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
With 'Gerald's Game' in particular, we didn't have enough money or time and it was really hard. — Mike Flanagan 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
When I read Doctor Sleep, when it was first published, I was so taken with getting to spend time with Danny Torrance… — 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 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
