Mike Flanagan’s New Series ‘The Midnight Club’ Breaks Guinness Book of Fear Records in One Episode

From Friday 7 October, ‘The Midnight Club’, the new Netflix series created by Mike Flanagan, is now available. The author of ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ hates fears, as confirmed at the beginning of New York Comic-Con, where the exclusive premiere of the first episode corresponding to his new horror title took place. “I think they are the worst”said the director. However, as EW reports, Flanagan wrote his name in the Guinness Book of Records making the chapter with the most fears of history, with a total of 21.

Flanagan explained that the series executives put a lot of pressure on him to include more fears in his work: “I thought: ‘We’ll do them all at once, and then if we do it right, a scare will make sense for the rest of the series.’. It will destroy it. Finally kill him until he’s dead. However, this did not happen. They said to me: ‘Great! More fears! ‘”.

“Over the course of my career I have completely shit about fears as a concept, and I wanted to make sure it was attributed to me as well, both to the series and to Netflix and to all of us who have inflicted it on the whole world. Now, I have my name in the Guinness Book of Records for fears, which means next time they tell me something, I’ll be able to say, ‘You know, as the current scare world record holder, I don’t think we need one here.'”said the director.

Andrew Glass, representative of the famous world records book, was present to certify and formalize the new brand.

First reviews of the series

Some specialist journalists had the opportunity to see the series before its premiere, and most of them seem to have left a good impression of this new Flanagan production. Angie Han, in The Hollywood Reporter, states: “The teen series is deeply emotional. Stories acquire meaning when characters mix in their own interpretations, twists or criticisms, and then respond with their own stories. Each of them varies in quality, but that only adds to their enjoyment.”.

For his part, Daniel D’Addario writes in Variety: “The stories are well told, evoking a true sense of terror that exists both outside of these kids’ predicament and, inevitably, nestled within it.”. Next, highlight: “The show will find its most loyal audience among high school students with stiff constitution and steady nerves. Even more than ‘Stranger Things’, which operates with a sort of teenage emotional logic, adults have an occasional presence within the series. “.

The cast of “The Midnight Club” consists of Matt Biedel, Ruth Codd, Annarah Cymone, Aya Furukawa, Zach Gilford, Heather Langenkamp, ​​Virginia Penney, Igby Rigney, Sauriyan Sapkota and Samantha Sloyan, among others.