Ranking Mike Flanagan's best horror productions, from Doctor Sleep to The Haunting of Hill House

With a prolific and detailed resume of horror built on emotion and irreverence, Mike Flanagan has established himself as one of the best horror directors working today. His next piece, The Fall of the House of Usher — premiering exclusively on Netflix on October 12 — is a reimagining based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the same name.

Should it align with Flanagan’s usual precedence of excellence, competence, and tact, Usher will no doubt turn into a smash Halloween hit overnight.

That got me thinking. Flanagan has been a regular working director since 2011 when he made his feature film debut. At this point, he’s got a running list of different horror movies and television programs that all hit and espouse different, complicated themes. He is clearly a confident filmmaker who establishes his nightmare-like vision and usually executes it quite well, much to our (desired) fears.

Below is a ranking of all of Flanagan’s horror productions where he served as director. (Note: I have excluded one early short film) If you’re unfamiliar with much of Flanagan’s work, you’ll quickly find he is a versatile Swiss Army Knife capable of turning any of life’s happenings into dread. Sure enough, don’t be surprised when the House of Usher potentially climbs to the near-top of this list.