This Day in Horror History: Happy Birthday, Director Mike Flanagan!
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On this day in horror history, Doctor Sleep and The Haunting of Hill House director Mike Flanagan was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1978.
Best known around these parts for helming the killer Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, Flanagan is also the mastermind behind Netflix’s 10-part masterpiece adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House.
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But before that, Flanagan helmed the awesome no-budget fright flick Absentia before moving on to the malicious mirror movie Oculus with Karen Gillan, the superior sequel Ouija: Origin of Evil, the long-delayed Before I Wake, and the modern masterpiece of Hitchcockian tension, Hush starring his wife, Katie Siegel.
Up next for Flanagan is the second season of Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House dubbed The Haunting of Bly Manor, a mysterious new original Netflix horror series Midnight Mass, and an adaptation of author Christopher Pike’s The Midnight Club.
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The Haunting of Hill House is a modern reimagining of the Shirley Jackson novel follows siblings who, as children, grew up in what would go on to become the most famous haunted house in the country. Now adults, they are forced back together in the face of tragedy and must finally confront the ghosts of their past. Some of those ghosts still lurk in their minds, while others may actually be stalking the shadows of Hill House. The ensemble cast includes Oscar winner Timothy Hutton, Carla Gugino and Henry Thomas. Mike Flanagan created the series.
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The first season sports a 93% rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: The Haunting of Hill House is an effective ghost story whose steadily mounting anticipation is just as satisfying as its chilling payoff.
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