History YMMV / MidnightMass2021

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Father Paul's HeelRealization moment at the end is too little too late since [[spoiler:the entire town turning into vampires and burning to death]] is entirely his fault, for reasons that are arrogant and petty. Bev Keane may be more openly vile, but she only gets as far as she does under his watch, yet he gets a far more dignified end than her. Even before the ending Paul engages in an escalating series of highly questionable actions, from lying about his true identity to [[spoiler: dosing the town - or anyone who comes to Communion - without their knowing, which is the direct cause of Erin losing her child, something for which he's never held responsible. He also murders Joe Collie right as the man was beginning to turn his life around, then covers it up with the help of Bev and lies to everyone about it some more.]] Much of what he does is not done out of maliciousness but a refusal to question whether his way is the right way, assuming he knows what's best for everyone and refusing to back down until the literal end of everyone involved.

* LoveToHate: Bev Keane is a ''real'' piece of work and a lot of praise has gone to Creator/SamanthaSloyan for making her so wonderfully despicable that she's a joy to watch, even as viewers eagerly await her comeuppance, [[spoiler:which is immensely satisfying when it finally comes]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Father Paul's HeelRealization moment at the end is too little too late since [[spoiler:the entire town turning into vampires and burning to death]] is entirely his fault, for reasons that are arrogant and petty. Bev Keane may be more openly vile, but she only gets as far as she does under his watch, yet he gets a far more dignified end than her.

** For those familiar with the jokes about Catholics literally drinking blood and eating flesh when consuming the Eucharist, the reveal that [[spoiler:the wine is being spiked with literal blood and the miracles of Fr Paul actually being just people becoming vampires]] is obvious from the first episode after films like ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'' and ''Film/LetMeIn'' get a ShoutOut with the mysterious trunk. It's also mentioned in the opening of episode 2 [[spoiler: the cats are all drained out of their blood]], which just seals what sort of danger is roaming around.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: With death imminent, the townspeople decide to comfort each other with forgiveness for the atrocities committed that night and they die together as the sun rises.

* FunnyMoments: There are still a few here and there:

** The church's sign board apparently only has one letter A, so Bev substitutes 4 for subsequent As. The first episode also shows that they seem to have lost their only letter I, so the sign reads "Welcome Back Msgr. Pru1tt; M4ss Resumes Sund4y."

** For those familiar with the jokes about Catholics literally drinking blood and eating flesh when consuming the Eucharist, the reveal that [[spoiler:the wine is being spiked with literal blood and the miracles of Fr Paul actually being just people becoming vampires]] is obvious from the first episode after films like ''Film/{{Dracula}}'' and ''Film/LetMeIn'' get a ShoutOut with the mysterious trunk. It's also mentioned in the opening of episode 2 [[spoiler: the cats are all drained out of their blood]], which just seals what sort of danger is roaming around.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: With death imminent and very soon, the townspeople decide to comfort each other with forgiveness for the atrocities committed that night and they die together as the sun rises.

* {{Padding}}: ''Many'' reviews, both professional (rogerebert.com and ''The Guardian'') and average viewer alike, note that the constant monologuing is [[UpToEleven even worse]] than previous Creator/MikeFlanagan productions. Hassan's backstory monologue, for example, is a powerful scene on its own... but within context, it's [[spoiler:right after Riley has died and the character who he's delivering the monologue to is ''seeking his help to fight the goddamn vampires'']], so the scene is noted to lack the impact it could have had if it was delivered earlier in the show.

* CatharsisFactor: After all the abhorrent shit she's done, it's extremely satisfying to watch [[spoiler:Bev Keane collapse into tears and desperately try to escape the coming sunlight, which she does not.]]

* NightmareFuel: The series' end is equal parts horrifying and soulcrushing. [[spoiler:With just one sunrise, the entire population of Crockett Island is wiped out. They can only go to each other for comfort in their final moments, singing a hymn until they're all incinerated mid-verse. Though certainly deserved, Bev's death particularly is disturbing, as she loses all composure and tries fruitlessly to dig shelter from the sun. She's the only character to die screaming. The rest of the island goes silent within seconds.]]