Midnight Mass

TV Show • 2021  

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This tv show contains 70 potentially triggering events.
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IzzyElwyn
Yes, and it's incredibly upsetting. At 34:09 in Episode 2 skip ahead to 36:48 if you're even a little upset by animal deaths.
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Does an animal die?
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cielgee
Dozens of feral cats are killed, and one very upsetting dog death.
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cielgee
The dog is extremely well cared for and loved by his owner, but is poisoned/killed by someone else in the town.
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Sam_B
Multiple dead cats in the first and second episode.
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00093
Dozens of dead cats. Multiple close ups.
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k2so
buzzing flies in the last episode, heard but not shown
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9
Episode 4: (unintentional) Gaslighting of a woman who lost a pregnancy
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Tjmh
A male figure stalks multiple characters throughout the series, with ominous intent.
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People should really specify what is said. So I'm going to try my best to.

Throughout the show there are general mentions that Erin's mother was an alcoholic or abusive.

15ish minutes into episode 4, when she is sitting down with Riley and clearing bet mums things out. She goes into great and extremely triggering detail of how her mum was mentally and physically abusive with her. Hitting her, shouting, making her abuse animals etc. Aswell as another male in her family hitting her I think? I'm not sure as I had to skip.

Will try to update this as I go along.
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wolves
There are mentions of child abuse concerning one of the main characters, but nothing on-screen
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cielgee
References to childhood abuse and domestic violence from a romantic partner but nothing shown on screen.
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19
alcoholism is a major plot line of the series
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cielgee
Brief drug use in the first episode when some teenagers smoke a bit of weed.
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16
in the first 5 minutes of episode one a girl is killed in a drunk driving incident, drunk driver slurs speech
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dany
In episode 7 a woman is taken by the "angel" and while there's no sexual assault, the position they end up in and her screams might be triggering.
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NickKrueger
Many characters are secretly fed a fictional substance which alters their bodies and minds. It is not a “drug” as such.
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cielgee
One woman stabs herself in the neck to distract the villains in order to allow others to escape.
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Head trauma during car accident
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Episode 5: As someone is touched by the sunrise their entire body is ignited, you see their body in flames and their face tear apart as another woman screams and sobs.
Episode 7: At the end of the episode a large number of people are burned alive at sunrise.
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izkm
not that i remember but near the beginning of episode 4 a character is shown with a burn mark on the side of his hand near his pinky
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smithm1612
No, but towards the end of the show a woman briefly attempts to bury her head/self in the sand
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Episode 4: Not quite cannibalism, but a man eats blood from another mans skull in a very graphic scene.
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TheCoffeeRain
Episode one, a woman in a car crash is seen multiple times, she has shards of glass in her face and eye. It is shadowy, but flashing lights expose the glass.
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Lyfrassir
A character briefly attempts to strangle another for shooting his daughter, but is stopped
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saste12
There is a lot of blood, though not so much guts or bones exposed. If blood makes you squeamish, maybe skip this series.
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saste12
Yes, technically. Spoiler: A character has a seizure and chokes to death on blood/bile near the end of Episode 3.
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LukeDrummond
During episodes 4 and 6, several characters breathe in deeply after seizures and vomiting during which they seem like they may also be struggling to breathe.
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Episode 4: A mans skull gets smashed against a table
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Episode 6: An undisclosed amount of people are locked within a church as they are attacked by others and torn open so people can drink their blood.
Episode 7: Episode opens with people being hunted down and attacked so people can rip them open and drink their blood.
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Someone is tackled down a small flight of stairs
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sammt
Someone falls back and smacks their head on the corner of a table
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9
A seizure with blood frothing from the mouth in episode 3
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9
Episode 3: Someone is killed by a monster who I believe is a teenager.
Episode 7: Many people are massacred, including children.
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Lyfrassir
One character who has been turned into a vampire purposefully exposes himself to sunlight in order to prove his account to another character, killing him.
In the last few episodes several characters sacrifice themselves to buy more time for others to escape, whether this be through fighting off the monsters or by killing themselves.
The mass deaths at the end of the last episode have a sort of "for the greater good" vibe attached to them because several characters know that the goal of the antagonists was to presumably spread vampirism around the world
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Lyfrassir
All but two of the characters die at the end
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Lyfrassir
Dozens of cats in the first episode, a dog in the second episode
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Lyfrassir
Nobody overdoses, but several characters exhibit symptoms associated with overdosing (seizures, vomiting, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, etc)
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cielgee
Almost everyone dies, parents and children kill each other.
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cielgee
We never see it happen, an affair from 40+ years ago is revealed.
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JeniferRosenberg
Episode 6 - someone is taken against their will by a monster.
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greencow
Frequent jumpscares, often recurring ones of [SPOILER] Riley seeing the girl he killed in the accident
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lillianm
The whole show takes place on an island.
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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smithm1612
Kind of. People are driven to do things they normally wouldn’t.

[SPOILERS]

Almost everyone gets overtaken by vampirism, causing them to violently kill and drink the blood of loved ones, including a kid who remarks he “thinks he killed his mom,” implying loss of control of actions due to the vampirism.
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Lyfrassir
Not really trypophobia, since the effects kind of cover it up, but just in case: in the last episode, there are several long closeups of a character's face and upper shoulders, where you can see an open wound in her neck. The way the effects work out makes it unclear as to whether or not the wound could fully be considered a "hole", but if you look at it right you might see what looks like tissue/sinew
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ErinAmos
There aren’t technically ghosts, but the protagonist is haunted by the image of girl he killed by drunk driving. Which may explain the almost tie of yeses and nos.
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izkm
in the last episode a character spits out blood and many people are seen frothing mouths after ingesting poison
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TheDreammweaver
A pregnant woman has spotting and there is blood in her underwear. Don’t think it counts but thought I’d mention.
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Donni
In episode 6, lots of emet when everyone is gathered in church around minute 49, minor instance, between 55-57 minutes in the episode lots of visual and sound.
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LukeDrummond
Also in the 3rd episode during Father Paul's confession. However, this scene is integral to the plot.
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cielgee
The one sheriff in town is a hero in the story, but he also shares the horrible racial abuse from other cops he endured as a Muslim man, which led him to moving to the island.
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11
There are, however, references to a loved one who has passed to cancer.
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JeniferRosenberg
No, but a medical patient is treated as if they are mentally unwell.
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cielgee
Medical scenes are mostly about a pregnancy
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Lyfrassir
no explicitly autistic characters
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cielgee
Depends on whether or not you consider extreme religious fervour to be a mental illness.
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There’s a guy that dies and then revives like a lot he’s kinda silly ngl
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thuslydragonfly
a lot of the prayer + eating noises
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Lyfrassir
Several characters actively/intentionally commit suicide, all in front of other people, and one is intended to be a distraction.

There's a situation heavily reminiscent of the Jonestown massacre in the 6th episode, where people intentionally drink poison in a church setting. It is framed by the antagonists as a test of faith, and several characters plead with others for them not to drink, including brief shots where a teenager tries to pry the cup out of her mother's hands while pleading with her to stop. That same character's father then attempts to get her to drink by saying "we'll do it together" before he drinks his cup. Another teenager's father begs his son not to drink the poison while he is being restrained on the floor by several parishioners, but the son does and it is implied he was groomed into doing it by some of the antagonists. While the characters who drink the poison do come back to life, they do so as vampires. This scene is chaotic and can be particularly distressing.

Most of the characters, while not necessarily "committing" suicide, don't attempt to save themselves when the last sunrise happens, causing their deaths. While no character outright states a desire to die or has any explicit suicidal ideation due to mental illness, this desire could be implied for some of the characters. The mass death at the end is framed as a "dying is better than the alternative" kind of thing.

Also, please don't say things like "commit not alive". This isn't tiktok, and when you don't need to dance around the subject like is needed on certain sites it just ends up trivializing it.
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Episode 5: A character knows he will die if he allows himself to be hit by sunlight and strands himself in a boat at sunrise at the end of the episode.
Episode 6: There is a mass suicide near the end of the episode so people can be “reborn”.
Episode 7: A woman slits her own throat.
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lillianm
Main character clearly has PTSD. Another character is treated by medical professionals as if she is having delusions/hallucinations.
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saste12
The main character is haunted by someone he harmed, though it was accidental. Seems like he could be going through some PTSD. Another character's alcoholism revolves around his deep regret at accidentally hurting someone.
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Nachos
In episode 6 lots of people are trapped in a church with vampires hunting them.
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Episode 3: A creature cuts open its wrist. Not meant to be a depiction of self harm, but could easily be triggering because it is slicing open of a wrist.
Episode 4: A man carved into his palm with a rosary.
Episode 4: A creature drains its blood from his palm/wrist into a chalice.
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cielgee
He doesn’t say those exact words but he does plan his suicide, and explains this is his plan to the other character who is trapped with him in a boat.
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cielgee
Not “shakey” but some scenes are clearly handheld and not totally steady.
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Riri264
Yes often police lights flashing
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Does a baby cry?
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Lyfrassir
some characters are followed by a creature, but any spying is mostly implied rather than explicit
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Miscarriage storyline begins in episode 4. The episode opens with it and there is a very emotional monologue about the wanted pregnancy passing half way through the episode.
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Lyfrassir
a character is pregnant for the first half of the show, but loses the baby midway through
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Episode 7: refuses to be turned.
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greencow
This show does feature HEAVY themes of Christianity and some religions are referred to in a poor manner, so take caution if you’re triggered by religious imagery
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Episode 6: The sheriff describes anti-Muslim behavior in his last precinct. He is also held to the ground and demeaned in the church near the end of the episode. There is less overt Islamophobia, but a clear undercurrent throughout the series.
Episode 7: The sheriff is shot and specifically called a terrorist, and told he has “dirty blood”.
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cielgee
A wheelchair user is called “roller girl”, and the discussion of the “miracle” of her suddenly being able to walk again could be triggering for some.
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cielgee
A brief discussion between two lesbian characters about how they don’t feel welcome at church because of their sexuality, but no active homophobia.
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No but there is nonbinary and trans erasure in episode 2. Riley makes reference to "pregnant people" and then corrects himself and says "well, women" and Erin says "yeah, they tend to be women"

It's subtle but honestly with all the TERFs asserting that pregnancy is an experience had exclusively by women lately, that exchange between Erin and Riley felt pointed and purposeful.
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Lyfrassir
no sex within the show, but there are brief mentions of a rumor that the island's priest was not celibate
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there BDSM?
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Lyfrassir
several male characters cry in front of others and aren't ridiculed for it
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uryufriend
Character is healed from dementia/alzheimer’s by supernatural means
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Lyfrassir
a character's wife is mentioned to have died from a terminal illness before the events of the show
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saste12
Technically yes. A character's mother is shown to have advanced dementia and needs to be cared for by her adult child.
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Lyfrassir
religion, reality, and existentialism are discussed numerous times throughout the show by Riley and Father Paul and later Riley and Erin
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cielgee
Sad and hopeful at the same time?
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10
It literally opens with a drunk diving incident
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Riri264
Yes we are at the scene of a car crash at the beginning of epiaode 1
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cielgee
A lot of blood. A LOT.
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A large storyline is a girl who is paralyzed due to a gun shot to the spine (although we do not see the accident occur)
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saste12
No, there isn't a nuclear explosion at all. The other comment is needlessly spoiler-y.
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