In episode 8 of American Horror Story: Delicate, actor Hamish Linklater made a brief cameo, which was a funny little addition, but also hints at a Linklater horror series that audiences certainly shouldn't forget about, Midnight Mass. During the eighth installment of American Horror Story's twelfth season, Linklater made a small appearance as himself presenting at the Academy Awards. Though this role was quite tiny, it brings up the fact that this is far from Linklater's first part in a horror project. In fact, his last horror series is a show that, even three years later, deserves plenty of attention.

Hamish Linklater's acting roots run far back, even farther than his start in the 2000 television series, Gideon's Crossing. Linklater's mother, Kristin Linklater, was a professor of theatre and was part of a Shakespearean acting troupe, which Hamish Linklater joined at the age of eight. His long history in the...