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Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast

Scott and Matt take a journey through the works of Mike Flanagan, analyzing and discussing his film and TV and the sources they"re adapted from.

tv & film film reviews

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02:08:18

22: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - Episode 6: "Two Storms"

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/06/12

This week on the show, Mike Flanagan decides to challenge himself with episode 6 of Hill House: "Two Storms." It's a series of 4 long-takes that make our jaws drop. Oh also, the writing is pretty good too. Discussion Question: What is your favorite oner? Next week: Episode 7: "Eulogy" This show will be posting our podcast to YouTube in video format, so subscribe if you want to see our beautiful faces: https://www.youtube.com/@DoofMedia Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/244c4ejm Get

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02:24:40

21: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - Episode 5: "The...

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/06/05

This week on the show, we reach the halfway point of Mike Flanagan's Hill House as well as the last Crain child. This is Nellie's episode and we learn all about her struggles with sleep paralysis and the ever-present bent-neck lady, her tragic loss, and the events that led to her suicide. This is a sad one, folks. It's also absolutely brilliant. Discussion Question: How do you deal with not being listened to? Next week: Episode 6: "Two Storms" This show will be posting our podcast to YouTube in

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02:19:47

20: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - Episode 4: "The Twin...

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/05/29

This week we chat about episode 4 of Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House: "The Twin Thing." This episode focuses on Luke Crain, who leaves rehab to chase a friend and finds himself chased by a bowler-hatted ghost. Discussion Question: What is your favorite awkward dinner conversation? Next week: Episode 5: "The Bent-Neck Lady" This show will be posting our podcast to YouTube in video format, so subscribe if you want to see our beautiful faces: https://www.youtube.com/@DoofMedia Check out

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02:05:36

19: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - Episode 3: "Touch"

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/05/22

This week our journey through Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House continues with episode 3 of the series: "Touch." We zoom in on Theo as both child and adult struggles with her sensitive gift. We chat about Theo's role as the middle child of the family, her relationship with Olivia and Luke, and how the show continues to advance all plot lines while focusing in on one character at a time. Discussion Question: What is your favorite Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) depiction? Next week: Episode

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02:10:15

18: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - Episode 2: "Open...

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/05/15

This week we continue our journey through Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House. Today is the 2nd episode of the show: "Open Casket." This one focuses in on the eldest girl of the Crain family who deals with death by trying to "fix" it. We chat about Shirley's fixation with fixing things by covering over the bad, how we feel about embalming and open caskets, and Flanagan's brilliant transitions and structural touches. Discussion Question: How do you feel about the embalming process and open

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02:00:37

17: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - Episode 1: "Steven...

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/05/08

This week, our coverage of Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House begins as we cover episode 1: "Steven Sees a Ghost." It's a delightful first entry into this 10 part series that manages to do all the things a pilot must while being engaging, thought-provoking, and scary. These 10 weeks are gonna be wonderful! Discussion Question: What is your favorite pair of child actor and adult actor playing the same character? Next week: Episode 2: "Open Casket" This show will be posting our podcast to

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01:53:45

16: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Overview)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/05/01

This week, after completing Shirley Jackson's novel, we take one final look at Hill House from atop the hills. We investigate our final conclusions on this fascinating book and what things might look like from other characters' perspectives. Next week, we begin our 10-week coverage of Mike Flanagan's adaptation with Episode 1: "Steven Sees a Ghost" Discussion Question: Which character from Shirley Jackson's novel is your favorite? This show will be posting our podcast to YouTube in video format, so

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02:01:26

15: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Part 3)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/04/24

This week we reach the end of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House as we cover chapters 7-9 of the novel. Things ramp up considerably as the line between what is real and what isn't all but disappears (along with our understanding of the book. We still loved it, though! Next week we wrap up our Hill House coverage with our overview episode! Discussion Question: Is Hill House actually haunted? This show will be posting our podcast to YouTube in video format, so subscribe if you want to see

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02:22:33

14: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Part 2)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/04/17

This week our coverage of Shirley Jackson's Hill House continues with chapters 4-6! We discuss the increasing insanity of Hill House and its characters and how difficult it becomes to track what we can and can't believe. Next week Hill House concludes with chapters 7-9! Discussion Question: What is in your opinion, the best depiction of insanity? This show will be posting our podcast to YouTube in video format, so subscribe if you want to see our beautiful faces: https://www.youtube.com/@DoofMedia

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02:16:35

13: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Part 1)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/04/10

This week we begin our segment on The Haunting of Hill House by checking out Shirley Jackson's novel. Over the next 4 weeks, we'll read and chat about the book before heading into Flanagan's 10-episode adaptation. This week, we read chapters 1-3 of Hill House. We talk about the book's impact on horror, Shirley Jackson's incredibly evocative language, and the uncertainty that we feel about the house and the characters staying in it. Next week Hill House concludes with chapters 4-6! Discussion

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02:30:31

12: GERALD'S GAME

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/04/03

This week, after a month and a half chatting about King's novel it's finally time to discuss Flanagan's adaptation of Gerald's Game. We chat about the challenges to adapt the novel, Flanagan's choices, and the incredible work of all the performers. Next week, we begin our coverage of The Haunting of Hill House and chat about the first three chapters of Shirley Jackson's novel. This show will be posting our podcast to YouTube in video format so subscribe if you want to see our beautiful faces:

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02:38:31

11: GERALD'S GAME (Overview) w/ Kim C.

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/03/27

This week on the show, we take one final look at Stephen King's Gerald's Game. We are joined by Kim C. of the Year of Underrated Stephen King podcast to talk all about this book and the complicated feelings it made us feel. We chat about Kim's first time through the novel, offer some perspective on why King thought he could tell this story and briefly touch on the difficulties of adapting it. Then we answer a handful of questions that you sent our way! Next week we are back with Mike as we take a

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02:05:13

10: GERALD'S GAME (Part 5)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/03/20

This week, we reach the end of Gerald's Game as we chat about chapters 34 through the end. Jessie confronts the moonlight man, writes a letter to an old friend, and gets a decent night's sleep for the first time in a long time. We talk about how Jessie's escape from the cuffs and the moonlight man is only the beginning of her tribulations, the introduction of the "only good man" Brandon, and the ultimate conceit of the novel. Next week we spend one final episode on the Gerald's Game novel on our

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01:57:57

9: GERALD'S GAME (Part 4)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/03/13

This week our discussion of Gerald's Game continues with chapters 25-33! Jessie is able to, thanks to one part of her memory of Dark Score Lake, devise a plan to escape from the cuffs. You really gotta give her a hand for her inventiveness. We talk about how King uses the events of the Eclipse to fulfill both thematic and narrative purpose (and if it works), the mystery of the Space Cowboy, and King's grusome description of the "degloving" itself. Next week Gerald's Game concludes with chapters 34

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02:12:55

8: GERALD'S GAME (Part 3)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/03/06

This week our discussion of Gerald's Game continues with chapters 14-24. Jessie's struggles continue as she finally confronts the events on Dark Score Lake in 1963. We talk about King's choice to "go there" and not hold back, how the text communicates Tom's intentions despite Jessie's ignorance, and our absolute disgust with everything. Look, folks, this is a tough one. It's probably some of the most disturbing and disgusting things we've covered on this show. Hopefully, we covered it with the care

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02:03:21

7: GERALD'S GAME (Part 2)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/02/27

This week our coverage of Gerald's Game continues with chapters 9-13 of the novel. Jessie begins to slowly remember more and more of her past as she struggles to get a glass of water. We chat about King's carefully laid structural elements, how Jessie's realizations recontextualize old moments, and the wonderfully tense water scene that Matt argues accomplished nothing Next week Gerald's Game continues with chapters 14-24. Discussion Question: What is the best/scariest sudden introduction of a

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02:06:09

6: GERALD'S GAME (Part 1)

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/02/20

This week Matt and Scott begin their time with Stephen King's Gerald's Game as they read the novel in preparation to discuss Mike Flanagan's adaptation. This week, the first 8 chapters! We chat about Stephen King's experimentation in both style and form, the challenge of adapting this book, and the wonderfully complex Jessie Burlingame. Next week Gerald's Game continues with chapters 9-13 of the novel. Discussion Question: What is your favorite character trapped in a bad situation story? This show

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01:58:38

5: OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/02/13

This week Matt and Scott grab their planchette and commune with the spirits of Ouija: Origin of Evil, Mike Flanagan's 2016 prequel to a very successful and very bad film. We chat about Flanagan's remarkable job at taking a silly concept and making a great film out of it, his commitment to making a period film, and his powerful writing. Next week we're switching gears and setting our sights on Stephen King as we read the first 8 chapters of King's Gerald's Game in preparation to visit Flanagan's

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01:57:08

4: BEFORE I WAKE

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/02/06

This week we take a look at the third film in Flanagan's "Latin Titles Trilogy" Before I Wake (originally titled Somnia). A film about the dreams of a child and our dreams for our children. We chat about the incredible acting, the emotionally moving film and why the ending didn't quite work for us. Next week take a look at Flanagan's final 2016 film: the prequel/sequel Ouija: Origin of Evil Discussion Question: What is your favorite use of dreams in storytelling? This show will be posting our

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01:54:39

3: HUSH

Flanagan"s Wake | A Mike Flanagan Podcast ·

2025/01/30

This week we take a look at Mike Flanagan's Hush, a 2016 film co-written and starring Kate Siegel. The film asks an important question: if a killer tries to murder a deaf mute woman in the woods, does he make a sound? We chat about the film's simple premise, but great execution absolutely stuffed with great setups and payoffs, the great theming, and John Gallagher Jr.'s creepy but stupid killer. Next week we have some bad dreams as we chat about Flanagan's Before I Wake! Discussion Question: What

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