Night falls on Crockett Island as a tight-knit group of rebels take refuge and forge a plan to control the chaos.

After an unsteady start, Mike Flanagan’s religious horror drama goes all out horror for its final hour and takes no prisoners. Unburdened by the lengthy and (for me) unwelcome theological ruminations, Midnight Mass ends in a mass of flames with a significant body count.

Father Paul, with a bullet in his head, has realised (too late) what he has unleashed on the community. The converted are ‘spreading the word’, dragging people out of their houses and feeding on them before setting the properties alight. We discover that Father Paul is Sarah’s real father and wanted to play happy families, but everything has gone too far now, with inevitable consequences.

On reflection, the show ends in a better place than its opening suggested. For me, it became bogged down in its discussions about theology, and when the supernatural elements kicked in, they seemed at odds to what we’d been watching. There’s no complaints about production values and the quality of the cast – it just didn’t click with me, and in light of the grim ending, I’m not too sure what its actual message was.

Verdict: An exciting, action-packed conclusion to a confused serial that struggled to define what it was all about. 7/10

Nick Joy