> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Movie Review: Midnight Mass (2021) - URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/movie-review-midnight-mass-2021/ - Published: 2021-10-05T20:33:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-02-03T15:55:11.000Z - Author: Carla Pettigrew - Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53 [Letterboxd link](https://letterboxd.com/claradox/film/midnight-mass-2021/): 5 stars Moral: Be careful whom you allow to get between yourself and God. People who need to control everything and always be involved terrify me. I know someone like Bev, and she is actually a church person. I love the metaphor of “Crock Pot” Island; a crock pot is a device in which you add ingredients and allow to simmer over time. You wait for your result, with patience, and let it work. I also love the usage of St. Patrick, for he drove the snakes (so sayeth the myth) out of Ireland, which is an island. Snakes are a metaphor for people who are not what they seem, also for demons. And then… Proverbs 23: 31-33: Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.… I am so impressed with the Biblical scholarship that went into this production. As someone with [CPTSD](https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/11/07/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-cptsd-the-similarities-and-differences/), I applaud the depiction of [PTSD](https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/11/07/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-cptsd-the-similarities-and-differences/) in Midnight Mass. Outstanding. The Neil Diamond album played by Riley’s dad is his 12 Greatest Hits ([Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1hiu0mcPaBZQrwtNmZ3X11?si=uu%5FoOwa1QqaPgAmwrYaMJA&dl%5Fbranch=1), [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/his-12-greatest-hits/1425196989)); it played all the time in our car when I was a kid, on 8-track. Yep, we had an 8-track player in our car. It, as they say, slaps. I had forgotten how much religion is in his music, which is silly of me, because this is the man who remade The Jazz Singer as an exploration of a Jewish youth coming of age and straddling the two worlds of the secular music industry and his faith. The soundtrack is fabulous. I knew most of the hymns, background and actively sung, from being an Episcopalian, growing up in a church as small as St. Patrick’s, and from listening to my great-grandmother and great-grandfather sing as they puttered in the house and the garden. Note: you always know the Episcopalian because we are the only ones to know the fifth and sixth verses of the hymns and [Christmas](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-32-what-the-dickens/) carols. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f42b7b100-5806-44f3-88c7-3afcb83df9f5_259x385-jpeg.jpg) [Dread Central: The Unholy Transcendence of Midnight Mass and St. Maud](https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/420771/the-unholy-transcendence-of-midnight-mass-and-saint-maud/) [Midnight Mass at Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/midnight%5Fmass/s01) [Watch on Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81083626) Don’t look it up on Wikipedia; its page is replete with spoilers. [Midnight Mass: How The Book Connects To 2 Mike Flanagan Movies (Hush and Gerald’s Game)](https://screenrant.com/midnight-mass-book-easter-eggs-hush-geralds-game-explained/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f897ae9ad-07a9-44e6-a5ff-9d8bb2241328_1024x536-jpeg.jpg) The post [Movie Review: Midnight Mass (2021)](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/movie-review-midnight-mass-2021/) appeared first on [There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/). ### Related posts: 1. [Episode 72: What’s Your Motivation, Heather?](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-72-whats-your-motivation-heather/) 2. [Social Distancing Self-Care: Links](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/social-distancing-self-care-links/) 3. [Movie Review: The Prophecy II (1998)](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/movie-review-the-prophecy-ii-1998/)