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vampires in the limited time netflix
series midnight mass the show has seven
episodes and each one is about an hour
long i had scrolled past the show a few
times not really looking into it but
then i started getting a lot of requests
from you guys asking me to cover it
which made me wonder if it had vampires
in it and sure enough it did i didn't
realize it at all because they don't
present it that way which i thought was
pretty cool
although there is vampires in the show
it's not the only focus of the show and
i think if you didn't care about
vampires you would still enjoy it and
this is just my opinion i'm not roger
ebert or anything but i think midnight
mass is one of the best netflix
originals i've seen and some of the
actors in it were amazing in my opinion
father paul hill or monsignor pruitt
definitely stole the show without a
doubt but the character bev keem was
also amazing and there was times where i
hated her so much she's one of those
characters you love to hate and if an
actor or actress can truly make you
dislike a character they're doing a
great job the show takes place on
crockett island a small island that has
a fishing community the people in the
town talk about an oil spill that
happened a few years ago that really
affected the fishing and that forced a
lot of people to sell their homes and
move off island leaving the island a
ghost of its former self one resident
says they used to be hundreds and now
they're just dozens monsignor pruitt was
the head of the church on the island but
he was very old and stricken with
dementia but a lot of the people in the
town were in denial of his fading mind
as a gift of monsignor the people of the
church put their money together so we
could see jerusalem before he died to
walk in the same steps as jesus but
unfortunately monsignor was much further
gone than anyone on the island wanted to
acknowledge while on a tour traveling to
damascus monsignor pruitt got separated
from his group and became lost in the
desert there was a sandstorm blowing
intensely you could barely see but he
managed to find what looked like the
mouth of a cave all he knew was that he
had to get out of the storm upon
entering he travels further into the
ruin using a match for light and sees a
pair of glowing eyes in the dark scared
he drops the match and the light goes
out he lights another and eventually the
creature attacks him biting his neck and
feeding on his blood monsignor seeing
the wings thought it was an angel and
started saying angel angel over and over
for some reason the creature decided to
spare him by feeding him his blood when
monsignor awakened he realized he was
young again and at the entrance of the
ruins the creature stands there in the
dark watching him and he pledges
allegiance to what he calls an angel
the vampire might have been living in
the ruins for hundreds of years or it's
possible he might have just used it as a
place to hide during the daylight
nonetheless the creature is found in
jerusalem so it's possible that that's
its place of origin making me wonder if
monsignor pruitt was correct and
thinking this creature is one of the
angels the bible speaks of describing
people being very afraid when they
finally behold an angel
if they can live hundreds or thousands
of years and have been living in or
around jerusalem it's definitely
possible that they have played a part in
influencing the religion over the
centuries or they may have been its
creators which is definitely what
monsignor thinks it's just a theory
personally i think the monsignor is
mistaken in thinking the creature is an
angel and is just trying to use him and
the town to increase the number of its
species it could possibly be the last or
one of the last of its kind so what
easier way than to find a secluded
island that is easy to control and turn
a whole bunch of people at once creating
loyal followers and have a safe haven
for vampires
it's worth noting that during the show
the word vampires never actually used
only referring to the creature itself is
a thing or an angel there's so much to
unpack with this show and so much is
left to interpretation which is why you
really have to watch it for yourself
monsignor pruitt transported the vampire
to the island originally in a trunk a
very common way in vampire stories to
transport one over the seas or during
the day although the vampire is seen
flying away from the island so the
vampire could come and go as it pleases
but it might have been easier and more
secretive for monsignor to sneak the
creature onto the island instead
the vampires of midnight mass are tall
pale skinned creatures with sharp nails
like claws and large bat like wings and
ears these vampires are not shown having
any traditional weaknesses like crosses
holy water garlic or a stake through the
heart but as usual a stake through the
heart would kill anything vampires are
immortal and when you consume vampire
blood or become a vampire you will age
backwards until your body reaches its
peak state but when children consume
vampire blood they don't seem to age up
so becoming a vampire can make you
younger but not older to become a
vampire you must be bitten or consume
the blood of a vampire monsignor pruitt
has most of the town unknowingly consume
blood by putting it in the holy
communion they all drink from in the
church once you have consumed vampire
blood or been bitten you are not a full
vampire yet in this state people are
seen becoming younger aches and pains
going away and eliza was even able to
walk after being paralyzed from the
waist down during a hunting accident you
do not crave blood and you can walk in
the sunlight no problem however when a
doctor on the island takes someone's
blood who has consumed vampire blood and
puts it in the sunlight it causes the
blood to catch fire violently but the
doctor says in this state there's not
enough of the vampirism virus in the
blood to be burned through the skin but
if the blood is directly exposed to
sunlight it will burn once you die and
become a full vampire the sunlight will
burn you if someone who hasn't died and
stops consuming vampire blood they will
lose the benefits they gained like
walking in elise's case and you will
return to your normal state
but to become a full vampire you must
die while having vampire blood in your
system after you die a few minutes later
you will return as a vampire and the
cravings for blood will begin
people are seen having an immediate
thirst for blood attacking their own
family some people even crying after
asking what they have done saying they
killed their families and they don't
know why vampires seem to go into a
trance-like state when feeding as newly
turned vampires always become infatuated
with blood when they see it and the main
vampire while feeding gets shot multiple
times but he doesn't stop feeding and
again later while feeding on a girl she
cuts his wings with a knife and while
making some quiet groaning noises he
doesn't realize what has happened until
after he stops and becomes angry
although we do see two residents who
become full vampires and as we see other
people being turned into vampires and
killed the husband says he's hungry and
he feels it but he didn't kill anyone he
adds that this thing doesn't change who
you really are
so maybe it's just a matter of willpower
and someone with a stronger mind would
be able to fight the cravings crockett
island has an overpopulation of cats
because apparently some people brought
cats onto the island a long time ago and
set them free after a storm a large
number of cats are found washed on shore
drained of all their blood so while the
creature was on the island it was living
off the animal population which means
these vampires can feed from any blood
not just human blood once someone
becomes a full vampire by dying they
don't seem to have any increased
strength or speed their eyes become
reflective so they could possibly have
better vision in the dark one ability
they do gain is the ability to heal when
a man is turned into a vampire and
awakens he tries to run at the door but
is burned by sunlight when he goes back
inside his smaller burns seem to heal
almost instantly and within a few
minutes they're all gone and monsignor
says that his broken neck healed in less
than six hours and the burn should take
no time at all
monsignor himself is shot in the head
and recovers a short while later
the more grievous wounds don't heal
instantly but they do heal monsignor
also describes after being turned light
will look brighter and you'll experience
colors and smells you never have and we
see when a vampire looks at light it
seems to have a strange aura around it
monsignor pruitt was taking the vampire
blood a lot longer than anyone else he
said the angel followed him back to
their town from jerusalem because he has
been taking the blood for much longer
than everyone else he seems to be
changing he has intense fits of pain and
a ringing noise that i think could be
the vampirism virus changing his body
from the inside and possibly after long
enough even the people of the town would
start becoming more like the full
vampire monsignor pruitt says that he
can feel the holy spirit growing inside
him but i have a feeling it might not be
the holy spirit one girl that consumed
the vampire blood unknowingly was
pregnant after seeing some blood
thinking something is wrong she gets a
checkup at the doctor on the island and
they can hear the baby's heartbeat and
everything seems fine however when she
goes to the mainland to get a second
opinion by then things have gotten a lot
worse the doctor informs her that she
isn't pregnant and from what they can
tell she was never pregnant later after
realizing what's going on the doctor
from the island surmises that just like
how her mother was healed of her
dementia and got younger this virus
causes rapid healing and caused her body
to heal and remove the new tissue that
was the baby so that means a vampire
wouldn't be able to have a baby the
traditional way a human does it might
have another means of giving birth
alternatively the only way for vampires
to quote-unquote reproduce might be to
turn a human it's an interesting concept
i've never really seen explored in a
vampire story before
the show leans on the idea that
vampirism is of biological origins it
spreads through the blood and we never
see any vampire performing any
supernatural feats other than this one
time when the vampire kills bull and
seems to lure him into the house by
mimicking his own voice back to him the
doctor on the island describes the
vampirism on the island as a condition
similar to porphyria this is a real
disease that contributed to a lot of
vampire myths through history because
the symptoms are quite strange the
condition is actually a group of
disorders that results from a buildup of
natural chemicals in the body it can
cause photosensitivity so your skin
becomes irritated by sunlight or even
artificial light and causes the skin to
become thin and more pale it can also
make the gums recede making the teeth
appear larger and more fang-like one of
the symptoms that was the most vampiric
was that someone with porphyria produces
less heme a component of hemoglobin
which is what carries oxygen from the
lungs to the muscles to combat their
lack of heme patients were sometimes
told to drink animal blood which is
probably where a lot of blood drinking
vampire myths came from and the
condition also caused urine to turn a
dark red which a lot of people probably
thought was a cause of them drinking
blood but it wasn't true the doctor
thinks that what is happening to the
people on the island is very similar to
that condition not the same one but
possibly in the same family she said
you don't hear mentions of this
condition that could possibly be the
origin of vampires in film and tv shows
today so i appreciate they included that
lore in the show
well that's the vampires from midnight
mass this is now probably one of my
favorite vampire stories i really like
how they kept the main vampire very
mysterious and you don't know much about
him and the tie-in with the religious
stuff just adds another layer of
unsettling sometimes don't ask me why
but a church can make everything
creepier i think the story would have
made an amazing movie because the main
story of monsignor pruitt is so good but
i enjoy being able to learn about some
of the other characters too and you
wouldn't be able to do that if around
seven hours was crunched into probably
two hours eventually i wanted to cover
other movies that i really like not just
vampire movies including constantine
with keanu reeves and possibly some
episodes of love death and robots also
oat studios new group of shorts i've
seen on netflix have some crazy episodes
that i'd love to talk about if there's
any tv shows or movies you'd like me to
take a look at please leave them in the
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