It’s well known that Stephen King doesn’t like Stanley Kubrick’s movie adaptation of his novel The Shining. He doesn’t like it for all sorts of reasons, some of them a bit odd, such as claiming […]
DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) Directed by Mike Flanagan Talk about a tough act to follow. Though it’s maybe not my favourite, pound for pound, I reckon Stanley Kubrick’s take on The Shining is perhaps the single […]
Do you love Halloween, but are not the biggest horror fan? Do you want to get in the mood, but are too scared of being scared? Well… The Haunting of Hill House might be a […]
Well it feeds a bit too much off nostalgia for my liking with its repeating of much imagery from The Shining, but many seem to be excited by the new Doctor Sleep trailer that broke […]
This is great news for those who still like to properly own the TV and movies that they like. The much-acclaimed Netflix series The Haunting Of Hill House is getting a Blu-ray and DVD release. […]
Mike Flanagan is certainly a busy man these days, and he recently spoke to ‘Arrow In The Head’ about his next two projects for Netflix. First up for discussing was Midnight Mass which will follow: […]
Netflix and Mike Flanagan [who presumably doesn’t care if his stuff doesn’t get released on DVD/Blu-ray] certainly seem to be a team as, in addition to The Haunting Of Hill House‘s sequel The Haunting Of […]
The first full trailer for Doctor Sleep is here, and it seems that it’s not just going to be a sequel to the novel of The Shining like Stephen King’s book was, it’s also going […]
News has recently come through that, following the success of their TV series of The Haunting Of Hill House, Netflix has entered into a multi-year overall deal with writer/director Mike Flanagan and executive producer Trevor […]
It’s far more common for release dates to be moved back, not forward, and especially these days with Blu-ray and DVD releases since the mindbogglingly stupid decision to shut down two disc producing plants which […]
I’ve only just gotten around to begin watching Mike Flanagan’s TV series The Haunting of Hill House, and am suitably impressed after seeing the first two episodes. Our reviewer David S. Smith raved about it […]
At the bottom of this review, I’m going to call The Haunting of Hill House one of the best individual seasons of TV I’ve ever seen. If you want to avoid all spoilers, stop here, […]
The film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining sequel is moving ahead as Doctor Sleep secures a release date. Several websites have reported that Warner Bros has confirmed that the sequel is scheduled for release […]
Just after the release his very fine adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game, Mike Flanagan [Oculus, Hush, Before I Wake] was asked which King novel he’d love to adapt the most. His answer? Doctor Sleep, […]
GERALD’S GAME Directed by Mike Flanagan Sometimes you hear about a project and at first you’re not too fussed. Then you see who the director is, and it clicks: a perfect marriage between material and […]
The latest classic horror film to be turned into a TV series is the still frightening 1963 ghost story The Haunting – or to be more precise, Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House […]
OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL Directed by Mike Flanagan In our early teens, my buddies and I made Ouija boards out of paper and stayed up ‘til the early hours thinking we were nattering away to […]
I have to be honest and say I weren’t to enthralled with the original Ouija. I thought it was one of the weakest of horrors I have seen in a while, especially as it was […]
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