Netflix The Midnight Club breaks Guinness World Record for most jump scares

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Netflix horror series The Midnight Club has broken the Guinness World Record for the most jump scares in a single episode. Showrunner Mike Flanagan returns to the streaming service following his success with The Haunting of Hill House, ...Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass with the new series based on Christopher Pike’s 1994 novel of the same name.

The series follows a group of terminally ill teenagers who gather at midnight in the spooky Brightcliffe hospice to share horror stories, while something sinister appears to be bubbling below the surface.

The show has proved yet another big hit for Netflix, as it currently sits behind Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story in the number two spot in the US, and writer-producer Mike reportedly already has plans for a second season.

Mike – who also directed Stephen King’s The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep – has proven himself the modern master of horror tension, and as with his previous chilling outputs, The Midnight Club is chock full of scary and disturbing moments. READ MORE: Dad stabbed trying to protect son as violence erupts in early hours on street There are a whopping 21 jump scares coming in just its first episode, an accolade which has broken the Guinness World Record for the most scripted jump scares in a single television episode.