What is mystery-thriller The Midnight Club on Netflix about?

October of course is when spooky season begins! And on Friday, Oct. 7, a new horror mystery-thriller is coming to Netflix to help us get into the season’s spirit. The Midnight Club will have a total of 10 episodes.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the series stars Iman Benson as Ilonka, Adia as as Cheri, Igby Rigney as Kevin, Annarah Cymone as Sandra, Aya Furukawa as Natsuki, Ruth Codd as Anya, Sauriyan Sapokta as Amesh, and Chris Sumpter as Spencer. They are the eight members of the Midnight Club. More on that below!

The show also features Rahul Kohli, Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, Matt Biedel, and Heather Langenkamp, EW reports. The upcoming mystery-thriller is created by Leah Fong and showrunner Mike Flanagan. He is known for creating three other successful Netflix projects – The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. So this is definitely his genre!

What is The Midnight Club on Netflix about?

The new show focuses on eight, young terminally ill adults who come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories in the library of the hospice they are staying at. Hence the name of the group – Midnight Club. They make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond. The project is based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Christopher Pike.

The trailer introduces us to some of the characters, with a focus on main character Ilonka (played by Benson). The young adult hopes to go to Stanford. But when she finds out she has thyroid cancer, she goes to a hospice where she’s introduced to the Midnight Club. It also gives us a glimpse at some of the supernatural and sinister things that happen at the center. Check out the trailer below!

The Midnight Club premieres Friday, Oct. 7 on Netflix.