Mike Flanagan has grow to be the most effective horror author/administrators of the final decade thanks, partly, to his multi-series cope with Netflix. The 5 exhibits he created for Netflix have allowed him to hone his type and craft in numerous methods, every telling distinctive and spooky tales that, above all, are human. Whereas he did additionally write and direct the horror film Gerald’s Recreation for Netflix, that won’t be included on this rating, as we’re specializing in his TV exhibits.
As a fan of his work, attempting to rank Mike Flanagan exhibits generally seems like attempting to choose a favourite baby. Whereas there are some that clearly stand out greater than others, they every have their deserves and are worthy watches throughout spooky season, or any time of 12 months. As a result of Flanagan has since parted method with Netflix, opting to signal an general cope with Amazon Studios for no matter his subsequent initiatives could also be, this checklist will probably be closing. That being mentioned, right here is our rating of Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror exhibits, from “worst” to greatest.
5. The Midnight Membership
The Midnight Membership was a valiant effort by Flanagan to take his signature horror model and make it extra interesting to a youthful viewers. Primarily based on varied younger grownup thriller novels by Christopher Pike, together with his novel of the identical identify, this collection follows a gaggle of youths with varied terminal diseases as they dwell out their closing days on the mysterious Brightcliffe hospice middle. They type the titular Midnight Membership as a technique to share scary tales and cope with the trauma of their impending deaths. It’s not a nasty collection by any means, however in comparison with Flanagan’s different exhibits, it doesn’t fairly hit the mark that we anticipate after watching Haunting of Hill Home or Midnight Mass.
4. The Fall of the Home of Usher
Deciding the place to put Flanagan’s most up-to-date collection on this checklist was arduous. The Fall of the Home of Usher is a compelling and haunting adaptation of assorted works by Edgar Allan Poe, however due to that it’s barely extra predictable. This present is so fantastically achieved, each stylistically and thru the forged’s performances that it feels virtually sacrilegious to rank it subsequent to final. Nonetheless, it’s arduous to beat the emotional energy of his first three exhibits, and The Fall of the Home of Usher doesn’t fairly attain that top bar, as arduous because it tries to. The place this present does excel, nevertheless, is in crafting a number of the most terrifying and ugly dying scenes we’ve seen from the filmmaker. They’re the type of moments that persist with you lengthy after the TV has been turned off, which is a testomony to Flanagan’s abilities as a horror grasp.
