Mike Flanagan

Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 8:15 a.m.

b'Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House) joins us this week and talks about his successful tenure as a horror film director and how he\\u2019s able to still scare people despite being personally desensitized to horror. Mike talks about the inside and outside pressures working off of Kubrick\\u2019s classic \\u2018The Shining\\u2019 while also getting Stephen King\\u2019s blessing to continue his story the way he wanted to in \\u2018Doctor Sleep.\\u2019 We go deep into our opinions on the horror genre as a whole, how Mike is starting to shift the balance between career and family, and how he was able to morph into a gripping horror film director after growing up afraid of everything.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'