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The Stephen King Adaptation That Kickstarted Mike Flanagan's Horror Career
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
Mike Flanagan began his filmmaking career in 2011 with "Absentia" and got mainstream attention with 2013’s “Oculus.” Since then, he has grown a huge fanbase adapting horror novels.
Flanagan revealed at the "From Book to Script to Screen" panel at ATX Festival in Austin, Texas, that it was 1994’s TV miniseries of King’s "The Stand" that led to his career path.
"The one that Daniel [Thomsen] wanted to get into it was Mick Garris' adaptation of 'The Stand' in '94. Which I saw when it first aired, and was blown away," Flanagan said.
The filmmaker continued, "That was the first time I thought 'this is a book on television.' and I was in high school. But that one really kind of set me on the path."