Tag: Gerald’s Game

  • Stephen King’s Favorite Movies: 25 Films the Author Wants You to See

    Stephen King’s Favorite Movies: 25 Films the Author Wants You to See

    Stephen King is a tastemaker of terror. Ever since breaking out with “Carrie” — the sordid tale of a telekinetic teenager adapted into Brian De Palma’s 1976 classic starring Sissy Spacek — the horror author has had a hand in shaping our nightmares.With dozens of novels, novellas, and short stories to his name, the 75-year-old…

  • Mike Flanagan Heads To The World Of Edgar Allan Poe With The Fall Of The House Of Usher Trailer

    Mike Flanagan Heads To The World Of Edgar Allan Poe With The Fall Of The House Of Usher Trailer

    “What if ‘Succession‘ but Edgar Allan Poe?” is a pretty damn fine pitch for a horror series if you ask me, especially when it’s coming from Mike Flanagan. The modern horror maestro has been a practical machine for Netflix these last several years, churning out hit after hit like “Gerald’s Game,” “The Haunting of Hill…

  • This Stephen King Movie Shows He’s at His Best With Real-Life Horror

    This Stephen King Movie Shows He’s at His Best With Real-Life Horror

    In 2017, Mike Flanagan proved he could accomplish the impossible: Adapting Stephen King’s horrific novel Gerald’s Game into a film. Stephen King, one of the most recognizable horror authors ever, is no stranger to using the supernatural to scare his audience. From the frightening vampires in Salem‘s Lot to the ghosts of The Shining, he…

  • ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Sets Release Date, Gets New Images

    ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Sets Release Date, Gets New Images

    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…

  • Stephen King’s Favorite Adaptations of His Works Aren’t Horror Movies

    Stephen King’s Favorite Adaptations of His Works Aren’t Horror Movies

    Having written over 70 books and hundreds of short stories, Stephen King has provided the source material for dozens of movies over the past five decades. From classics like The Shining, Carrie, and Misery, to contemporary hits like It and Gerald’s Game, and a few infamous entries like Maximum Overdrive and The Lawnmower Man, King’s…

  • What We Can Expect If The Midnight Club Gets A Season 2

    What We Can Expect If The Midnight Club Gets A Season 2

    Mike Flanagan is known for his heady, deeply emotional ventures into horror, with projects like “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass,” “Doctor Sleep,” and “Gerald’s Game” all generating massive fan bases and solidifying Flanagan as a modern horror master. His latest venture takes him out of his usual realm…

  • 1922 Wasn’t A Story Stephen King Expected To See On Film

    1922 Wasn’t A Story Stephen King Expected To See On Film

    2017 was home to four Stephen King adaptations: “It,” “Gerald’s Game,” “The Dark Tower,” (I didn’t say they were all good adaptations), and the most slept on, “1922.” Released without much advance publicity on Netflix ahead of Halloween, the movie had the least source material to draw from. Instead of a tome like “It” or…

  • The Fall Of The House Of Usher Adds Willa Fitzgerald To The Cast

    The Fall Of The House Of Usher Adds Willa Fitzgerald To The Cast

    Mike Flanagan’s latest creepy Netflix project is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” his third “scary houses” series following “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.” Flanagan has teased that “Usher” is going to be tonally different from his previous efforts. During a recent appearance on the wonderful, most perfect podcast…

  • ‘Haunting Of Bly Manor’: Mike Flanagan Returns To Ruin Your Sleep In Creepy ‘Hill House’ Followup [Review]

    ‘Haunting Of Bly Manor’: Mike Flanagan Returns To Ruin Your Sleep In Creepy ‘Hill House’ Followup [Review]

    Mike Flanagan is back to ruin your sleep this October. The director of Netflix hits like “Gerald’s Game” and “The Haunting of Hill House” has returned with his most ambitious piece to date, a textured mini-series that weaves multiple stories by Henry James into a tale of possession and how people can have a hold…

  • ‘The Haunting Of Bly Manor’ Trailer: Mike Flanagan Delivers A New Ghost Story For Netflix

    ‘The Haunting Of Bly Manor’ Trailer: Mike Flanagan Delivers A New Ghost Story For Netflix

    Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has come a long way. in his uber-prolific-ness Starting in indie horror, “Absentia” (2011), “Oculus” (2013), “Hush,” “Before I Wake,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil” (all 2016), the majors soon took notice. Netflix gave him “Gerald’s Game” (2017), and Warner Bros gave him the keys to their ‘Shining’ sequel “Doctor Sleep” (2019).Continue reading…