Emma Smith

Why is mike Flanagan obsessed with monologues? That’s my biggest take away from this show. The story could have been reduced to a film if all the unnecessary dialogue was cut. So why wasn’t it?? Everyone in this show has at least 2 mins of uninterrupted talking to do about any subject that is brought up. It’s boring and takes away from the actors performance. Main ideas and plot are spoon fed to us as if the writer didn’t think his audience was smart enough to make inferences - kind of insulting. Emotional scenes felt forced and contrived, while the horror is sparse and quickly plateaus. I was totally freaked out by the 2 second shot of demon face in window, but then y’all dressed demon angel in a gown and made me look at it for too long, and then it was just goofy. I also felt that the conclusion wasn’t satisfying enough to justify our journey there. It was pretty predictable about halfway through, and then it feels like it was all kind of for nothing. We don’t find out what exactly demon angel was or if it gets away in the end. And I wouldn’t really mind that if I felt that the story was enough to leave somethings unknown, but I only stuck around for answers. If you were a fan of Bly Manor then you’ll probably love this. I think Netflix was so happy with how Hill House was received that they stopped saying “rewrite” to Flanagan, which is unfortunate because what makes Hill House so great is how tight the story is. Everything that happens feels important so we stay on the edge of our seats. Not so with Midnight Mass. - Oh, and no one said vampire once. Like you’re seriously gonna pretend that a bunch of civilians see undead, blood sucking, sun fearing, demon people, and they aren’t gonna call it what it is?? I want 7 hours of my life back.