During Geeked Week, Netflix unveiled a new teaser trailer and the release date forThe Midnight Club, the next horror series partnerMike FlanaganandTrevor Macyare bringing to the streaming platform. Set to be released this October,The Midnight Clubwill give horror fans an excellent excuse to celebrate Halloween earlier this year.
Based on a book of the same name byChristopher Pike,The Midnight Clubfollows a group of terminally-ill teenagers who share horror stories when the clock strikes midnight. Bound by their obsession with ghost stories, the group decides the first among them to die must come back to warn the other about what lies beyond the veil of death. The pact is partially successful, as the club soon begins to be haunted and forced to face their own mortality.
InThe Midnight Clubbook, the teenagers are also residents of the Rotterdam Home, a hospice for the terminally ill that’s run by a mysterious doctor. While there’s already a lot to explore in Pike’s original book, Flanagan and Macy previously revealed the upcoming series will also draw inspiration from other works by Pike. With more than 50 horror books written for children and teenagers, Pike has a vast body of work Flanagan can pick from, making us more curious aboutThe Midnight Club.
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The Midnight clubis not the first time Flanagan has turned a famous book into a series for Netflix. Flanagan and Macy previously worked on the hit seriesThe Haunting of Hill House, based on the classicShirley Jacksonnovel, andThe Haunting of Bly Manor, which was loosely based on several works byHenry Jamesbut primarily draws on his storyThe Turn of the Screw. Flanagan was also behind the highly-acclaimed movie adaptation ofStephen King’s bookDoctor Sleep, a sequel toThe ShiningstarringEwan McGregor. Finally, afterThe Midnight Club, the duo will also adaptEdgar Allan Poe’sThe Fall of the House of Usherinto a miniseries starring Flanagan’s long-time collaboratorKate Siegel.
The Midnight Club’smain cast includesIman Benson,Adia,Igby Rigney,Ruth Codd,Aya Furukawa,Annarah Cymone,William Chris Sumpter, andSauriyan Sapkota. The series also starsZach Gilford,Matt Biedel,Samantha Sloyan,Larsen Thompson,William B. Davis,Crystal Balint,Patricia Drake, andHeather Langenkamp.
The Midnight Clubcomes to Netflix on October 7. Check out the new trailer below:
