Horror movies feel like comedies when you're making them because everybody laughs so much. — Mike Flanagan Comedies 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
Building and sustaining tension is always my priority, so home entertainment provides challenges to that. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
When you talk about people being haunted or wrestling demons, that is a rich metaphor. — Mike Flanagan Demon Copy Share Image
I am always fascinated by the mental struggles that people and characters have. — Mike Flanagan Adversity Copy Share Image
Gerald's Game,' we could not have made it at a studio without substantive changes to the story. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
In high school, I started studying movies and not reacting to them emotionally. — Mike Flanagan Education Copy Share Image
Audiences are savvy. You can never go wrong assuming the best of them. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
For me it's about creating and sustaining tension for as long as possible, and I'm not generally interested in allowing that tension… — 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 Children 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 Dark Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very healthy nuclear family, and I was fortunate enough to not have to deal with loss and… — Mike Flanagan Childhood 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 Hate 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 Horror Copy Share Image
Well, I'm always drawn to the drama first. A story is really only interesting to me, if you can remove all of… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I'm wide open to evidence of the supernatural, but I also think that the majority of those experiences are probably natural phenomena… — 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 Culture Copy Share Image
I forget who said it, but there's that saying: 'Films are never finished, they're abandoned.' There's always something you think you can… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
Whenever you take a general meeting, inevitably you run out of things to talk about, they'd always say, 'What's your dream project?'… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I think it was in sixth grade, though, when I picked up my first Stephen King book, which was 'It,' that knocked… — Mike Flanagan Books 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 Children 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 Filmmaking Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in building a crew. Movies are the most collaborative art form at the tend of the world, and… — Mike Flanagan Art Copy Share Image
Pattern modeling is very useful and a major step, but users don't always conform to those patterns. For example, when there is… — Mike Flanagan Phone calls Copy Share Image
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 Image
I'm a major NASA nerd, so I've spent a lot of time learning about the space race and the Apollo missions. — Mike Flanagan Learning Copy Share Image
Depending on how 'Doctor Sleep' does, we'll see what movie opportunities there will be. — Mike Flanagan Doctor Copy Share Image
I don't like the fact people watch things on their phones and tablets, it kind of hurts my heart. — Mike Flanagan Heart Copy Share Image
When horror is about something - capital-A about - that's when it's really landing. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
Well, as a kid I did all the Bloody Mary games and using a mirror to scare yourself. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that what you don't see is always scarier than what you do. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
With 'Gerald's Game' in particular, we didn't have enough money or time and it was really hard. — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
I do not have the female experience. I don't, and I strive to understand it, but I'll never truly be able to.… — Mike Flanagan Experience Copy Share Image
