Synopsis – A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz. My Take – While film and TV adaptations of the legendary author Stephen King‘s works have mostly relegated to horror, arguably his more human stories, like Stand by Me (1986), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999), have translated … Continue reading The Life of Chuck (2025) Review!!
Synopsis – A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz. Directed – Mike Flanagan Starring – Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, Mark Hamill Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Life of Chuck’: Final Trailer Is All About Life, Love & Loss!! Check It Out!!
Although her role as Janice Haliday in Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck will involve plenty of dancing, the latest still released of Annalise Basso looks more serious than carefree. In it, Basso’s Janice stands opposite Tom Hiddleston’s titular character, Chuck Krantz, and the pair appears to be embroiled in a serious conversation. Although we can’t tell what they’re chatting about, it looks like Janice’s … Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’: Upcoming Stephen King Adaptation Gets a New Image!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz. Directed – Mike Flanagan Starring – Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, Mark Hamill Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’ Trailer Promises a Journey to Rediscover the Wonders of Life!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz. Directed – Mike Flanagan Starring – Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, Mark Hamill Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’ Teaser Teases the Much Awaited Stephen King Adaptation!! Check It Out!!
We finally know when Mike Flanagan‘s Stephen King adaptation, The Life of Chuck, will hit theaters. Anticipation has been sky-high for the movie, especially after its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, where it earned resounding praise. Luckily, the rest of the world will have to wait only a little longer to see Flanagan‘s first creation in six years, as NEON is keeping to … Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’: Mike Flanagan’s Next Stephen King Adaptation to Release on May 30, 2025!!
The theatrical release date for Hush has finally been set. Shout! Studios will be bringing Mike Flanagan’s critically acclaimed horror thriller to US theaters for the first time. This follows the recent announcement that the feature will be getting a 4K and Blu-ray collector’s edition release, which will be available on November 26. Shout! Studios has collaborated with Flanagan, Trevor Macy’s Intrepid Pictures, and Blumhouse to … Continue reading ‘Hush’: Mike Flanagan’s 2016 Directorial Sets Theatrical Release Date!!
One of the hotly anticipated horror projects of the year is undoubtedly The Life of Chuck, an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same title directed by horror maven Mike Flanagan. As we inch closer to its imminent world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, more details about the movie are emerging. The movie features a stacked cast led by Tom … Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’: New Images Tease the Stephen King Adaption!! Check It Out!!
The follow-up for one of the most expensive TV shows of all-time just got a thrilling new update. A new report from Variety has unveiled that Rahul Kohli, Merle Dandridge, and Michael Trucco will all star in Season 2 of Citadel. Details about their roles are being kept under wraps, but the three join new cast members Jack Reynor, Matt Berry, and Gabriel Leone, who … Continue reading ‘Citadel’ Season 2 Adds Rahul Kohli, Merle Dandridge, and Michael Trucco!!
Horror and thriller auteur Mike Flanagan is back with his upcoming film The Life of Chuck, an adaptation of Stephen King’s short story of the same name. The highly anticipated project stars Tom Hiddleston, and ahead of the film’s world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival this September, TIFF has released a first-look image at The Life of Chuck, with Hiddleston in the … Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’: First Image Sees Tom Hiddleston Enter Retirement! Check It Out!!
Mike Flanagan has been scaring up the small screen the last number of years with a handful of incredible horror TV shows. However, if you were clamoring for the director to return to film, Flanagan has just wrapped filming on his next Stephen King adaptation, The Life of Chuck. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Flanagan wrote, “That’s a wrap on THE LIFE OF … Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’: Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaption Wraps Filming!!
After releasing his long-awaited adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher, horror auteur Mike Flanagan isn’t slowing down as he’s now going full speed ahead on his Stephen King film The Life of Chuck. It’s an independent project being filmed under a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, so he took it upon himself today to introduce everyone who will be involved in bringing the story … Continue reading ‘The Life of Chuck’: Matthew Lillard, David Dastmalchian and More Join Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaption!!
Fans are counting down the days to Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher. The gothic horror story is loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story and sees the downfall of a crime family as one by one its heirs start to die. The thrilling mystery has revealed its many facets with images and trailer, and yet nobody … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: New Featurette Wants Us to Prepare for the Unexpected Journey!! Check It Out!!
Ahead of this week’s premiere of The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix, the streamer has released ten new character posters featuring the main cast of the series. Mike Flanagan is coming back with a new mystery just in time for Halloween. The series will follow a powerful man who must find out why his family members are unexpectedly dying. In the new … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Gets New Character Posters!! Check It Out!!
Destiny is coming for a complicated family in a new teaser for The Fall of the House of Usher, the next television series produced by Mike Flanagan for Netflix. Following a rhyme coming straight from Edgar Allan Poe‘s work, a mysterious figure walks along the portraits of the main characters that will be featured in the upcoming adaptation. Fortune favors the bold, but as the … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: New Teaser Teases Mike Flanagan’s Latest Horror Story!! Check It Out!!
The Fall of the House of Usher is imminent, and fans will be there to witness its glory and chaos in the coming weeks. Mike Flanagan’s miniseries, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story, has been steadily revealing its various characters and their sinister intentions recently, and now we finally get a look at the heirs of the Usher family business together in … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: New Clip Introduces the Family!! Check It Out!!
Spooky season is never complete without something from horror auteur Mike Flanagan. The creator has delivered one terrifying and delightful series after another ahead of Halloween, from 2018’s The Haunting of Hill House to 2022’s The Midnight Club. Now, there’s only a month left until the curtain rises on his Edgar Allen Poe adaptation The Fall of the House of Usher and Netflix has released … Continue reading ‘Fall of the House of Usher’ Trailer Teases Another Rousing Horror!! Check It Out!!
Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher is among the most anticipated new shows coming this fall. Created by Mike Flanagan the miniseries is loosely based on the short story of the same name and other works by Edgar Allan Poe and follows a CEO of a pharmaceutical company, who faces a ghost from his past when his children start dying in mysterious ways. … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: New Character Details of Mike Flanagan’s Upcoming Haunting Mystery Revealed!! Check It Out!!
Mike Flanagan is one of the best names in modern horror. From The Haunting of Hill House to Midnight Mass to Doctor Sleep, the writer-director has been giving genre fans chills for the last decade. With the Halloween season right around the corner, Flanagan’s about to traumatize us one final time on Netflix with his adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher. The … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: New Poster Teases the Star-Studded Cast!! Check It Out!!
Fans can’t wait for Mike Flanagan’s next horror series The Fall of the House of Usher. The visionary director’s take on the classic tales of Edgar Allen Poe has had fans’ interest ever since it was announced by Netflix. The stellar star cast, coupled with the haunting tale and elevated aesthetics created by the director is a combination that fans of the horror genre can’t … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Teaser Teases Hauntings by a Raven!! Check It Out!!
Mike Flanagan is back and ready to put the chill into this spooky season with his series adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher. Just days after the man behind the successful big-screen makeovers of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game announced that work would still be moving forward on The Dark Tower, his latest foray into the literary horror legend’s portfolio, … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: Mike Flanagan’s Last Netflix Series Gets New Images!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has participated in its first-ever upfronts presentation, promoting its new slate of releases for the upcoming fall television season. During this event, the studio revealed that one of its most highly anticipated miniseries, The Fall of the House of Usher, will be released in fall 2023. Though an exact release date for the series, as with many upfronts, was not revealed, that information is … Continue reading ‘Fall of the House of Usher’: Mike Flanagan’s Next Netflix Series to Premiere in Fall 2023!!
Filmmaker Mike Flanagan announced early on July 9 that filming has wrapped on his latest and highly-anticipated project for Netflix, The Fall of the House of Usher. This will be Flanagan‘s fifth horror miniseries loosely based off of gothic literature that he has adapted to the screen under his and Trevor Macy‘s Intrepid Pictures for the streaming company. In June, Collider reported that the upcoming … Continue reading ‘Fall of the House of Usher’: Mike Flanagan’s Next Netflix Series Wraps Production!!
Director Mike Flanagan has quickly become a fan-favorite creator in the eyes of many horror fans. However, one of his upcoming Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher has recently hit a major snag in its production. Frank Langella was fired from the series earlier this month after an investigation found that the actor was involved in unacceptable behavior on set. However, the … Continue reading ‘Fall of the House of Usher’: Bruce Greenwood Replaces Frank Langella!!
There have been many modern horror directors that have caught the genre by storm in recent years, and one of those terrifying visionaries has been Mike Flanagan. Within the last several years, he has managed to scare audiences on both the big and small screen with films like Doctor Sleep and limited series like The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass. And now, he … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: Mike Flanagan’s New Series Officially Begins Production!!
Mike Flanagan, in less than a decade, has quickly made his mark on the horror genre on both the big and small screen. Whether it is huge bombastic sequels like Doctor Sleep or the religious-centric Midnight Mass, he is on top of the list of the best modern horror directors. His next terrifying series for Netflix, The Fall of the House of Usher, is about … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: Willa Fitzgerald Joins Mike Flanagan’s New Series!!
Kate Siegel, long-time collaborator with filmmaker Mike Flanagan, has shared a new set photo to celebrate the beginning of production on Netflix’s highly anticipated horror series, The Fall of the House Usher. Inspired by multiple works of Edgar Allan Poe, the project will be the fifth Netflix series created under Flanagan and Trevor Macy‘s Intrepid Pictures banner. The set photo Siegel shared shows her, masked … Continue reading ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: Set Photo Confirms Production Has Begun!! Check It Out!!
Mike Flanagan has just announced more cast additions for his highly anticipated The Fall of the House of Usher project for Netflix. The cast additions include many familiar faces for Flanagan fans (fanigans?), along with a new collaborator. You can check out Flanagan‘s announcement, made via Twitter thread, here. Some of the names now attached to the project include longtime Flanagan collaborators, Henry Thomas, Samantha … Continue reading ‘Fall of the House of Usher’: Mike Flanagan’s Next Series Adds Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, and More!!
Midnight Mass is the latest adventure for director/writer Mike Flanagan in his spooky look at life, love, and beyond for Netflix. In a making-of featurette, we get a deep dive into the new series centered around a small fishing town and the Catholic presence there from Flanagan and executive producer Trevor Macy. The show is what Flanagan does best. It has some of his rotating … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: New Featurette Goes Behind the Scenes!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has just released the full trailer for Midnight Mass, Mike Flanagan’s new gift for horror fans in the shape of a seven-episode limited series set to be released later this month. Although there are still mysteries to uncover when Midnight Mass finally becomes available, the new trailer shares some new plot details and allows us to understand better what’s happening in Flanagan’s latest nightmare. … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: Mike Flanagan’s New Netflix Series Gets a Full Trailer!! Check It Out!!
We are less than one month away from the release of Midnight Mass, but we’re still missing a full trailer to reveal more about Mike Flanagan’s mysterious horror series. Lucky for us, Netflix has unveiled a new poster that teases the trailer is finally coming next week. Midnight Mass takes place in an isolated island community, where the arrival of a priest (Hamish Linklater) renews … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’ Poster Teases Mike Flanagan’s New Netflix Horror Series!! Check It Out!!
Fans of The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor can finally rejoice, as Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for Midnight Mass, the latest genre series from creator Mike Flanagan. Midnight Mass follows a small, isolated island community whose existing divisions are amplified by the return of a disgraced young man (Zach Gilford) and the arrival of a charismatic priest (Hamish … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: First Trailer Teases Mike Flanagan’s New Netflix Series!! Check It Out!!
Earlier today, the official Twitter account for The Haunting of Bly Manor tweeted out a six-second video teaser with the accompanying text “We’re 30 miles from the mainland with only two ferries a day.” In the video, an older-looking ferry boat ominously blares its siren, and then cuts to a sign for the Crockett Island ferry information and schedule. Confused fans soon pinged filmmaker Mike … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: First Teaser Teases Mike Flanagan’s New Netflix Series!! Check It Out!!
Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan took to Twitter to reveal that filming on Netflix’s newest horror series Midnight Mass has finally been completed after getting delayed earlier this year due to the ongoing pandemic. Describing the series as “the best production experience,” of his career, Flanagan went on to detail the process that they went through in order to ensure the smooth flow of production … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: Mike Flanagan’s Next Netflix Horror Series Wraps Filming!!
Filmmaker Mike Flanagan – one of the best and most exciting storytellers working right now – is back at work on his new Netflix series Midnight Mass. The showrunner, writer, and director behind the outstanding Netflix show The Haunting of Hill House and terrific films like Doctor Sleep and Oculus announced today that filming has begun on Midnight Mass. The original horror series revolves around … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: First Set Photo Confirms Filming of Mike Flanagan’s Next Netflix Show!! Check It Out!!
Great news! SYFY is dedicating the month of April to airing every episode of popular sci-fi/fantasy TV shows Battlestar Galactica and Xena: Warrior Princess. Not only will each show be marathoned in its entirety, but there will be special appearances from respective series stars Tricia Helfer and Lucy Lawless as well as other fun events. While both Battlestar Galactica and Xena are currently available to stream via the SYFY site as well as the NBCU OneApp, … Continue reading ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Marathons Coming to Syfy!!
More news from the Mike Flanagan corner of the entertainment-verse! The main cast for Midnight Mass, Flanagan’s forthcoming Netflix horror series which has long been teased in his previous projects, has finally been set. On Wednesday, Netflix announced a whole bunch of actors who will be joining Flanagan on Midnight Mass. Among the most eye-catching names were past Flanagan collaborators Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, and Annabeth Gish, all of whom … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: Mike Flanagan’s Next Netflix Series Rounds Up Cast!!
Synopsis – Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind man’s most unspeakable acts. My Take – Knowing how bad January release horror films are, I went into this one expected to be disappointed. A film like this, with this title, I expected to be a spoof or … Continue reading The Bye Bye Man (2017) Review!!!
Synopsis – A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home. My Take – Films based on the horror sub genre home invasion have been done to the death. From a general audience point of view, it has become really tiring to sit through this kind of a horror movie which runs for the usual 90 minutes consisting of just non … Continue reading Hush (2016) Review!!!
