religion can turn into a crazy brainwashed blood thirsty (literally in the case of the show lol) extremist cult and not just Islam.
As much as I hated Beverly, the actress did A PHENOMENAL job as the character.
Everyone here deserves a damn Emmy and every award there is. Hamish and Samantha were outstanding. I can't praise the show enough.
So I'm not a horror fan at all. AT ALL. I thought I was in for a character drama with a bit of mystery. 😂😂😂 It was a masterpiece for sure and weeks after I've watched it it's still stuck with me. Bravo. 👏
I feel exactly the same as I did after Hill House. I just want to see this team in more projects. It was absolutely phenomenal!
This is one of the best horror tales I’ve ever seen. Totally reminded me of a Stephen King style book. But with added existential dread. Genius!
Samantha was more of a villain than the freaking vampire. You completely forget she's portraying a role. 10/10 performance.
I watched some of Samantha Sloyen's scenes over and over. She is incredible - they all were - no weak links in this cast or script, at all! It's jarring to see Zach Gilford happy and relaxed, his performance was stunning.
This series was so damn good. I enjoyed every minute of it. Really loved the monologues. Zach Gilford's delivery was on point in every line. So talented.
Thank you for mentioning Zach, we should talk about him much more.
There was one monologue that imo draged too much and overall I would tighten up the pacing. But all these are nit pics. Overall it was a great thriller that built a feeling of unease.
@@weasley2o13 loved him in Friday Night Lights , definitely underrated actor
@@user-sleepingpills Εμένα Μ άρεσαν οι μονόλογοι. Στην αρχή είναι λίγο περίεργο γιατί δεν είναι κάτι συνηθισμένο σε σειρές αλλά νομίζω προσθέτει αληθοφάνεια στους χαρακτήρες. Σίγουρα δεν είναι για όλους. Όσον αφορά τον Zach μ'αρεσε πολύ η αυθεντικότητα που εφερε στον χαρακτήρα. Γενικά οι χαρακτήρες είναι "πετσωμενοι " κατά τη γνώμη μου και οι διάλογοι πολύ καλοί.
@@DeanithForeverYoung Πρωτα απ'ολα wow ελληνικα. Και δευτερον σε καταλαβαινω. Για το τυπικο δεν εχω τελειωσει τη σειρα ειμαι λιγο πριν το τελος. Μου αρεσαν οι μονολογοι στις προηγουμενες σειρες του και εδω λειτουργουν εξαιρετικα σε πολλαπλα σημεια. Αλλα πιστευω πως το παρακανε λιγο.Οι ερμηνειες ειναι απιστευτες και ο διαλογος μου αρεσει οπως και σε εσενα αν και θα εκτιμουσα αν υπηρχε λιγο smaltalk. Το σιγουρο ειναι πως με καθε επισοδειο παθαινω υπαρξιακη κριση αρα κατι καταφερε ο Flanagan.
Mike is absolutely correct about there being an insane amount of horror within religion. I recall being at my great grandmother's funeral, and the pastor/priest giving the sermon about how when Jesus returns all the dead will rise again, and all that. But the way he described it literally made it sound like terrifying Zombie Apocalypse stuff, and even my parents were like, "uhhhh, this is creepy af." So yeah, Mike is right on the money with that.
Dang, just watched the last episode.
Hey, Mike, if you happen to read this, I love your worldview.
It's like you understood something about the deep meaning of the universe that make us afraid and at the same time watch in awe. Like that Angel/Demon (doesn't matter it's the same anyways).
But I feel kinda sad, because I know that only very few ppl will understand what you have to say.
Your series aren't really horror, they are philosophic parables covered under a story with horror elements. That's true beauty. Thank you, for that story.
I totally agree about the last part. I watched Midnight Mass over the weekend and then I just finished binging Hill House and Bly Manor so watching them all back to back was really intense emotionally yet I was never scared. I've cried so much over the last few days that I'm on day 3 of a migraine (I get really intense migraines especially if I've been talking, crying, chewing/eating crunchy things). Episode 5 of Midnight Mass was so heartbreaking that I immediately knew that the rest of the show wasn't really about the horror they could see but about the horrific things people can do for malevolent reasons and benevolent reasons which also carries over into Hill House and Bly Manor. I keep hearing about how terrifying everything is but I don't find it scary at all in the typical horror kinda way but instead in the omfg people are cruel kinda way.
Yes, I didn’t watch Midnight Mass for the horror, but for the deep philosophical discussions.
I'd say it classifies more as psychological horror. Sure there's a monster that some would find scary, but the main horror comes from how people can be brainwashed by their religions and knowing that if something like that would happen in the real world, there are people who would embrace it, thinking it was a gift from their god and not realising the danger to humanity they're allowing and accepting with open arms.
Beautiful .
Watched it by myself, then told my wife to watch it…so ive watched it twice within the last week….i loved it, it was some of the best acting in a series i have ever seen…hamish was incredible and he portrayed seriously such an interesting character
Midnight Mass...terpiece. Amazing. Gripping. Poignant. Heartbreaking. And Full off top notch performances. Hamish Linklater...What a performance amongst such a strong group brilliant perfromances.
Thoroughly enjoyed Midnight Mass, as well as Flanagan's other series. Side note: I greatly appreciate anyone who can film extremely long shots, because those long takes really pull the audience in and are extremely complicated to pull off. It's one of my favorite things to see in a movie or show.
It’s beautiful how he does it
Yes, Mike Flanagan fleshed out the characters so that we would care about them.
I like that they never use the "V" word throughout the whole show. It reminds me of a homage to all the zombie movies that never say the word Zombie in them.
Forgive me, but what the “V”?
@@saramartinez5872 just watch the show
@@lukess.s I did and I loved it, but I didn’t know what the “V” word was.
@@saramartinez5872 Vampire
I like to think of it actually as an angel, because angels were supposed to be horrific lol. That and the sacrament is supposed to be blood. I thought it was a good take tbh.
That was a conscious effort not to use the word. Being the very being is being heralded as something else. To indicate it otherwise would have defeated its representation as something else!! I appreciate that conscious omission!!
What word? Vampire?
@@DeanithForeverYoung yeah. I personally didn’t see it as a vampire, but the characteristics are there of course
@@DeanithForeverYoung Angel, Vampire, Demon... whatever. The point is, it doesn't matter.
The word Demon means in its original meaning messenger between the devine and the mortal world. So demon and angel is the same.
@@kontrolfreak9 Same I saw it as a creature. Humans would be a more accurate representation of vampires than the "thing". But they definitely didn't want to label anything.
Same as the walking dead where nobody has ever heard of a zombie before the outbreak.
I'm glad no mention of vampires/zombies because it's really an amazing choice to represent communion and in Catholicism it is supposed to be quite literally the blood and body of Christ... so the Angel does the bite which is eating of the body then he offers the life giving blood to the person he bit to resurrect them and that's the communion transaction. It's a clever way to show how horrifying the concept really can be.
I love how happy everyone is - even Bev 😁. They should be, because it's a very well done show. A real uniqum, a masterpiece.
Why they didn't use "that word" is such a great way to ask that question, where everyone that has seen it knows EXACTLY what the word is but doesn't spoil anyting. It's such a wild reveal and such a poignant alagory to use in the show. This is one of the best things I've watched in quite a long time.
what is "the word"? I saw it, but i dont know... maybe because english is not my first language or maybe i am just dumb lol! please tell me
@@luizadias2488 Vampire
@@nathanjudy7705 Exactly I knew it the minute they started talking about it yet apparently it’s not so clear because a lot of people seem confused in the comments.
My first instinct was "vampire" but then after they mentioned there being a list of a few words I was thinking "cult" might be one too.
Vampire I think
Well now I am off to rewatch HUSH. That wrap was brutal at the end jesus lmao
I do recall that Maddie was trying to write a second book and was telling herself "I can't kill Erin," so I guess either Mike decided not to stick with that, or there's going to be some crazy twist in season 2.
One of the most effed up horror series I've ever seen. The slow burn is worth it. Excellent
So ~ not a huge horror fan, except for Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe, that ilk. However ~ having watched this series, I'm stunned by the genius of it, the characters, the writing, the story, the writing, the setting, the writing...can't stop thinking about it and the eternal war between good and evil. Maybe raised Catholic intensified it for me. I loved it. Now I've become a Mike Flanagan junkie. Have to watch all he's done and all he will do.
Me too exactly 💯 He did Bly Manor and The Haunting of Hill House but neither of them even come close to this IMO. People raved about Hill house but it honestly wasn't such a big deal. this was his opus...his lifes work his most personal masterpiece. He spent years writing this...since 2014. His issues with sobriety...mainly accepting addiction and maintenance sobriety as well as speculating on a higher power where obviously huge inspiration for his work
Just finishjed watching it. First time. Loved the religious and theology ideas put on screen to make you think! I really felt for Riley's character and his suffering. At the time of his death, to hear him say "I did my best" and he sees Tara-Beth whole - I was in tears! Grown man...
I suppose Lisa's line at the end makes us think that the Angel is dead. If we go by modern lore about such things.
That's why I love this show, you spend so much time with the characters and get to know them and makes the ending so much more impactful
The story, the cinematography, the casts, the series left me begging for more. Yet! Mike was able to tell this story in 7 episodes!! I've watched it twice already. Thank you for this masterpiece and I'm a FAN!!
I really hope this series is given a Blu-ray release. I would love to add MIDNIGHT MASS to my home video collection!
Loved to see Flanagan mentioning Martyrs. This man knows the good stuff.
after finishing the series yesterday, I was SO happy to see that you interviewed them. always amazing :)
I thought this entire series is the best I have seen in years. The setting was the the perfect backdrop. I have never seen any of these actors before and I have to say they were awesome...the casting was excellent. Then you get to the story and it has real meat on it...it's thoughtful and inspiring. Thank you so much.
Mike Flanagan I loved Midnight Mass! The message was so clear! Thank you for this masterpiece!
I've never been so transported, emotionally, spiritually...as I have from Flanagan's work, specifically hill house and this. Also the actors in them are phenomenal. I could watch these ppl make beautiful art forever 🙏❤️
"My favorite time with my mirror is in the evening," Hamish muttered. "That's sad."
The writing was superb! I can see the amount of scripture research done. The delivery was outstanding. Great series.
sloyan was so good on the show, it's like seeing a totally different person here in the interview
Consistently impressed with how well done your interviews are!!!
I just realized i liked all 4 of his last projects had no idea the same guy was behind it all awesome
I watched it when it first came out and that was already ages ago, and it's my favourite Flanagan story so far.
As someone who was brought up as a Roman Catholic it created a deep feeling of horror and sadness within me and it really struck a chord. It wasn't until 2 weeks ago that I realised how much, when I had a nightmare about the creature and the townspeople (so any months later after the last time I saw it). From an objective point of view, these elements aren't any scarier than any other horror monsters out there, but I think combining the realistic depiction of people's fragility and reliance on faith and thinking they're in a safe, comfortable bubble, with an evil entity that clearly perverts and consumes whilst being stuck in an island, really taps deep and visceral fears we have about the world.
And Mike's point about religion having a lot of horror I think is correct. If you're scared of the unknown, you make it known, but if you're scared of a monstrous or colossal unknown, then you deify it, just like the angel.
I'm so touched to see Zach getting back in full motion, being a working actor and making an active choice to do projects that speak to you much less if it means that you could be a dad and a husband much more is a very brave decision, especially given their own private nightmare which was only made tolerable when their second/first daughter was born. His kids are older now so hopefully we get to share him with them alot more because he's just fantastic, I've fallen in love with him when I first watched Friday night lights and I haven't stopped loving him ever since. He inspires me in a way I never expected which is the best kind of inspiration there is.
So glad you interviewed these folks, I really enjoyed the show and you’re the only interviewer I watch!
Damn this interviewer is so good! Dude came in and made everyone had a blast
When Riley walked in for AA and saw the vampire...I. was so nervous
We know what that ONE WORD is! 😅 Man, I have zero complaints about this series. Superb!
I really don‘t get it, what word are they talking about?
@@juliamoritz6928 WATCH THE SHOW
Jake, if the girl who told you to wrap up doesn't read the comments please show her mine in particular: Girl, you were RUDE AF. Change your manners.
I always love your interviews, well done! 😊
I WAS THINKING THIS TOOOO!!! she should of just made hand motions or something like whT
Thank you so much for this interview! Midnight Mass is fantastic! I loved it! ❤️
We need more horror/mystery series from Flanagan 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We are getting them. Two more series in production for Netflix including his rendition of Edgar Allen Poe's the fall of the house of usher.
As a Christian I found this show really fascinating to watch. It’s a huge warning, (which also states in the Bible) that many false prophets will come, that many will twist scripture and that demons will come to rule the earth in the end days because they know their time is coming. I love how only a few characters saw through this. Test all spirits because not all are from God. That’s why the drs mom wanted nothing to do with the service after attending it. Stop drinking the Cool aid scenario pretty much.
Samantha Sloyan was brilliant in this series!
Great interviews. Really enjoy to see the enjoyment with the cast
The script and direction and location and lighting special effects everything about this was perfect, but the actors knocked it out of the park. I imagine in my head that every one of them showed up each day committed to do their very best work.
Mike Flanagan is the best! Haunting of the hill house tops! Then Bly manor,then Geralds game then Midnight mass! I'm totally a fun of you and your wife!🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ love from UAE/Kenya
All the cast did a great job!
Love Midnight Mass watch over and over took me a while those vampires don't have fangs!!!!
I've never heard of Mike Flanagan before Midnight Mass, but I am a fan now. He "gets it" ! I feel like I was in on a secret. What a masterpiece ! This was the ONLY Netflix series that made me cry.
have you watched any other project of his? Hill House is a masterpiece and Bly Manor is right up there too, tho a bit different from HH
@@5.kc.5 No I haven't, so thanks for the tip. I will add it to my Q.
@@leftyrighty5045 no problem. i saw your comment and searched more projects from him and ended up watching his 2016 movie Hush 🤣 i recommend it also, Mike really knows what he's doing
@@5.kc.5 Thanks ! Writing this down. Hush, Hill House, Bly Manor.
@@leftyrighty5045 you won't regret it!! btw Bly and Hill House are a 9 and 10 ep series, which gives Mike a lot of room to develop the characters and it just flows perfectly you won't wanna stop 😂
Flanagan is the king of horror
Nah i think Ari Aster and even James Wan even tho he's more mainstream.
What a great interview! Nice insight especially on the Flanagan's decisions and the stephen king bible connections!
Zach gives out a serious Ryan Gosling vibes 😍 he's just so charismatic and likeable...
Samantha Sloyan killed it. She managed to trigger me and hate her so much.
this series is so underrated.
Man, the scripts,the photography,the direction,the CAST!!! Everything
Mike Flanagan is going to be the next generation horror king
I haven't finished watching it yet but so far this is the best thing I have seen on TV in a long time.
MIKE FLANAGAN IS A GENIUS, IT SEEMS EVERYTHING HE CREATES BECOMES A HIT.
I forgot Hamish wasn’t really a priest. He was so convincing. I grew up going to mass (in catholic) and this brought back memories from his preaching
Great stuff, it's great to have many of the cast interviewed !!!
Fantastic interview. Thank you!
You keep interviewing great directors/writers/creators like this and we'll be along for the ride...
I lock my doors for the same exact reason as Kate!! I saw a documentary on Richard Ramirez where he said he would only enter houses if the doors were unlocked. Never left my door unlocked since.
That's so crazy - about the novel being in Hush.
They never used the “word”, the V word, and that was the right choice. It worked as well in the Walking Dead. Never used the Z word there either. Kept it more serious.
You mean Vampire and Zombie?..ooops!!!
19:12
I know you guys are on a time limit, but that's kind of harsh
I know right.?. Like WTF!..,calm down, they were already wrapping up anyway. That was just uncalled for and rude.
@@gibsonmunyi7225 Rude AF is what it was.
Can you pls tell who said that? I'm not too familiar with the voices yet
@@nitisha1776 it was almost certainly a producer either off camera or hidden on the zoom meeting. I can’t imagine it was one of the interviewees.
Awkward 😅 lol
Binged it.. loved it alot! Had to be some Catholics behind the writing of this one.
I'm still thinking of the ending.......
The series was amazing!!
Just finished binge watching …it was great …real drama
Bing washing? Wanna try that again?
@@weasley2o13 just fixed …my husband does the binge washing :)
I'd love to jump on that elevator. Mike's Absentia inspired me to get in gear and shoot my own film, but I've absolutely no clue how you get distribution or anything else on the business end of things.
Flanagan = 3 Mike shows on Netflix = 3 Masterpieces! I was super excited about "Midnight Mass". As always, "Horror" is more about character drama than the "supernatural" thing. I mean, you don't have "fright jumps" every 30 seconds like in traditional horror movies/series, and I really love that about Flanagan's work, man! He writes drama with touches of horror.
This is Flanagan's first copyrighted story, and you can really see the difference here. There are so many passions in discussing the essential perspectives of facing life. Science and religion are so well portrayed, you can't tell if Flanagan is a Christian or a science guy or a tormented soul in between.
And the acting? My Lord, Linklater (Father Paul) is amazing here, but for me, Samantha Sloyan (Bev) stole the show for her! Amazing woman and character!
If Game of Thrones had this ending, man... Just kill them all! People like the courage of it!
I just showed midnight mass to my best friend and we both love the story. We also think it would be great if it was adapted to a play.
i like to imagine that the "word" was said a few times, we just didnt see it. like in the boat with erin and riley
I noticed that the word wasn't mentioned.
JAKE GIVES THE BEST INTERVIEWS!
The script is phenomenal and everyone in the cast is so good
12:52 hits different after house of usher
Exceptional cast and production. Glad to have seen it.
This series kept my attention the whole time. Really hard to do nowadays. Gunna check out the haunting of hill house now
Interviewer did a fantastic job!
I didn’t want to overthink or figure anything out so I skipped through the code word and right afterwards. I’ll be back later to appreciate the discussion!
Engrossing, Riveting and a MUST SEE!
Samantha Sloyan is the best supporting actress/villian in this film.
Mike cast for his movie is brilliant
As someone raised in a near cult-like christian church this was way too accurate lol. Some of them would've gone full Jonestown.
That word would cheapen something that deserves to rise above that.