Netflix series midnight mass. Why have I not heard of this?

[Anonymous]

I went to Catholic school.

It's fascinating to me that I never saw the similarities between Christian mythology and vampire mythology: the whole idea of transubstantiation, that the substance of the communion wine assumes the substance of the blood of Christ, and the same with the bread/wafer and the body of Christ. In the Bible, Jesus actually tells his disciples that the wine is his blood and direct them to drink it, etc. In Christian mythology, people are literally saved/achieve eternal life via the "blood" of Christ/his death which they celebrate by drinking the wine representing the blood. In vampire mythology, the vampire himself has eternal life via drinking blood, and a human being can become immortal too by drinking the blood in the right/ritualistic way.

It's super fascinating to me. I remember that Interview with the Vampire was in the cinema when I was in high school and I really liked it and read the book as well. And I still didn't make the connection. I think I'm going to go reread the novel because I remember Catholic imagery being something that appeared througout the book. And wasn't the child vampire in IWTV based on the author's daughter who had died young?

I guess you could argue that, roughly speaking, the Jesus of Christian mythology does fit the criteris for vampire?

[Anonymous]

We discussed it in 2021:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1004101.page

[Anonymous]

All of the Netflix series by Mike Flanagan are excellent. The Haunting of Hill House is my favorite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the Netflix series by Mike Flanagan are excellent. The Haunting of Hill House is my favorite.

Thanks! I’ll start that next!

[Anonymous]

I love all the Mike Flanagan shows. His wife Kate Siegel is a lead actor in a lot of them. Because she is an alum from St. Andrew's Episcopal (our school), she gave a speech to the students a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

I thought Midnight Mass was better than Haunting of Hill House, but I'm both Catholic and the child of an alcoholic so it was firing on all cylinders for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somebody recommended this series to me and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I saw that it was released in 2021. I don't know why I've never heard of it. I must've been living under a roc. Anyway I recommend it. Good Halloween series.

I heard of it back when I was still on twitter and it was recommended by Stephen King, who, incidentally, makes great TV recommendations. I loved it. So creepy especially having grown up in New England and in the church.