Writer and director Mike Flanagan has given fellow horror creator Ryan Murphy a run for his money on Netflix Spooky series, which started with Hill House Haunt and continued this year with Haunted Bly Mansion. Although the fledgling anthology series has so many places to explore, Flanagan said he “has no plans for more chapters” But that doesn’t mean it is over forever.
Flanagan shared on Twitter that “at the moment there are no plans” to continue creating Spooky shows, saying his team is focused on other TV shows for Netflix. He noted, however, that we must “never say never” for a continuation of Spooky anthology series – leaving fans with a little hope that we could see more haunted houses in the future of Netflix.
This is a bit surprising, considering the success of the series in such a short time. Following the huge success of Hill House Haunt, Flanagan and his partner Trevor Macy signed a multi-year contract with Netflix for a series of television shows, which included turning Spooky in a continuous series. The show continues with this year’s Haunted Bly Mansionbut it looks like things may be stalling for now in favor of other projects.
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Flanagan is currently working on a new limited series from Netflix called Midnight Mass, which sees the return of Spooky Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas and Rahul Kohli. The seven-episode series takes place on an island, where the normally isolated community finds itself in the middle of something supernatural after the arrival of a mysterious but charismatic priest. In addition, Flanagan is adapting the horror novel for young adults by Christopher Pike The Midnight Club for Netflix. Its plot is similar to Are you afraid of the Dark?, about a lot of children who meet to tell scary stories, but incorporate elements from other Pike novels.
Hill House Haunt and Haunted Bly Mansion are available to watch on Netflix.
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