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Midnight Mass: What Muslim Representation Should Look Like". The Muslim Vibe. November 12, 2021 . Retrieved August 14, 2022.
Admitting he had a problem with alcohol gave him the clarity needed to make this version of Midnight Mass, he said: “It’s a very different show with three years of sobriety behind me than it would have been before that. I feel like it would have been an incomplete conversation.” Midnight Mass is an American gothic supernatural horror streaming television miniseries created and directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Hamish Linklater, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kristin Lehman, and Henry Thomas. The Maddie Young fictional novel, Midnight Mass, is featured in Flanagan's and Siegel's 2016 American slasher film Hush. The plot centers on an impoverished island community that experiences supernatural events after the arrival of a mysterious priest. [1] Mithaiwala, Mansoor (September 24, 2021). "Every Song In Midnight Mass". ScreenRant . Retrieved October 6, 2021. Midnight Mass may have a modern-day setting, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that this poster is eerily reminiscent of the concept of the Salem Witch Trials and the idea of horror at the hands of our neighbors.This is NOT a horror. It is an extremely intelligent religious drama that contains some horror elements. And you know what? It is MAGNIFICENT at what it does.
Annarah Cymone as Leeza Scarborough, the mayor's devout daughter who uses a wheelchair following an injury. Kohli's character has received praise from Muslim viewers, many citing him as a rare example of positive, accurate Muslim representation. The scene where he argues about religious texts in public schools has also been praised as an accurate reading of a Muslim perspective on Jesus. [32] [33] Kohli said in Michael Rosenbaum's podcast Inside of You that the role was his most difficult. Kohli is "not Muslim, not American, not a dad, and not forty," and thus had a hard time in the role. [34] Accolades [ edit ] Year Roeper, Richard (September 22, 2021). " 'Midnight Mass': The best Stephen King story Stephen King never wrote". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved October 6, 2021.When it comes to seeing a priest in a horror story, the common audience expectation is that he is the villain. It’s a common trope in horror. Flanagan chose a different road. Klein, Terrance (October 27, 2021). "What does a Catholic priest think about 'Midnight Mass'?". America . Retrieved December 3, 2021. Henry Thomas as Ed Flynn, Riley's father who works as a fisherman and is reluctant to welcome his son home. Series creator Mike Flanagan described Midnight Mass as a passion project, one that was "deeply personal" and dealt intimately with Flanagan's upbringing in the Catholic Church, and his eventual sobriety and atheism. [9] He conceived the idea first as a novel, then as a film script, then as a television series that he unsuccessfully pitched to various production companies (including its eventual distributor Netflix) in 2014. Flanagan and Kate Siegel then adapted Midnight Mass as a story within a story in their 2016 film Hush, in which Midnight Mass is presented as the most popular book by Siegel's character, Maddie Young, with Flanagan then planting the Hush prop book bearing the Midnight Mass title as an Easter egg in his 2017 film Gerald's Game, as a means of "keeping the idea alive over the years". [10] Prior to the series' production, Flanagan created the critically acclaimed horror series The Haunting of Hill House for Netflix, which released in 2018, as well as its 2020 follow-up The Haunting of Bly Manor.
According to Flanagan, the full trailer for this new Netflix series is set to premiere in one week (which means Sept. 9), which is good because we need to know what to expect. We have seen a teaser, but just one and it didn’t give us nearly enough information. But, we also have this new poster to dive deep into. New poster for Midnight Mass gives us a burning church and fear When it comes to the horror genre, religious subject matter, biblical imagery, and the thought-provoking details that can come with it have always fit quite well together. And, as Flanagan pointed out, the connection between religion and the gruesome and terrifying is not at all difficult to find. Berman, Judy (September 20, 2021). "Netflix's Catholic Horror Story Midnight Mass Is One Hell of a Halloween Binge". Time . Retrieved October 4, 2021. This may be a new horror series/show, but for those of us who have been missing The Haunting anthology, at least we get to see some familiar faces. DGC BC Production List" (PDF). Directors Guild of Canada. September 18, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020 . Retrieved September 23, 2020.Travis, Ben (August 17, 2020). "Mike Flanagan Marks First Day Of Shooting On New Netflix Horror Series Midnight Mass". Empire . Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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