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The Haunting of Bly Manor: Mike Flanagan Discusses Standout Eighth Episode

The following contains spoilers for The Haunting of Bly Manor. When developing Netflix’s 2018 horror hit The Haunting of Hill House, writer/director Mike Flanagan always intended to film an episode that flashed back to the history of the titular house and spent time with all the former inhabitants before the Crain family arrived. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out. “We didn’t get to do it,” Flanagan says. “We’d written it, we’d cast it, we’d scheduled it. It got excised before we could shoot it as we struggled to try to get the season done on time and on budget. That was…
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Mike Flanagan Netflix Series Midnight Mass Starts Production

Mike Flanagan, director of Doctor Sleep and creator of Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, has several spectral irons in the horror genre fire right now, notably the series, Midnight Mass. However, while COVID forced the collective industry to crawl at a snail’s pace (when not frozen altogether), it appears that production has commenced for the new series. Utilizing the tweeted image of a title-marked clapperboard, Flanagan announced today that Midnight Mass is officially on Day 1 of production. Netflix initially ordered a seven-episode inaugural season for the series back in July 2019. While Flanagan and company had been eyeing…
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