It is captured in episode two “The Two Danas” and details a girl’s deal with the devil that allows her to split herself in two with all of the usual horrible consequences. Only one of the nocturnal stories from this book – Anya’s “The Devil and Dana” – will appear in the television series. In true Pike tradition, the stories reveals something about the storyteller: be it their interests, their desires or their dreams. The group of teens gather at midnight to share stories, often late into the night. Stanton) and Flanagan regular Zach Gilford (Mark, who is now a gay nurse). These latter two characters are gender swapped in the series and played by Heather Langenkamp (Dr. White, a male doctor who manages Rotterham, as well as Nurse Schratter, but neither figures heavily in the plot. Then there’s religious Sandra ( Annarah Cymone), and, finally, Kevin ( Igby Rigney), Ilonka’s love interest. In the book there are five main characters (compared to the series’ eight) and they’re all white…because YA publishing in the 90s was rigidly Caucasian.Īll five of the book characters will appear on screen: protagonist Ilonka ( Iman Benson), her hard exterior/soft interior handicapped roommate Anya ( Ruth Codd), and Spence ( William Chris Sumpter) who is gay and has AIDS (this is a reveal in the book, but not the series). So what do you need to know about the books before you dive into the series? Let’s break it down!įirst and foremost, the series is an adaptation of Christopher Pike’s story about a group of teens in a hospice. The series, by comparison, will see filmed adaptations of not just the titular book, but also The Wicked Heart, Gimme a Kiss, See You Later, Witch, Road to Nowhere, and The Eternal Enemy In the past, there has been only one adaptation: a 1996 made-for-TV movie of Fall Into Darkness starring Tatyana Ali and Jonathan Brandis (available for free on YouTube). Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series, The Midnight Club is an adaptation of not just one Christopher Pike novel, but many of the prolific 80s and 90s YA author’s works.

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