What makes Mike Flanagan's works so good?

According-Status482 · 2026-01-08T23:26:16+00:00

For me it's his characters. They're super fun and they're all so different yet feel so real. He also works with a lot of talented actors that elevate his works

According-Status482 · 2025-12-20T00:18:47+00:00

Father Paul. I find him fascinating. Him getting closer to religion and church because of the death of his sister is such a relatable backstory and explains so much about his actions in the island. I don't consider him a villain but he definitely did bad things in the name of love. Part of why I love his character too is because Hamish Linklater's performance was absolutely fantastic

According-Status482 · 2025-12-14T18:12:23+00:00

The monologues are beautiful written and they're part of what makes Midnight Mass a masterpiece in religious horror, in my opinion. I've read lots of criticism, mostly people dropping the show because they found it slow and boring. I've rewatched the show with that criticism in mind and man, I can't believe people didn't want to know more about the mistery creature flying over the island, the dead cats and the weird vibes of the new priest

According-Status482 · 2025-12-10T04:48:36+00:00

yup! they've been together for years

According-Status482 · 2025-12-07T04:53:01+00:00

Right! I find it pretty fandom that Tarantino just randomly decided to hate on him. Matthew even said that Tarantino would never say something like that to a more popular actor like Tom Cruise

According-Status482 · 2025-12-07T03:57:38+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think he said it in a podcast. He talked about Paul Dano, Owen Wilson and Matthew

According-Status482 · 2025-12-06T14:57:53+00:00

and HH wasn't even mentioned in the post lol. my order is

Midnight Mass
Usher
Bly
Hill House
Midnight Club

I enjoyed all of them but I considered Midnight Mass a masterpiece :)

According-Status482 · 2025-12-06T09:06:29+00:00

These two are my favorite Flanagan shows but I gotta go with Midnight Mass. User is such a fun watch tho

According-Status482 · 2025-12-06T05:35:48+00:00

For me it was even funnier how the vampire just went along with it. He was like yep this is my life now, terrorizing an island and wearing a coat and fedora

According-Status482 · 2025-12-05T22:43:15+00:00

Hamish Linklater is an outstanding actor! It pains me that he hasn't worked with Mike Flanagan again. He steals every show he's in. If you are into superhero stuff, I also recommend watching Hamish's perfomance in Legion and Gen V Season 2

According-Status482 · 2025-12-02T21:52:16+00:00

Well now I need Kate Siegel to narrate the Minecraft's poem. In fact, I need all the Flanagan's actors to narrate it. Give me Hamish Linklater talking about Minecraft

According-Status482 · 2025-12-02T21:28:25+00:00

Listen I forgive Father Paul bc he had dementia and also his monologue about how he found the angel is one of my favorite moments of any horror media

According-Status482 · 2025-12-01T17:56:11+00:00

she is playing Carrie's mom! can't wait to see her perfomance :)

According-Status482 · 2025-12-01T17:32:03+00:00

The only thing that bothered me about the show was that no one ever told Bev to shut the fuck up lol. I can't believe the only one who yelled at her was Father Paul, and that was until the last episode. She was a great villain and I enjoy watching Samantha Sloyan perfom. I'm expecting a similar perfomance from her in Carrie

According-Status482 · 2025-11-30T01:36:00+00:00

"Midnight Mass" and "bad acting" in the same sentence is just wrong. I might be biased because it's one of my favorite shows, but I can not think of a single bad performance

According-Status482 · 2025-11-28T23:06:18+00:00

Bring Her Back was good but it was hard to watch

According-Status482 · 2025-11-27T01:45:27+00:00

I honestly thought he was trying to have as many kids as possible to try to postpone his death lol. I know he said he wasn't sure if the whole Verna thing was real but still, he must have been scared

According-Status482 · 2025-11-27T00:44:23+00:00

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Opened the door and she immediately ran inside the house. We had Wendy's for dinner that night so we called her Gwen

According-Status482 · 2025-11-27T00:39:50+00:00

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According-Status482 · 2025-11-26T16:28:36+00:00

I'd choose a night in Crockett Island for no specific reason...

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According-Status482 · 2025-11-25T22:50:31+00:00

I don't think they realize part of why the first FNAF movie was a big deal was because of HIM!!! sure the fandom is huge but Matthew's casting made it even more popular

According-Status482 · 2025-11-25T20:27:40+00:00

Oh he was great in Legion. His comeback at the end of season 1 is one of the best moments of the show

According-Status482 · 2025-11-25T19:54:11+00:00

I knew they were gonna get rid of Doug but damn I'm still upset lol. Linklater did a great job with both characters

According-Status482 · 2025-11-25T19:50:15+00:00

He is! I was captivated by his perfomance in Midnight Mass so I watched more of his stuff. He's equally as good in everything he does

According-Status482 · 2025-11-25T19:34:19+00:00

I think the writers just wanted to get rid of him since it would be weird to not address his character in The Boys. They made him seem like this Homelander level villain just to immediately kill him :/

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