Welcome to our newest series, Frights and Feelings, where empathy horror is dissected with the love and care that it rightfully deserves. Thus begins …continue reading Frights and Feelings: An Introduction
In the tradition of literary greats like Shirley Jackson, Mike Flanagan masterfully brings the haunting beauty of gothic horror to modern audiences. Gothic horror …continue reading Heir Apparent: Mike Flanagan and the Gothic
You, Me, Us: The hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking “The Haunting of Bly Manor” is more than a love story…and so much more than a ghost …continue reading Love and Possession in “The Haunting of Bly Manor”
Having just celebrated World Mental Health Day, Jamie explores “Hill House”‘s Eleanor Crain as a representation of psychological trauma and depression. With the recent …continue reading The Rest is Confetti: On Being Eleanor Crain
Make plans to take a trip to Bly Manor this October 9th because you are in for a perfectly splendid experience courtesy of Mike Flanagan.continue reading Netflix and Chills: The Haunting of Bly Manor
Fantasia Fest has been packed with lots of amazing content this year despite contending with a pandemic. One stand out event has been a discussion with filmmaker Mike Flanagan on adapting the likes of horror monoliths Stephen King and Shirley Jackson.continue reading Fantasia Fest 2020: Mike Flanagan on Literary Adaptation
Mike Flanagan’s mastery of the haunted child is best exemplified by The Haunting of Hill House and Before I Wake, which explore the aftermath of trauma and the dangers of silencing those in its wake.continue reading Little Voices: Childhood Trauma in the Flanaverse
Netflix has acquired the rights to lots of interesting, subversive, and entertaining genre fare, but so few titles have received a physical media release. …continue reading Seven Netflix Exclusives That Need Physical Releases
For Mike Flanagan’s birthday, we’re celebrating his first feature “Absentia”, an underrated masterpiece that laid the groundwork for his future work. I can remember …continue reading Mike Flanagan: Absentia and Beyond
“Oculus” is an ambitious, early film from budding horror legend Mike Flanagan and WWE Studios that swings for the fences and pulls no punches. …continue reading Tubi Tuesday: Oculus (2013)
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