Mike Flanagan's next horror show for Netflix is The Midnight Club, headed to the streaming service in 2022. A modern horror master, Flanagan first made his name within the genre on the big screen as the director of Oculus, Oujia: Origin of Evil, and Doctor Sleep. His talents have proven to be a match made in heaven with Netflix, though, with Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass all earning widespread acclaim from critics and subscribers alike.
Flanagan seems to have a natural talent for crafting effective horror stories, even if he's yet to receive the awards recognition he rightly deserves. With The Midnight Club, Flanagan — working alongside Bly Manor collaborator Leah Fong — sets out to adapt the classic young adult horror novel of the same name by author Christopher Pike. In an interesting twist, though, that book will not be the only inspiration for the Midnight Club series, as it will also pay homage to other Pike works.
While The Midnight Club may not be a group most want to join, this will likely be a show most want to watch. Based on Flanagan's track record for Netflix excellence, viewers are already impatiently awaiting The Midnight Club's streaming arrival. In that spirit, here's everything that's currently known about the Midnight Club adaptation.
Is The Midnight Club Connected To Mike Flanagan's Other Netflix Shows
Flanagan has a long history of opting to repeatedly reunite with actors he works well with, featuring them in multiple shows and movies he directs. This is no different with regard to The Midnight Club, which shares actors with Midnight Mass among other Flanagan Netflix movies and shows. However, there appears to be no story or character connection whatsoever between The Midnight Club and Flanagan's prior Netflix shows.
The Midnight Club Cast
In what's sure to be a pleasant addition for horror diehards, A Nightmare on Elm Street heroine Heather Langenkamp is set to be a regular member of The Midnight Club's cast, playing a character who runs the hospice for dying teens at the center of the story. Not much specific character info is available, but Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, and Sauriyan Sapkot fill out the cast of terminally ill young people. Midnight Mass actors Zach Gilford and Samantha Sloyan play supporting roles, as does X-Files icon William B. Davis (a.k.a. The Cigarette-Smoking Man).
The Midnight Club Story - What It's Based On
The intricacies of The Midnight Club's plot are unsurprisingly being kept close to the vest, but the basic premise of the show hues close to its namesake book. A group of seven young adults lives together in the Rotterdam Home hospice facility, gathering every night to regale each other with tales of terror. The teens make a pact that whoever dies first will get back in touch with the others from beyond the grave, and that agreement is unexpectedly fulfilled, leading to some supernatural creepiness.
The Midnight Club Release Date
The Midnight Club debuts on Netflix on October 7, 2022. This lines up Flanagan's latest venture to be prime viewing in the lead-up to Halloween. That scheduling worked well for The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor which dominated the spooky season in 2018 and 2020, respectively.