A biography for Mike Flanaganhasn’t been written yet.
“I associate a family as the safest place in the world. So when it comes to things that scare me, introducing instability and tension into where you're supposed to be the safest really strikes a chord with me.”
“I'm a big believer in building a crew. Movies are the most collaborative art form at the tend of the world, and it takes hundreds of people to make one. At the end of the day, I get the lion's share of praise or blame but everybody on the ground knows that it was all of us.”
“Horror movies feel like comedies when you're making them because everybody laughs so much.”
“One of the things about horror movies that I've noticed with the children I've worked with is that they have a great time.”
“Well, I'm always drawn to the drama first. A story is really only interesting to me, if you can remove all of the genre moments and remove the supernatural element, and it still works. Then, I'm interested.”
“Well, as a kid I did all the Bloody Mary games and using a mirror to scare yourself.”