Where To Stream Every Mike Flanagan Film
Mike Flanagan is a wildly popular filmmaker, which is why his fans were alarmed when his film Hush disappeared from Netflix last year. While there is no shortage of his work on the streamer, it would take roughly 44 hours to watch all five of his Netflix Original series. Yet, the people were livid when his third non-student feature film disappeared. So, when he took to the Twitter streets last week to update the masses that Shout! Studios would make it available digitally on August 27, the internet lost its collective mind. We figured there is no better way to celebrate this good news than by pointing out that Flanagan’s other horror films are currently streaming. Now you can marathon these six bad boys to help tide you over until you can watch Hush again.
Absentia (2011)
Where You Can Watch: AMC+, Prime Video, The Roku Channel, and Tubi
Two sisters discover that a series of disappearances are linked to a mysterious tunnel. This indie horror movie put Mike Flanagan on many people’s radars. I also think it is cool that Absentia’s budget was partially crowdfunded. It always restores a little of my hope in humanity to know that people saw something wicked coming and opened their wallets.
Before I Wake (2016)
Where You Can Watch: Netflix
A couple soon discovers that their adopted son’s dreams and nightmares become reality as he sleeps. Kids are creepy enough without their imaginations causing chaos. What gets me excited about this title is the cast list. While there are a lot of familiar faces here, I am always the happiest to see Jacob Tremblay (Room, Doctor Sleep) and Dash Mihok (Romeo + Juliet, The Day After Tomorrow).
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Where You Can Watch: VOD
An adult Dan Torrance tries to protect a young girl who has similar powers from a kid-killing cult. Mike Flanagan had the difficult task of working with three different forms of source material for this movie. It is no secret that The Shining (1980) was drastically different from Stephen King’s novel that it was supposedly adapting. Trying to make a sequel that served both would be tough enough. Attempting to also stay true to Doctor Sleep, a novel written almost 40 years after King penned The Shining, sounds like a recipe for a headache. However, the gamble paid off, as Flanagan has worked steadily since the film premiered.
Gerald’s Game (2017)
Where You Can Watch: Netflix
A man dies, leaving his wife handcuffed to a bed in a remote cabin. I love that Flanagan’s first Stephen King adaptation was the book that I couldn’t put down in my first year of college. I watched this movie for the first time last year, and it made me wish I still had that old tattered copy I found in a Kansas City thrift store. The wave of nostalgia this movie gave me was wild, and I am so sad that it is one of the few books I sold from my collection.
Oculus (2013)
Where You Can Watch: Plex
A man recently released from a mental asylum learns that he took the fall for murders committed by a supernatural entity. I love Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica), so I’m still upset I missed this press tour because I was in school. No amount of education will erase the sting of seeing these two talk horror and creepy mirrors. I want a redo.
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Where You Can Watch: Netflix
A single mother and her daughters are running a seance scam in 1967 in Los Angeles. However, the new stunt they are adding opens a gateway allowing evil into their home. If it is not Jumanji (1995), then my instinct is to roll my eyes at movies about board games. However, Lin Shaye is in this series, so many of us have made it our business to show up. Luckily for everyone, Mike Flanagan won over more fans and critics with this prequel.
I have to point out that these are just the horror films he has written and directed after graduating. Those student films are locked away somewhere and probably worth a pretty penny by now. More importantly, he has five horror shows readily available on Netflix. So, there are plenty of ways to get your Flanagan Fix this cruel summer.
Mike Flanagan’s next film, an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Life of Chuck, is scheduled to premiere at TIFF this September.
What is your favorite Mike Flanagan movie? Let me know at @misssharai. I don’t have plans (yet) for the information, but I am nosy.
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