Haunting of Bly Manor and Midnight Mass creator blames Netflix for ‘the stupidest scene I’ve ever filmed’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Netflix mainstay Mike Flanagan has criticised the streaming giant after he was forced to include a scene he “hated” in Midnight Mass. In a thread posted to Bluesky, Flanagan said the series features “the stupidest scene I’ve ever filmed” because of Netflix’s insistence on including it. Flanagan, as quoted by We Got This Covered, said that the steamer “put enormous pressure on us to ‘add scares’ to the pilot of Midnight Mass”. It remains the stupidest scene I’ve ever filmed.” open image in gallery Victoria Pedretti returns to Mike Flanagan’s ‘Haunting’ anthology as Dani Clayton The Independent has contacted a representative of Netflix for comment.