Summary

• Director Mike Flanagan, known for The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor, reveals he would have adapted Richard Matheson's Hell House for a possible third series.
• Flanagan's series would have been called The Haunting of Hell House.
• The series will not be going forward as Flanagan no longer has a deal a Netflix.

Director Mike Flanagan reveals what book he would have adapted had he made a third Haunting series. An acclaimed horror director, Flanagan is the creative mind behind both The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor. The miniseries are based on the novels The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, respectively.

Now, Flanagan unveils what book he would have adapted if he had made a third series of Haunting. As per Flanagan’s Twitter, the director wanted to adapt Richard Matheson’s 1971 novel Hell House into a series called The Haunting of Hell House.

This news came in conjunction with the announcement of a limited edition version of Hell House from Suntup Editions. The release of the novel will feature a forward from Flanagan. In his post, Flanagan encouraged viewers to pick up a copy of this book.

If Not Another Season of Haunting, What Is Next For Mike Flanagan?

Hell House is a horror novel whose plot focuses on the lives of four distinct characters — a physicist, his wife, and two mediums. When the quartet is hired to explore the possibility of life after death, they find themselves at one of the most reportedly haunted houses in the world. With an eccentric cast of characters and a house-based plot, Hell House would have been ripe for a Haunting of Hill House-style adaptation.

The Haunting of Hell House may not be in the cards for Flanagan, but the director does have another exciting film adaptation coming down the pike. Flanagan will helm The Life of Chuck, an adaptation of a Stephen King short story found in his anthology novella If It Bleeds. The Life of Chuck stars Kate Siegel, Matthew Lillard, Karen Gillan, and Tom Hiddleston.

The Life of Chuck will follow-up Flanagan’s last horror project: directing four episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher. Already, star The Life of Chuck will be a King adaptation with the kind of “warmth” of something like The Shawshank Redemption rather than a straight horror adaptation. This leaves a lot to be excited about as Flanagan enters the next stage of his career, even if that next step is not The Haunting of Hell House.

Source: Mike Flanagan