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Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep officially rated R

August 22, 2019 by Liam Waddington

As a surprise to no-one, Doctor Sleep, the adaptation of Stephen King’s novel and sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, has been officially rated “R” for “disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity, and drug use,” confirms director Mike Flanagan. Shortly after the announcement of the official rating, Flanagan responded with a tweet […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King

Doctor Sleep director on recreating shots from The Shining

July 1, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Last month brought us the first trailer for Doctor Sleep, Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, with the trailer featuring a number of flashbacks and nods to the classic Stanley Kubrick film. During an interview with Digital Spy, director Mike Flanagan has revealed that all of the shots from The […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining

The Haunting of Hill House team reunite with Netflix for Midnight Mass

July 4, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy, the director and producer duo behind Netflix’s acclaimed The Haunting of Hill House, are set to reunite with the streamer on a new horror series entitled Midnight Mass. According to the site, the seven episode series “follows an isolated island community that experiences miraculous events — […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Midnight Mass, Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy

Netflix renews The Haunting of Hill House for second season, teaser released

February 22, 2019 by Ricky Church

The haunting will continue as Netflix has renewed the horror series The Haunting of Hill House for a second season. However, since it is an anthology it will feature a new cast of characters as well as a new location and, as TVLine has reported, go under the name The Haunting of Bly Manor. Netflix revealed the news […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Mike Flanagan, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Haunting of Hill House, Trevor Macy

The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep has wrapped filming

December 2, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Director Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, The Haunting of Hill House) has taken to Facebook to announced that Doctor Sleep – the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining – has now wrapped production ahead of its release in a little over a year from now. So that’s a wrap on Doctor Sleep! It’s […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, The Shining

Doctor Sleep will acknowledge Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining

October 13, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Given that it’s based upon a direct sequel to the book and features several returning characters, it probably won’t come as much of a surprise to hear that the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep will make reference to The Shining. However, in an interview with Bloody Disgusting, director Mike Flanagan has revealed that […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, The Shining

The Nastiest Movie Moments of 2017

December 2, 2017 by Ben Robins

Ben Robins on the nastiest movie moments of 2017… It’s been a banner year for fairly disgusting things on-screen. No real guesses as to why, but we’re not here to slave over the reasons. We’re here to simply recount, and to celebrate. From FrightFest-backed horrors, to gonzo arthouse dealings and even the occasional indie weepy, […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Ben Robins, Movies Tagged With: Barry Keoghan, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Carla Gugino, Darren Aronofsky, Garance Marillier, Gerald's Game, Greg McLean, James Gunn, Julia Ducournau, Killing Ground, Melonie Diaz, Mike Flanagan, mother!, Ramsay Bolton, Raw, S. Craig Zahler, The Belko Experiment, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, yorgos lanthimos

Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood set for Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game

October 17, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last month director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) revealed that his long-gestating Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game is moving forward at Netflix, and now we have details on the film’s cast. Deadline is reporting that Carla Gugino (Wayward Pines) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek) are set to star as Jessie and Gerald Burlingame, with […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Carla Gugino, Chiara Aurelia, Gerald's Game, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King

Stephen King says Gerald’s Game movie is “horrifying, hypnotic and terrific”

February 16, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Back in September of last year it was announced that Netflix had given the go ahead to an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1992 novel Gerald’s Game from director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil), and now King has revealed on Twitter that he’s seen a rough cut of the film, and “it’s gonna freak […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Gerald's Game, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King

Netflix and Mike Flanagan bringing The Haunting of Hill House to the small screen

April 12, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Streaming giants Netflix has tapped filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) to write, direct and produce a ten episode of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, Deadline is reporting. The project – titled Haunting – is being produced by Paramount TV and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and has received […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Haunting, Mike Flanagan, The Haunting of Hill House

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