MIKE FLANAGAN
Every film that I have watched that he has directed, I have loved. There is nothing I do not adore about his work. I have watched Gerald's game, Oculus, Ouija,Hush, Before I wake, I know what you did last summer and his very famous Netflix series 'the hauntings of hill house'. These are all movies and shows I suggest you to watch, especially if you love thriller as much as I do. His work is art. The way he shoots all his movies is brilliant, my favourite work of his has to be Oculus, Gerald's game and the haunting of hill house.
The haunting of hill house on Netflix is a game changer for horror tv shows, Stephan King called it "nearly perfect" and "close to a work of genius". His style of filming scenes is incredible. It makes me feel as if I am a part of the story, like somewhere there watching it all go down.
In the' Gerald's game', the way he tricks the audience into believing her hallucinations and flashbacks as if they were really happening created an adventure in the film itself.
Oculus with its back and forth flashbacks, what is real and what is influenced by the spirit made the film interesting. To shoot such different aspects of the film and yet not confuse the audience is something he achieved. My favourite scene was when she grabbed the apple and bit into it, only to hear a crackling sound and see blood oozing out of her mouth because she had bitten into a lightbulb instead. It shocked my friends and I to a point of silence but then she realised it was only an apple and the spirit was playing games with her.
In all his movies I feel there is a sense of symbolism. The endings of all his movies connect to something that was introduced at the start. His movies will always find a way to astonish you in the most unpredictable way with not only his style of shooting but amazing story lines.
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