Writer/director Mike Flanagan (“Doctor Sleep“) is back at Netflix with his new series “Midnight Mass” after previously giving us ghost stories in “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.”

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“Midnight Mass” focuses on the small isolated community of Crockett Island.

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Despite its water cooler-like success on social media, with critics and audiences, it appears filmmaker Mike Flanagan won’t be expanding on his “Haunting” franchise series at Netflix anytime soon. The series creator took to Twitter to respond to a fan asking if he would be making a third chapter after working on “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.”

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The short answer is no; Flanagan alluding to Intrepid Pictures being too busy with other things at the moment, adding that they don’t have current plans to make any follow-ups. 

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Mike Flanagan is back to ruin your sleep this October. The director of Netflix hits like “Gerald’s Game” and “The Haunting of Hill House” has returned with his most ambitious piece to date, a textured mini-series that weaves multiple stories by Henry James into a tale of possession and how people can have a hold on someone in life or death. A deeply melancholic piece of work, “The Haunting of Bly Manor” drips not with ghostly ooze but loss and regret.

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There is no shortage of genre television offerings for this October, with plenty of shows looking to sustain horror fans who are looking for new output. Every streaming site seems to have either a horror anthology series or something branded with horror labeling. There’s less in the way of your standard drama and comedy, but still plenty of variety for those who aren’t just looking to revel in the Halloween spirit. From space-wandering bounty hunters to romantic comedies and paranormal activity, there’s something for everyone this month.

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Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has come a long way. in his uber-prolific-ness Starting in indie horror, “Absentia” (2011), “Oculus” (2013), “Hush,” “Before I Wake,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil” (all 2016), the majors soon took notice. Netflix gave him “Gerald’s Game” (2017), and Warner Bros gave him the keys to their ‘Shining’ sequel “Doctor Sleep” (2019).

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Despite being just the weirdest year ever, it’s also been a super-strong, solid one for television. Maybe it’s because movies got kneecapped during the pandemic or maybe it’s because we’re all stuck at home more than ever, but there’s definitely lots of good TV to watch, including our picks for the 20 best shows of 2020 at the halfway point, which didn’t even include August’s acclaimed “Lovecraft Country.”

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However, the Fall has always been the big season for television.

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Remember Netflix’s 2018’s Halloween hit, “The Haunting of Hill House.” Well, series creator and nu-horror maestro Mike Flanagan is back with its follow-up, “The Haunting of Bly Manor.” Flanagan made his name with smaller, well-received horror films like “Hush,” and then after a string of hits, “Ouija: Origin of Evil” (all 2016), “Gerald’s Game” (2017), found his way into following up Stanley Kubrick‘s “The Shining” with “Doctor Sleep” last year.

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“The Haunting of Hill House” quickly became one of Netflix‘s best shows, and the best adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s horror novel. So when it was announced that Mike Flanagan would tell a new ghost story in “The Haunting of Bly Manor” it was cause for excitement, and we finally got our first poster for the upcoming series.

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Vanity Fair has the scoop, with an interview with Flanagan himself on what we can expect and how “Bly Manor” will be different than “Hill House.” According to the showrunner, the adaptation of Henry James‘ 1898 novella “The Turn of the Screw” will be less of a family trauma story and more about romance and broken hearts.

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As documented in our Best TV of The 2010 Decade feature, which you should read, the 2010s were the age of PeakTV, Prestige TV and the dawn of the streaming age. Now in this new decade of the 2020s, we enter the Streaming War era. Yes, Netflix is here and here to stay, HBO isn’t going anywhere and Showtime, FX and all the other major players are solidified in status.

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