...is less interested in horror for its own sake than it is in using the genre as a vehicle to tell larger stories about life, death, and faith.

...another affecting entry into the prolific filmmaker’s array of stories that make us think differently about mortality and morality.

yet another powerful and excellent series from Mike Flanagan and Netflix that has the auteur exploring territory both familiar and new, and longtime fans will surely be pleased with the end result.

...this teen horror is like a morbid Breakfast Club.

Perhaps Netflix's most memorable teenage characters since Stranger Things.

...speaks to a young person who has been forced to deal with death in an unfair way, looking for a story to help them figure out how to write their own.

Mike Flanagan is a master of death and grief, and that’s on full display throughout The Midnight Club.