Uncle Jack on Nostr: This is Mike Flanagan talking to THR about how he went from being scared of 'scary ...

This is Mike Flanagan talking to THR about how he went from being scared of 'scary movies' to making them.

"When 'IT' came out on ABC, all my friends had a slumber party to watch it — My God, I was traumatized. But I found that if I could will myself to make it through a scary scene without covering my eyes, I was getting braver in controlled increments. That exercise afforded me something I could carry into my life — when I was scared of public speaking or talking to a girl. By college, I’d become difficult to scare. And by the time I wanted to make horror movies, it all started to look like the ones and zeros in The Matrix. I’m so ensconced in the mechanics of the genre, it is very rare that a movie affects me."

I think this is really interesting because as I get older, I'm seeing 'scary movies' the same way. Where someone sees a head explode and goes, 'EWWW' I go, 'WOW! Great effect.' 😅

#HorrorFam #FilmMastodon #Cinemastodon #Movies #Horror #MikeFlanagan #ScarySeason