I'm wide open to evidence of the supernatural, but I also think that the majority of those experiences are probably natural phenomena we don't understand just yet. — 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 Image
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 Image
When horror is about something - capital-A about - that's when it's really landing. — 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 to be… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Depending on how 'Doctor Sleep' does, we'll see what movie opportunities there will be. — 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 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 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 Image
