Midnight Mass is my favorite project of his. So beautiful.

Haunting of Hill House is one of my favorite shows ever, so brilliantly written! Flanagan is truly one of the better creative minds out there

I remember watching Chris’s reviews of Mike’s older projects, and now he’s interviewing him, crazy to see!

Chris has been getting a lot of crap lately, but he's making a movie with Mike Flanagan. That's more than I've ever done.

Flanagan seems like a very chill dude, always great to see when talented people are good people

What a fantastic voice Chris Stuckmann has. A perfect presence and clarity for podcasting. Also... hearing these two passionate gentlemen talking about films and hearing about master Flanagan's origins is inspiring!

Man Chris has come such a long way, awesome to see!

🔥🔥🔥 Very cool!

Flanagan is for sure my favorite horror director. Specially recently.

Flanagan has done some really solid work when it comes to horror/suspense. I thought 'Doctor Sleep' was done about as well as anyone could have possibly hoped for considering how fiercely loyal some fans of 'The Shining' are and the fact that it's a modern sequel to a 40 year old movie. Loved Rebecca Ferguson in that, too. And I also really enjoyed 'Hush'. I thought it had a unique take on the whole home invasion genre. And then there are works like 'Oculus', 'The Haunting of Hill House', etc. It feels like he has been around FOREVER and has his fingerprints on everything that has horror elements to it. And to top it all off he also sounds like a legitimately good guy. I wasn't too excited about anything after 'Exorcist: Believer', but now that it sounds like Flanagan will be helming that project...I'm sold.

My wife is a photographer and incidentally ive picked up on it because of her. Every single shoot, we learn something new. It could be, things we want to add to a contract to protect ourselves. It could be a cool new pose that flatters different body types. It could be marketing ideas. Theres so much involved with creating your own creative product, u can never know enough.

Can’t believe I transferred out of Towson University I would’ve been TU class of 2024 and got to be there for his commencement speech

What a fantastic, inspiring, and insightful discussion. As an independent filmmaker I’m regenerated and I’m picking up the camera tomorrow to shoot. Thank you Chris! And Mike Flanagan…you’ve made me see the light again.

Mike Flanagan is a great example of someone who knows what it’s like trying to get started in this industry and is happy to help someone else achieve their dream. My favorite person working in horror by far.

Midnight Mass is the best storytelling. Watching it, it felt like someone explaining my religious trauma better than I ever could, minus the vampires. Lol

This was great! I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Flanagan at a horror movie convention a year ago, and had a really nice conversation with him. Anything he works on, I’ll be first in line for. Congrats Chris!

All my homies roll with Mike Flanagan! Been a huge fan for YEARS!

This is insane, I was just reading Mike’s wiki page and saw he was attached to your film and I ran to your page to see if you mentioned. Wow, Chris. I’m so happy that everyone is seeing your worth, man.

Wow, Chris! 🙏 Mike, thank you so much for being such a wonderful person, each of your projects has a special place in my heart ❤️‍🔥 Can’t wait to see what you guys have been working on together!

Fantastic get. Flanagan consistently nails his projects, original and adapted. I about cried when I heard he was gunning for the dark tower series. Read the 7 books 18 years ago, and then the graphic novels shortly afterwards. I’ve had visions of what I’d like to see, and Mike Flanagan has the closest tone to what I’ve wanted. Exciting

I have never been this happy for someone I don’t know 😭 and listening the two of you talk about movies feels like a dream

Man, this fired me up. Mike is the man! Thanks for sharing Chris, you continue to inspire me.

couldn’t help clicking on it seeing mike flanagan. i am a huge fan of his work.

Great episode, love Mike Flanagan's work! I'm so glad you got to work with him!

This was very needed. I really appreciate Mike for being so real, but also so generous. Congrats Chris, very glad you’re making your way through that wall. It’s inspiring.

I’m a fan of Flanagan so it’s really cool to see you interact with him like this

Can’t wait for Flanagan to finish The Dark Tower 🔥🔥🔥

*Imma need Mike to drop everything he’s holding* - even if it’s his newborn baby - and get to work on that “Dark Tower” series.

Very interesting to hear the similarities between Mike's description of his early love of movies and Chris's own stories of how he got started.

Mike is a real/genuine dude, which is rare. Good talk.

I love this interview. Thank you for this, Chris.

As informative as this conversation was, what I really love about it is that I feel like I’m just listening in on a conversation between two friends.

Great interview! Thanks for giving us such a great gift.

Amazing Chris . Been a fan of you since I can remember. Congrats on him producing your film.

Very proud of you Chris! So excited for your film with Mike as a producer!!!

Great interview! Mike seems like a good guy and you can really tell that he and Chris are cut from the same cloth.

I cannot believe this is a thing. So awesome Chris!

What an amazing conversation! Chris, you are an inspiration for all of us indie horror filmmakers. Can’t wait to see Shelby Oaks!

Wow my two favorites in one interview, amazing

This was a great episode. Very casual, just like two friends having a chat about something they love. Mike is great, and had some cool things to say. I loved Midnight Mass, but nothing trumps The Haunting of Hill House, that mini-series is his swan song in my opinion. Nice to hear he’s a good dude, too.

I am loving all of this. Can’t wait for the film!

It’s a breath of fresh air watching Chris be so passionate and succeed. Keep up the great work! 🩷

Mike Flanagan is a great director. Who else could pull off a sequel to The Shining? I don't think he's ever made a "bad" film/series. He's really funny too on his Letterboxd account, I followed him immediately once he joined. Still excited to see Shelby Oaks!

*love* Oculus - watched it recently and it's such a fun little inventive movie. Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep were great too! Keep doing King stories, mr. Flanagan!

Doctor sleep is one of my all time favorite movies. This is so awesome and exciting for you Chris!

Honestly, you are right Chris I am so inspired. I love shooting. I love editing all my own stuff this podcast right here. This interview just hit me deeply appreciate that.

Can’t wait to see Chris’ movie debut 🔝🔝🔝

Mike is one of my all time favorites…Hill House & Midnight Mass where B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T, and his actors are always incredible. Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻 PS: still praying for a Midnight Club season 2…

This was profoundly inspiring, not just for aspiring filmakers but any artist working towards their dream

Flanagan is at the top of his game right now! Pretty much all of his recent projects have been home runs. I'm really excited about 'Shelby Oaks', keep living the dream Chris... 😉💯

Flanagan seems like a genuinely cool dude and he's really inspiring. Love this series and hearing them talk makes me want to rewatch Midnight Mass immediately.

Great interview. Good luck with Oaks

I'm Liking And Commenting Again so that you may beat the algorithm. Mike Flanagan is such a humble person. I'm also a big horror fan

Great interview! Cant wait to see the film!

I had no idea he started his career in Maryland!! I've been taking film classes not too far from Towson and I've been to The Charles many times, that's so cool he premiered his first movie there

This is a fantastic interview.

Good conversation!

Chris, this is INCREDIBLE!

Flanagan is one of the most exciting people to be working with, well done, can't wait for what you two come up with!!!

Thank You for this ❤

This was truly inspiring, couldn’t have came at a better time either. Working on a project and had this conversation about making it different from anything out there. This just reaffirmed that fire of change 🔥 🎥

This was a really interesting conversation, thanks.

The Fall of The House of Usher and Doctor Sleep will always be huge inspirations for me

Midnight mass one of the best of the last decade

Chris: what’s next. What excites you most? Mike: teaching If I couldn’t love M.F. more 💜

Awesome interview

Occulus was slept on imo. That movie scared the hell out of me & had me squirming at times & Im pretty immune to most horror!

Great interview.

If you haven't seen Mike Flanagan's first film absentia please check it out. It came out in 2011 and its highly underrated

Love to see this❤

So inspiring.

Omg how awesome!!!

This is so great! Next stop is M Night. Hopefully.

Damn, I really enjoyed Absentia. Thank you both for your work.

Chris review Absentia for all us Flanagan fans I remember watching that in 2013 it was so good I told everyone about it yet people hated it idk why

THIS IS awesome!!!!!!

Amazing.

I'm studying film right now and it's my dream to make it into the industry so that i can make the films I've been dreaming of for years but im just so worried I'll never make it. So it really helps being able to listen to convosations like these.

Epic!

I want Mike to direct a new Nightmare on Elm Street film if we ever get one again.

If Marvel don’t want to hire Flanagan. He should do a Constantine movie for the DCU.

Awesome duo. Now you guys can make Auditorium 7 together.

Go Chris!!

Interview with the freakin' king 🙏❤

Nice Chris!

Are these ever gonna be available in video format?

His last two shows have been hit or miss

Doctor Sleep doesn’t get the recognition it should. Hope they green light a sequel

Chris really got the goat on

What a coincidence they just announced Mike Flanagan is in talks to direct the new Exorcist film.

Ask him about The Dark Tower, Chris! Say thankee!

I still want to hear your ACTUAL opinion on Madam Web.

Great interview! My one “criticism” (pun intended), was I felt Flanagan was overly harsh and critical of those who criticize a film, and their motives for doing so. To assume it’s just for an endorphin rush of feeling superior seems extremely dismissive. I also wish Chris had followed up the line of questioning with whether Flanagan respects film criticism. It was clear however from that opinion why Chris stopped filming negative reviews.

> irregardless Noooo Chris 😫

proud to say i donated :)

When will you review Conon O' Brien Must Go ?

5:58 Tim Allen cameo

👍👍👍🎥

I think film criticism as a filmmaker is probably a personality and ethics-based thing, rather than some of the stuff Mike addressed. Quinten Tarantino critiqued natural-born killers, especially the casting of Woody Harrelson. He obviously offended the director and that probably resulted in vitriol. You could be in a profession where making something is hard but it doesn't mean you still can't judge the end result of that difficult process. Products have many moving pieces so the failure could be because of other factors, bad marketing, budget cuts cuz a major star pulled out of the project, the producers having the final say on the script or selecting the worst version? If a competent plumber sees shoddy work, even if it's hard, he will still call it out.

NO WAY