At home, people are more likely to be distracted than in a theatrical environment. They're checking their phones, pausing to get a… — Mike Flanagan Home 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 started off making backyard movies. I think it began in fifth grade - I'd get the friends together and we'd make… — Mike Flanagan Cinema 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
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
With digital technology there's a huge spectrum of flexibility in what you can do to manipulate sound and image - which you… — Mike Flanagan Digital technology Copy Share Image
I'm always drawn toward family drama, and dysfunctional family stories. It speaks to me, in a really profound way, and I think… — Mike Flanagan Drama 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
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 Always 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 Evidence 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
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
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
Building and sustaining tension is always my priority, so home entertainment provides challenges to that. — Mike Flanagan Always 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 Best 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 Character Copy Share Image
