Mike Flanagan Moves to Amazon at the End of Netflix Deal!!

It has been an amazing time to be a horror fan. Over the last decade, there have been so many new amazing films and shows that have terrorized audiences across the globe. At the center of most horror fans’ nightmares has been Mike Flanagan. Now, the brilliant genre filmmaker, along with his partner Trevor Macy, has signed a new exclusive deal under their Intrepid Pictures … Continue reading Mike Flanagan Moves to Amazon at the End of Netflix Deal!!

‘The Haunting’ Season 3: Mike Flanagan Provides Update!!!

Although there are no plans for a third The Haunting season, Mike Flanagan is not opposed to returning to the series in the future if the right conditions are met. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about his upcoming limited-series Midnight Mass, Flanagan explained that he and his producer partner Trevor Macy would need to find the right piece of literature to bring the series back, one … Continue reading ‘The Haunting’ Season 3: Mike Flanagan Provides Update!!!

‘Haunting of’ Season 3: Mike Flanagan Confirms No Plans for Now!!

Listen, if it was up to me, Mike Flanagan would spearhead another haunted house show for Netflix every couple of years until the sun burns out, even though directing all ten episodes of The Haunting of Hill House nearly killed the guy and The Haunting of Bly Manor didn’t quite become the phenom its predecessor did. But Flanagan is, understandably, a pretty busy guy these … Continue reading ‘Haunting of’ Season 3: Mike Flanagan Confirms No Plans for Now!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Reveals its Opening Credits!! Check It Out!!

With one week to go before The Haunting of Bly Manor premieres on Netflix, the opening titles for the new series have been released online. The show is the second season in the Haunting anthology that kicked off with 2018’s brilliant and spooky and emotionally devastating The Haunting of Hill House. This new season, Bly Manor, has an entirely new story and new characters, but … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Reveals its Opening Credits!! Check It Out!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Get Creepy New Posters With Episode Titles!! Check It Out!!

We’re only a few days away from the premiere of Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor, and to help keep the hype train moving, the show’s official Twitter account just shared a series of certified spooky posters revealing the titles of each episode. Places this old, they’ve all got those stories… pic.twitter.com/eTH7h5jKzX — Midnight Mass (@midnightmass) September 30, 2020 The follow-up to the surprise hit … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Get Creepy New Posters With Episode Titles!! Check It Out!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Trailer Gets a New Spooky Trailer!! Check It Out!!

In 2018, horror maestro Mike Flanagan obliterated all of our brains and guts with The Haunting of Hill House, a Netflix limited series based on Shirley Jackson‘s novel of the same name. The show was terrifying, emotional, and completely wrapped up the saga of the Crain family. So how do you do a Season 2? By going the anthology route, of course. The Haunting of Bly Manor, a new … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Trailer Gets a New Spooky Trailer!! Check It Out!!

‘The Dark Tower’: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Wants to Adapt!!

Many, many writers and filmmakers have attempted to adapt Stephen King’s epic tome The Dark Tower, but so far none have succeeded. If there’s any writer/director who could succeed at such an adaptation, however, Mike Flanagan has to be at the top of the list. The horror filmmaker has made two King adaptations thus far, each wildly successful according to King fans – the contained … Continue reading ‘The Dark Tower’: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Wants to Adapt!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: First Spooky Trailer Confirms Release Date!! Check It Out!!

Netflix welcomes you to The Haunting of Bly Manor with a downright spooky first teaser trailer. Bly Manor is the follow-up season to The Haunting of Hill House, with returning director Mike Flanagan adapting a new work of horror-tinged drama — Henry James‘ novella “The Turn of the Screw” — and sourcing some Hill House favorites to bring the story to life. The results, as teased in this … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: First Spooky Trailer Confirms Release Date!! Check It Out!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: First Images Tease Mike Flanagan’s Eerie Netflix Show!! Check It Out!!

The first look at Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor, the follow-up season to The Haunting of Hill Housewhich sees Mike Flanagan returning to direct, is finally here. A new post and the first batch of images from this season made their debut on Monday, teasing Flanagan’s eerie adaptation of Henry James‘ novella The Turn of the Screw. Returning Hill House alums Henry Thomas, Victoria Pedretti, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen are also present and accounted for … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: First Images Tease Mike Flanagan’s Eerie Netflix Show!! Check It Out!!

‘Revival’: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Helmer Mike Flanagan to Tackle Another Stephen King Adaption!!

Mike Flanagan is staying firmly aboard the Stephen King train. After directing well-reviewed adaptations of King’s novels Gerald’s Game and The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, the Haunting of Hill House creator has been tapped to turn the author’s 2014 Lovecraftian horror novel Revival into a film for Warner Bros., THR reports. Flanagan and Doctor Sleep producer Trevor Macy will produce the project, with Flanagan having … Continue reading ‘Revival’: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Helmer Mike Flanagan to Tackle Another Stephen King Adaption!!

Christopher Pike’s Work Being Adapted by Mike Flanagan as a Netflix Horror Series!!

Mike Flanagan, the writer/director behind the excellent The Haunting of Hill House, the Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, and the surprisingly good Ouija: Origin of Evil, is going to continue to work his dark magic at Netflix. Flanagan will be adapting young adult horror novelist Christopher Pike’s book The Midnight Club for the streaming giant, Variety reports. Pike’s novel centers on a … Continue reading Christopher Pike’s Work Being Adapted by Mike Flanagan as a Netflix Horror Series!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Mike Flanagan Shares Update About Netflix Release Date!!

After The Haunting of Hill House comes The Haunting of Bly Manor, the follow-up frame to Mike Flanagan‘s horror hit on Netflix. The problem is, we don’t know exactly when that second season will be arriving on the streaming platform. If Flanagan does, he’s not telling, but he is reassuring fans that everything’s going along as planned and Netflix will tell us all more in their own … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Mike Flanagan Shares Update About Netflix Release Date!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Wraps Production!!

Production has officially wrapped on The Haunting of Bly Manor, Mike Flanagan‘s follow-up to his ghastly Netflix hit The Haunting of Hill House. Flanagan noted the end of production by thanking “the filmmakers who came on board to make this season their own.” That’s notable in itself after Flanagan took on directing duties for all ten episodes of Hill House. The result was undeniable, but … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Wraps Production!!

‘Midnight Mass’: Mike Flanagan Confirms Filming in 2020!!

Everything is coming up Mike Flanagan in 2020. The director is already teasing the projects he has lined up for the next calendar year, which includes production on his forthcoming Netflix series Midnight Mass. The last we heard about Midnight Mass was all the way back in July 2019 when the series was announced but things went quiet since Flanagan’s previous feature film, Doctor Sleep, was gearing up for a … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: Mike Flanagan Confirms Filming in 2020!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Announce More Cast!!

This has been a big week for The Haunting of Bly Manor casting announcements as the show’s creator, director, and writer Mike Flanagan fired off a series of tweets with some big news on which cast alums are back and which new faces will be popping up. Previous to this week’s casting news frenzy, The Haunting of Hill House alums Victoria Pedretti and Oliver Jackson-Cohen were confirmed as returns for … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Announce More Cast!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Henry Thomas Also Returns to Cast!!

Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) is set to star in The Haunting of Bly Manor, the second season of Netflix’s horror anthology series. Thomas previously starred in The Haunting of Hill House and is the third cast member from that series to return for this second season, albeit as a different character. The Haunting of Bly Manor is based upon Henry James’ classic gothic horror novella The Turn of … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Henry Thomas Also Returns to Cast!!

‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Extended Director’s Cut Coming to Blu-ray!!

In a rare move for Netflix, an extended cut of one of its original series is heading to home video. The Haunting of Hill House creator/director Mike Flanagan confirmed on Twitter that an extended director’s cut of the terrific horror anthology series is heading to Blu-ray, which was first revealed by Amblin on Twitter. Further details are being kept under wraps, and Flanagan admitted this … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Extended Director’s Cut Coming to Blu-ray!!

Alexandre Aja to Direct Interactive Haunted House Movie for Amblin!!!

Hot off his summer horror hit Crawl, genre maestro Alexandre Aja has signed on to direct an untitled haunted house movie for Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Partners, and the kicker is, it will be an interactive horror film featuring a branched narrative — i.e. a choose-your-own-adventure-style horror movie. The film will be written by Jeff Howard (The Haunting of Hill House), Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs), … Continue reading Alexandre Aja to Direct Interactive Haunted House Movie for Amblin!!!

‘Haunting of Bly Manor’ Will Draw on More Henry James Ghost Stories than ‘Turn of the Screw’!!!

After the out-and-out success that was Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, the ghoulish ghost story’s follow-up, The Haunting of Bly Manor, is one of the most highly anticipated series out there. Series creator Mike Flanagan is, of course, hard at work adapting Stephen King‘s Doctor Sleep for the big screen, but Bly Manor is coming quickly down the pipeline; we already know it’s based on Henry … Continue reading ‘Haunting of Bly Manor’ Will Draw on More Henry James Ghost Stories than ‘Turn of the Screw’!!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Oliver Jackson-Cohen Also Set to Return!!

Just a few days after nabbing the transparent title role of Universal’s The Invisible Man, actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen is set for even more ghastly good times in Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor. Based on Henry James‘ novella The Turn of the Screw, Bly Manor will serve as a season 2 of sorts to Mike Flanagan‘s The Haunting of Hill House, which Cohen appeared in as supernaturally … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Oliver Jackson-Cohen Also Set to Return!!

‘Midnight Mass’: Mike Flanagan Sets Genre Series at Netflix!!

I’ll admit, it took me a while to come around on genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan but I’m firmly on the bandwagon these days. I remember being decidedly unimpressed with his haunted mirror movie Oculus, and didn’t really get what all the was fuss was about early in his career. But Netflix has really forced me to do a ‘180’ on the guy. I really liked … Continue reading ‘Midnight Mass’: Mike Flanagan Sets Genre Series at Netflix!!

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Victoria Pedretti Is Returning for Season 2!!!

The first cast member has been revealed for The Haunting of Hill House Season 2, which is called The Haunting of Bly Manor. The second season of the incredible Netflix series will take the show in an anthology direction, telling a new story with a new setting and new characters, all with writer/director Mike Flanagan back at the helm. And now Deadline reports that Victoria … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Victoria Pedretti Is Returning for Season 2!!!

‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Renewed as Anthology Series!!!

Mike Flanagan and Netflix are heading back to Hill House, just don’t expect to see the Crains. Last year’s sensational horror series The Haunting of Hill Housewill return to the streaming service with a new chapter as an anthology-style series, with the next installment focusing on a new story and “all new” characters. Which characters? Well, with Shirley Jackson behind him, Flanagan is turning to another bonafide literary … Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Renewed as Anthology Series!!!