113 Quotes by Mike Flanagan

One of the things about horror movies that I've noticed with the children I've worked with is that they have a great time.

I started off making backyard movies. I think it began in fifth grade - I'd get the friends together and we'd make little home movies. I always wanted to make movies but I didn't know how. It was always something really fun to do.

When I got to high school, they had a morning TV show you could become a part of, and I started making short films for that, most little satirical, laugh-y films about the dean of students being chased by a dinosaur or something like that. And I really just enjoyed it.

I tend to over-prepare my shot lists.

I am always fascinated by the mental struggles that people and characters have.