• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Fans praise 'disturbing' Netflix horror series with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes that can be binged in a day

Home> Entertainment> Netflix

Published 20:29 9 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Fans praise 'disturbing' Netflix horror series with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes that can be binged in a day

Fans have been praising a disturbing Netflix horror series with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

We all hear the phrase that you can binge a Netflix series in a day, but very rarely will you actually want to.

Well, if you stick on this show I hope you have the next seven hours free, because this is one that you will genuinely want to finish in one sitting.

It is a ‘disturbing’ series with a slow build, created by Haunting of Hill House and Fall of the House of Usher visionary Mike Flanagan.

Advert

The Netflix show follows a small but deeply religious island town in New England being beset by creepy supernatural happenings – it is imminently creepy and deeply engaging.

Available to stream on Netflix, it is called Midnight Mass and we are not overhyping it – as shown by the numerous fans obsessed with it and the mass critical acclaim.

Released in 2021, it received an 87% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, with Meagan Navarro saying:

Advert

“This type of horror leaves a mark. It's as though Flanagan became such a quick study of what makes Stephen King's small-town horror tales resonate and is now primed to outpace the master.”

Thankfully, this isn’t a thought-experiment type show beloved by critics and routinely marked boring by fans – as horror fans are in love with this show.

Posting on the Netflix Bangers Facebook group, one fan called the show a ‘10/10’ stating they would definitely recommend it.

Hamish Linklater in Midnight Mass (Netflix)
Hamish Linklater in Midnight Mass (Netflix)

A public review of the show on IMDb also said: “I am generally not a fan of religion mixed in with my horror but this was extremely well written. Maybe more of a thought provoking somewhat disturbing drama than horror.

Advert

“It was definitely worth the time”.

Available on Netflix now, the project is just one of Flanagan’s many, most of which are beloved across the board.

In addition to The House of Usher and Hill House, the creative has also made The Haunting of Bly Manor, Doctor Sleep, and Gerald’s Game.

He often uses the same cast for most of his project with this being the case once again for Midnight Mass.

Zach Gilford of Friday Night Lights fame stars in the show as a recovering alcoholic, whilst Flanagan’s own wife Kate Siegel stars opposite him.

Advert

Kate Siegel and Zach Gilford (Netflix)
Kate Siegel and Zach Gilford (Netflix)

If you still aren’t convinced – Sian Cain’s ending to their review of the show for The Guardian should do the job:

“Some don’t enjoy horror because the genre can sometimes be an emotional vacuum; when underdeveloped characters are hard to care for, it can be hard to mourn when they’re killed off.

“Tragedy brews slowly on the Crock Pot, as we come to know its residents, so that when violence and utter bleakness does finally arrive, there is still beauty and hope too.

“I bawled my eyes out at the end; I have had friends who don’t normally like horror do the same. So maybe I will never watch this wonderful, harrowing show again – but Midnight Mass will stay with me for ever.”

Advert

Get ready to cry, from both sadness and absolute fear at the scariest bits of the show.

Featured Image Credit: Netflix
Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is LADbible's dedicated specialist Film and TV writer. Following his completion of a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this he did freelance work about Entertainment for publications such as DiscussingFilm, where he was the Film and TV editor. Now, he is LAD's go to voice on all things Netflix, True Crime, and UK TV, as well as interviewing huge global stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Daisy Ridley, and Ben Stiller.

X

@michaelslavin98

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 mins ago
9 mins ago
2 hours ago
3 hours ago
  • 2 mins ago

    Jennifer Lawrence revealed why first ever nude scene in film on Netflix was ‘no big deal’

    The R-Rated 'raunchy' comedy is available to watch on Netflix

    Entertainment
  • 9 mins ago

    Rihanna ‘concussed’ Michael Cera after he ‘slapped her a**’ while filming movie

    The Superbad star certainly didn't seem to mind

    Entertainment
  • 2 hours ago

    Nicholas Hoult expressed Skins regret after saying filming sex scenes at 17 was ‘weird’

    The Skins star has gone on to star in Superman and various other films - but has one career regret

    Entertainment
  • 3 hours ago

    Gregg Wallace fired from MasterChef but 'cleared of most serious and sensational' accusations

    Gregg Wallace has been fired from MasterChef

    Entertainment
  • Stephen King hails ‘disturbing’ Netflix horror series with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes that is 'for sickos like him’
  • 'Spine-tingling' Netflix horror rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes shocks fans with 'devastating plot twist'
  • 'Viciously uncomfortable' Netflix horror has 'mind-boggling' twist and 90% Rotten Tomatoes score
  • Fans say ‘nightmare fuel’ horror available for free has ‘most disturbing shot’ in film history