James Flanagan-Mike's brother-is one example, getting a writing credit on four episodes of Midnight Mass after also writing on an episode of Hill House and appearing in small roles in his movies Absentia, Oculus, Gerald's Game, and Doctor Sleep, and also in Hill House. Much like the American Horror Storyseasons, Flanagan likes to use many of the same collaborators from one project to another, though. Midnight Mass does share some external connections with Hill House and Bly Manor, though. All three projects, as far as storytelling and characters, are entirely separate. Midnight Mass is an entirely original story that Flanagan cooked up, whereas The Haunting of Hill House was based on a Shirley Jackson novel of the same name, and The Haunting of Bly Manor was based on Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw. Is Midnight Mass connected to The Haunting of Hill House or The Haunting of Bly Manor?Īs far as plot goes, no. Luckily, we have a pretty definitive answer to that question. Every character on Midnight Mass is fully formed, and the cast is phenomenal across the board, including a standout performance from Hamish Linklater.Īfter watching Midnight Mass, though, it's fair to wonder if its connected in some larger world to the events of Flanagan's previous Netflix projects, The Haunting of Hill House or The Haunting of Bly Manor. The show is heavy on dialogue, yes, so anyone watching is going to need to ditch their phone for a few hours-but the payoff is worth it. When a mysterious priest shows up early on in the show's run, well, that's when the horror aspect of everything starts settling in. Mass is the story of Crockett Island, a small community that's big on faith (and, sometimes, even bigger on judgment). It's worth noting that Mass doesn't have Haunting in its title while it's from the same creator and many of his usual collaborators, it was no accident that this new series was meant to stand apart from the previous two. After surprising audiences with his updated adaptation of a classic in 2018's The Haunting of Hill House, and throwing things in another direction with the almost gothic romance of 2020's The Haunting of Bly Manor, Flanagan returned for a third Netflix series with Midnight Mass. No direct plot details, but we're going to talk about some characters.
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