• Conyak@lemmy.tf
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    1 year ago

    Mike Flanagan is a solid director. I have enjoyed most of the movies and shows he has made so I will definitely be checking this out. It is also a bonus that Carla Gugino, Kate Siegel, and Henry Thomas continue to work with him and will be staring in it.

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      1 year ago

      Agreed! I really enjoyed Oculus, and I’m especially impressed with how well Flanagan has handled adaptations of Stephen King novels (Gerald’s Game and Dr. Sleep).

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        1 year ago

        I think Oculus was the first of his movies I watched and thought it was great. At the time I didn’t know him and didn’t realize/remember until years later that he did it as well.

    • PelagiusSeptim@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Mike flanagan always does great work, but you should temper your expectations for how much of an “adaptation” this will be. Elements of the story will be present for sure but flanagan tends to take a pretty transformative approach to the works he adapts for his shows. Haunting of Hill House is thematically similar in some ways to the novel it’s based on, but shares few narrative similarities.

      • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        To be fair fall of the house of usher is a very short and atmospheric story. A movie adaptation would need transformation. I only hope that he is able to capture its miasma.