Forget ‘Carrie,’ Mike Flanagan’s Best Horror Miniseries Is a Masterpiece From Start to Finish

Mike Flanagan’s *Midnight Mass* is presented as his strongest horror miniseries, offering a layered story that combines supernatural terror with questions of faith, addiction and redemption. Set on an isolated island, it follows the arrival of a disgraced local man and a charismatic priest whose apparent miracles drive the deeply religious community towards an irreversible crisis.

Riley Flynn returns to Crockett Island after prison, while Father Paul Hill replaces the ailing Monsignor Pruitt and quickly wins over residents with his sermons. His healing miracles, which involve something added to the communion wine, fuel religious fervour encouraged by the influential Bev Keane. The article praises the series’ developed characters, unsettling gore and psychological horror, as well as its exploration of fanaticism and self-sacrifice without dismissing Christianity.