Viewers are all sharing the same warning about Netflix horror series The Midnight Club

If you're looking for a new horror series to get stuck into, then Netflix's The Midnight Club is one for you. Taking place in a hospice for terminally ill teens, the series delves into a fairly dark subject matter - and viewers are all sharing the same warning about the show.

Based on the 1994 novel by Christopher Pike, the mystery-thriller dropped on the platform on Friday (7 October), and it's already jumped up to the No.3 spot in Netflix's Top 10.

If you need a reminder, the official synopsis reads: "At a hospice for terminally ill young adults, eight patients come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories — and make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond."

As for what to expect, viewers have taken to socials to offer up the same warning about the series: Basically, be prepared for jump scares. Lots of jump scares.

In fact, The Midnight Club features so many sudden moments that it's been presented with the Guinness World Record for the most jump scares in a single episode [via The Independent].

Sharing their warning for the show on Twitter, one viewer wrote, "The Midnight Club on Netflix is a decent show if anyone wanted some good jump scares."

Meanwhile, a second tweeted, "Could The Midnight Club have any more jump scares? My heart."

Others called for the show to have, err, slightly less of the start moments, with one writing, "ENOUGH WITH THE JUMP SCARES," while a second added, "The jump scares in The Midnight Club can relax please."

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Still, it's no surprise that The Midnight Club is *so* scary, as it actually comes from The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan.

Speaking about his previous dislike for jump scares, Flanagan told Deadline, "My whole career I completely s**t on jump scares as a concept, and I wanted to make sure it was pinned to me, too, as much as it is to the show, to Netflix, and all of us who have inflicted this on everyone."

He went on, "Now, I have my name in the Guinness Book of World Records for jump scares, which means next time I get the note, I can say, ‘You know, as the current world record holder for jump scares, I don’t think we need one here.'"

So, yeah, be prepared to be scared!

The Midnight Club is streaming now on Netflix.

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