Midnight Mass [Episode 1]

Director: Mike Flanagan

Spoiler alert

The series opens on the sea face of a glittering high rise urban landscape.  Minutes later, the camera shifts again to the deep blue but zooms out to a tiny island with a population count of 127. Crockett Island is lashed by cold gusty winds. It’s the polar opposite of those merry little isles with palm trees, warmth, sunlight that attract merry crowds of tourists from near and far.

Nevertheless, this island afloat in the blue-grey-green sea appears to be a cosy little town. People greet one another. A sheriff holds law and order there. A church appears to hold together religious Christians in fellowship.

It’s a town riddled with mystery and sinister urban legends. During the first watch, many may fail to notice the cryptic clues that are dropped in the dialogues and certain seemingly innocuous objects within screen view.

Meanwhile, a storm is brewing which is expected to plunge the town temporarily into darkness. Tempests in horror fiction may be devices to escalate tension or to signify terror, plight, our fears, chaos, disruption of order, change, trauma, death, sadness, emotional turmoil, etc.

Why do you think there was a storm sequence in the first episode? Watch Midnight Mass on Netflix to find out.

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These pictures are from Pixabay, NOT from the series I’ve discussed. You may google the series to see its images online. I only use copyright-free images on my blog.

https://pixabay.com/photos/san-francisco-night-city-at-night-989032/: Image by dschmunis from Pixabay 

https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-coast-with-waves-crashing-7573801/: Photo by Polina Kovaleva from Pexels

https://pixabay.com/photos/angel-devil-dear-duality-equality-675504/: Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/angel-fallen-model-silhouette-4834917/: Image by Sergei Tokmakov Terms.Law from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/australian-pelican-bird-pelican-6577232/: Image by Vizetelly from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/albatross-sea-bird-large-flying-5853481/: albatross

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/decoration-decorative-colorful-772503/: Image by natureworks from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/vectors/burial-casket-coffin-death-funeral-2028289/: Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay 

https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-cat-with-yellow-eyes-3974516/: Photo by Marek Kupiec from Pexels

https://pixabay.com/photos/chapel-church-ghostly-spooky-383907/: Image by cocoparisienne from Pixabay 

 

 


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