For me, 'The Haunting of Hill House' is a series about life after a haunting, what happens after the credits roll in… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
When horror is about something - capital-A about - that's when it's really landing. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I did not growing up watching a lot of horror. I wasn't allowed a lot of it and I was a real… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
Horror movies feel like comedies when you're making them because everybody laughs so much. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
One of the things about horror movies that I've noticed with the children I've worked with is that they have a great… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
What you don't want is for violence and gore to become more important than character and structure. A lot of slasher movies… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
There's nothing scarier than silence. A lot of horror movies lean on hits and score to try and create tension, which actually… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I saw 'The Shining' in eighth grade. I watched it on VHS at a sleepover and was petrified, totally petrified. And I… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
Thanks to 'It,' you're going to see the studios take a lot more chances on a very specific vision. An R-rated horror… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
Horror is fascinating because it's so seasonal and it's like you've got these periods where slasher movies are in and it's like… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I always tend to tilt dark on an ending, because I feel like, especially with horror movies, those are the endings that… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I hate jump scares. I really hate them. I think there's nothing special about being able to startle someone - that's an… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
What's so exciting and unstoppable about the horror genre is that I view it all as metaphorical exploration. It's the safe place… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
Whenever I would see horror movies I would be traumatized and I'd have to watch them behind my hands or behind the… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
Audiences have grown to equate being startled with being scared, and will complain that a movie 'isn't scary enough' if it doesn't… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
A viewer's imagination is a powerful storyteller, and can often come up with things way more frightening than what you can explicitly… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I think in a lot of ways, 'The Shining' is about alcoholism and 'Doctor Sleep' is actually about recovery. They go together pretty well… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
I like to say that Hollywood is one of the most democratic entities in the world and the reason why is every ticket is… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
When horror is about something - capital-A about - that's when it's really landing. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
For me it's about creating and sustaining tension for as long as possible, and I'm not generally interested in allowing that tension to be… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
A movie studio has to answer to a marketing department, and to shareholders, to ensure the broadest audience possible for its product; it tends… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
For me, 'The Haunting of Hill House' is a series about life after a haunting, what happens after the credits roll in most horror… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
A viewer's imagination is a powerful storyteller, and can often come up with things way more frightening than what you can explicitly show in… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
Midnight Mass' is kind of my baby; I've been working on that for six years. I started writing it while 'Oculus' was in preproduction,… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
Whenever I would see horror movies I would be traumatized and I'd have to watch them behind my hands or behind the couch sometimes.… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
Depending on how 'Doctor Sleep' does, we'll see what movie opportunities there will be. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
Well, as a kid I did all the Bloody Mary games and using a mirror to scare yourself. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
I'm sure many more people saw 'Hush' in the first weekend it was on Netflix than saw 'Oculus' in theatres. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
I think it was in sixth grade, though, when I picked up my first Stephen King book, which was 'It,' that knocked me over… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share
