The Midnight Club
Series, 2022, Directed, Set in A hospice for young people
The Midnight Club is #11 of 16 in release order and #11 of 16 in chronological order in the Mike Flanagan.
The story
Inside a hospice for terminally ill teens, members of an exclusive club make a chilling pact: The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave.
The Midnight Club recap
The Midnight Club (2022) is a Netflix series created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong from Christopher Pike's 1994 novel, with stories adapted from 27 other Pike books. At Brightcliffe, a hospice for terminally ill young people, eight residents meet every night at midnight to tell each other scary stories, and each episode dramatises one or two of them. Ilonka (Iman Benson) chose Brightcliffe because a former patient was cured there, and she starts digging into its past: a cult that once used the house, a hidden floor, and shadowy figures she and others keep seeing.
The Midnight Club ending explained
The commune leader Shasta turns out to be Julia Jayne, the patient said to have been cured, and her healing ritual for Ilonka was really a murder-suicide meant to extend her own life; Dr. Stanton stops it. The club finishes its stories, a broken statue mends itself as if sent by a dead friend, and the founders of Brightcliffe and a cult tattoo on Dr. Stanton point to mysteries the season never answers. Netflix cancelled the series after one season.
Where to watch The Midnight Club
The Midnight Club is streaming on Netflix in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 6.5/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Midnight Mass, before The Fall of the House of Usher.
- Chronological order: after Midnight Mass, before The Fall of the House of Usher.
Cast
- Iman Benson as Ilonka
- Igby Rigney as Kevin
- Ruth Codd as Anya
- Annarah Cymone as Sandra
- Sauriyan Sapkota as Amesh
- Aya Furukawa as Natsuki
- William Chris Sumpter as Spencer
- Adia as Cheri
- Heather Langenkamp as Dr. Georgina Stanton
- Samantha Sloyan as Shasta
- Zach Gilford as Mark
- Matt Biedel as Tim
Created by Mike Flanagan, Leah Fong.