Midnight Mass (Netflix)

[Cheesebeef]

Binged it over 3 days. What a ride. If this doesn’t warn you if the dangers of organized religion I don’t know what does.

Best villain since Nurse Ratched. Very Lady MacBeth and terrifying.

That moment mid-series is still one of the greatest HOLY CRAP moments I’ve ever seen on TV.

 

[Absolute Zero]

I am wondering if this may have have been a source of influence or inspiration.

https://www.hulu.com/series/stephen-kings-storm-of-the-century-af05da48-e24c-47c8-8db1-ba435e849e15

The inhabitants of a sleepy town on a small Maine island find themselves cut off from civilization during the worst snowstorm of the century, only to find terror knocking on their door when an evil stranger comes to town. As streets disappear under the snow, and the little light they have is...

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Haven't read the Stephen King book, but we are watching this on Hulu. It checks a lot of the same boxes, creepy island on the east cost, mysterious visitor doing evil things, people dying, town meeting in the church, etc. The storm is just the background of this stuff that reminded me of Midnight Mass. Totally different story, a lot of similarities.