Filmmaking Quote by Mike Flanagan

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

It's a wonderful thing to watch an actor just act.

— Mike Flanagan

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

When horror is about something - capital-A about - that's when it's really landing.

— Mike Flanagan

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

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

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

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

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

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

Depending on how 'Doctor Sleep' does, we'll see what movie opportunities there will be.

— Mike Flanagan

Well, as a kid I did all the Bloody Mary games and using a mirror to scare yourself.

— Mike Flanagan