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When we decide to watch a series or movie, we must check google reviews or articles to get to know how much popularity has gained among the people. And from there you eventually get a rough idea of what is plot or that is interesting or lousy. But there are few series or movies which are very underrated or maybe they are not able to impress the audience that much. ‘The Midnight Club’ is one of them, in my opinion.
‘The Midnight Club’ is a thriller-drama that streams on Netflix. It was released on 7th October 2022. It is a great American thrilling horror fiction produced by Intrepid Pictures. It is based on one of the best-selling novels of Christopher Pike the same name.
The Story of the Series
Well, when we are talking about a film or series we must know what kind of subject or story is being portrayed in that. The story is the backbone of a series or movie. ‘The Midnight Club’ is made for teenagers.
So, the story of this web series is about 8 teenage boys and girls who are suffering from terminal diseases such as AIDS, brain tumors, cardiac problems, thyroid cancer, etc. All of them come to a hospice in Brightcliffe for treatment and therapy. Illonka (Iman Benson), the main protagonist of this thriller-drama finds that she has a very rare type of cancer, “papillary thyroid carcinoma” with lung metastasis. In the initial stage, she was in a hospital in her town. But when she finds out that she has a very small chance to survive, she gets stressed and sad.
But here the twist comes: she used to see a vision every day at night in her sleep which is very peculiar and horrifying. After a few visions, she saw the hospice and a strange old woman. Then she found out that there is a girl called Julia Jayne who got cured at that hospice. So, she told her father to take her there because it was the last hope for her to live.
Illonka is a very ambitious and aspiring girl, she has a quest for knowledge in everything and loves to read books. She comes to the hospice and meets seven other patients who already live there for their illnesses and are about her age. There is also a physicist named Dr. Gerogina Stanton (played by Heather Langenkamp) and a few nurses who help to run the hospice and take care of the patients. After her arrival, she finds out that the hospice is full of mystery and everything is extraordinary inside the house. But she does not give up and decides to find out how Julia Jayne got cured before.
On that very night, she discovers that there is a secret club of the other inside the hospice where the other patients meet in the middle of the night and tell horror or mystery stories to each other. Every day each person takes the responsibility to tell the story. But after a few times, things get twisted when another boy except them died, and Illonka starts to find out how they can save her life as well as others.
What Makes This Series Special?
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
This tv-series is a must-watch for those who love to watch and experience thriller and mystery dramas. But there are also other things which make the series an interesting one for you.
The plot of the series is very realistic. Every dialogue and narrative feels so real that you can feel the pain, the agony, and the emptiness of their lives.
The characters are bold and outstanding in their roles. One of the most remarkably strong characters from ‘the midnight club’ is Anya who is played by Ruth Codd. She portrays the character so well that makes you inspire and teach you to never lose faith in yourself even though you are about to die.
Well, we all know that the problems of LGBTQ communities are a never-ending story. Here in the series, it was even depicted by the director. The character of Spencer played by William Chris Sumpter is gay in this series. He is diagnosed with AIDS in this series. As he confessed that he is gay, his mom starts to hate him and never loves him back. From this, we can understand how back in the 90s even in the most progressive the gay community was treated. It is really beautiful how the series portrays it on the screen.
The character of Illonka always amazes you. A girl who has just 15 or 16 years old how can be so full of enthusiasm and spirit to live, even though she has cancer in her body. Although sometimes her character feels reckless as she will go in the direction of darkness in the quest for knowledge. But that is even enjoyable and makes the character more alive.
The plot twists of the series are unique. It will never bore you. The situations, the continuation, and the horror sequences are perfectly synced which makes this series great.
So, what do you think? Add this to your list. And get ready to binge-watch this amazing work of Netflix originals this weekend.
Written by - Joy
Edited by - Kritika Sharma
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