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Netflix Horror Series Has More Jump Scares In First Episode Than Any In TV History
A Netflix horror series is going viral as it has more jump scares in its first episode than any in TV history.
Although there are many disturbing and frightening TV shows and films to watch if you’re a horror buff, it’s rare to find a program that truly has your heart pumping with fear.
Yet one horror has managed to do just this, and it’s actually made its way into the Guinness World Records.
After watching the debut episode, which includes jump scare after jump scare, people have reacted on social media.
One fan writes: “They got me every time lol.”
Another adds: “Yep, the first scare got me. The Shining vibes…”
“The way my heart was BEATING after this,” comments a third.
A fourth says: “A perfect example of a horror done right.”
The horror series, created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong, follows eight terminally ill young adults who form a club that involves them meeting at night and telling each other scary stories.
Mostly based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Christopher Pike, the show also adapts other short stories from Pike.
It stars Iman Benson, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, and Sauriyan Sapkota, among others.
The show’s premiere episode, titled ‘The Final Chapter,’ boasts 21 jump scares, and it’s all down to Flanagan’s dislike for the horror theme.
When creating the series, executives kept pushing for more and more heart-stopping moments, so Flanagan decided to overdeliver.
He told Deadline: “I thought, ‘We’re going to do all of them at once, and then if we do it right, a jump scare will be rendered meaningless for the rest of the series.’
“It’ll just destroy it. Kill it finally until it’s dead, But that didn’t happen. They were like, ‘Great! More [scares]!'”
Making it clear he absolutely detests jump scares, he continued: “My whole career I completely s** on jump scares as a concept, and I wanted to make sure it was pinned to me, too, as much as it is to the show, to Netflix, and all of us who have inflicted this on everyone.
“Now, I have my name in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ for jump scares, which means next time I get the note, I can say, ‘You know, as the current world record holder for jump scares, I don’t think we need one here.'”
Flanagan concluded by saying he’s ‘really grateful’ for achieving the ‘really fun’ record.
While The Midnight Club was met with praise by fans and achieved a Rotten Tomatoes score of 85%, it was unfortunately canceled after just one season.
Unlike Flanagan’s previous series, such as The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, it was not a miniseries and instead intended to be a limited-run series for two seasons.
According to Deadline, it came amid news of Flanagan leaving Netflix for a deal with Amazon Studios.
For fans of the show, Flanagan took to Tumblr and outlined his plans for how The Midnight Club would have ended.
The post noted: “My biggest disappointment is that we left so many story threads open, holding them back for the hypothetical second season, which is always a gamble.”
Watch the trailer for The Midnight Club below…
The Midnight Club is available to stream on Netflix now.
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