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Mike Flanagan shares epic list of his favourite horror movies on Letterboxd

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Horror showrunner Mike Flanagan has joined Letterboxd and shared a long list of his favourite horror movies.
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Between The Fall of the House of Usher, The Midnight Club, The Haunting of Hill House, and many more, Mike Flanagan is quickly becoming one of horror’s household names.

But what horror movies does the man himself like what watching? On Sunday, the writer/director joined the film-focused social media platform Letterboxd, and his first port of call was drawing up some all-time favourite lists.

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“Finally joined Letterboxd,” wrote Flanagan on Twitter/X. “Only positing positivity, and it’s going to take me a few weeks to catch up on building my profile, but here’s a start.”

One of the lists contained a roundup of Mike Flanagan’s favourite horror movies of all-time. We’ve shared it below in full, ordered alphabetically:

  • The Addiction (1995)

  • An American Werewolf in London (1981)

  • The Beach House (2019)

  • The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)

  • The Blair Witch Project (1999)

  • The Blob (1988)

  • The Borderlands (2013)

  • Braindead (1992)

  • Bug (2006)

  • Candyman (1992)

  • Cargo (2017)

  • Carrie (1976)

  • Cat People (1942)

  • Censor (2021)

  • Creep (2014)

  • Creep 2 (2017)

  • Cronos (1992)

  • Cube (1997)

  • Cure (1997)

  • A Dark Song (2016)

  • Dawn of the Dead (1978)

  • The Dead Zone (1983)

  • The Deeper You Dig (2019)

  • The Descent (2005)

  • The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

  • Donnie Darko (2001)

  • Don’t Look Now (1973)

  • Drag Me To Hell (2009)

  • The Endless (2017)

  • Event Horizon (1997)

  • Evil Dead 2 (1987)

  • The Exorcist (1973)

  • The Exorcist III (1990)

  • The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

  • Flatliners (1990)

  • The Fog (1980)

  • Frailty (2001)

  • Fresh (2022)

  • Fright Night (1985)

  • Ghostwatch (1992)

  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

  • Green Room (2015)

  • The Hallow (2015)

  • Halloween (1978)

  • The Haunting (1963)

  • Hellbender (2021)

  • The Hole in the Ground (2019)

  • The Host (2006)

  • The Innocents (1961)

  • In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

  • The Invitation (2015)

  • Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

  • Jaws (1975)

  • Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

  • Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)

  • Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

  • Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)

  • Kill List (2011)

  • Lake Mungo (2008)

  • Let the Right One In (2008)

  • The Lost Boys (1987)

  • Martyrs (2008)

  • Midsommar (2019)

  • Mimic (1997)

  • New Nightmare (1994)

  • Nightbreed (1990)

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

  • Night of the Living Dead (1968)

  • Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

  • The Omen (1976)

  • One Cut of the Dead (2017)

  • Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

  • The Orphanage (2007)

  • The Others (2001)

  • The Outwaters (2022)

  • Paranormal Activity (2007)

  • Poltergeist (1982)

  • Pontypool (2008)

  • The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

  • Predator (1987)

  • Primer (2004)

  • Resolution (2012)

  • The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

  • The Ritual (2017)

  • Saint Maud (2019)

  • The Shining (1980)

  • The Signal (2007)

  • The Sixth Sense (1999)

  • Something in the Dirt (2022)

  • Spring (2014)

  • The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

  • A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

  • Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

  • Terrifier 2 (2022)

  • They Look Like People (2015)

  • The Thing (1982)

  • Thirst (2009)

  • Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

  • Train to Busan (2016)

  • Tremors (1990)

  • The Vast of Night (2019)

  • The Wailing (2016)

  • Watcher (2022)

  • Where the Devil Roams (2023)

  • The Woman in Black (1989)

  • You Won’t Be Alone (2022)

Flanagan has also shared lists of his favourite movies in general and his favourite independent horror movies. You can see all his lists on Letterboxd.

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35+ Early Black Friday Apple deals: iPads, iPhones, more

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Score early Black Friday deals on the AirPods Pro at their record-low price for an iPad mini or Air for $100 off.
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Black Friday sales have already begun, bringing with them a bunch of Apple discounts. Here are our favorites as of Nov. 2:

Best early Black Friday Apple deals:
Best Mac deal

2022 MacBook Air (M2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)

$899 at B&H
(Save $200)

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Best iPad deal

2021 iPad (WiFi, 64GB)

$249 at Amazon and Walmart
(Save $80)

silver 2021 ipad

Best iPhone deal

iPhone 14 Plus at Verizon

$0 when you open a new line on select unlimited plans
(Save $799)

midnight iphone 14 plus

Best Apple Watch deal

Apple Watch SE (44mm, GPS)

$234.89 at Amazon
(Save $44.11)

midnight apple watch SE



Best AirPods deal

AirPods Pro (2nd gen)

$189 at Walmart
(Save $60)

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Deals on Apple products actually aren’t too hard to find — if you know where and when to look. While you don’t have to wait for a shopping holiday to get savings on iPads, MacBooks, and more, Black Friday Apple deals tend to be some of the best of the year.

This year, Black Friday savings are in line with years past and starting nice and early, with Best Buy, Walmart, and more all running sales throughout the month before we officially hit Black Friday on Nov. 24.

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Black Friday sales are already live. Here are the best early deals we’ve found so far.

If you’re looking to save big on some new Apple gear this holiday season, you can start shopping now. Below, we’ve rounded up some of the best Black Friday Apple deals that are already live.

Mac and MacBook deals


2022 macbook air in midnight

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Our pick: 2022 MacBook Air (M2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)

$899 at B&H (save $200)

Why we like it

Check out our full review of the M2 MacBook Air.

If you’re looking for a zippy work-from-home machine or the perfect school companion, look no further. Though Apple did just release the new M3 chip to its iMac and MacBook lineup, the M2 is still plenty powerful. You’ll also get 13.6 inches of display (as opposed to the 13.3 inches of the previous gen Air), a near-perfect keyboard, and best of all, this laptop at its lowest price ever.

More Mac and MacBook deals

MacBook Air

MacBook Pro

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iPad deals


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Our pick: 2021 iPad (WiFi, 64GB)

$249 at Amazon and Walmart

Why we like it

We’re not going to lie, this $249 price tag is far from a Black Friday exclusive. This tablet has hit this all-time low price a few times this year, including during last month’s Prime Day sale, but it’s also sat at higher price points of $279 and up. We wouldn’t recommend this tablet if you need anything more heavy-duty, but for a basic tablet that gets the job done, you’ll be saving at least $150 more than if you went for any other iPad. Grab it on sale at Amazon and Walmart.

More iPad deals

iPad (10th gen)

iPad (9th gen)

iPad Air

iPad mini

iPad Pro

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iPhone deals


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Our pick: iPhone 14 Plus at Verizon

$0 when you open a new line on select unlimited plans (save $799)

Why we like it

The iPhone 15 may be the shiniest new Apple toy, and while the deals on the phone certainly aren’t bad, they are contingent upon you having a decent trade-in. If you feel any doubt in your trade-in power, going for this Verizon deal on the 14 Plus requires none — only that you open a new line on select unlimited plans. Still some hoops, but far fewer to get an $800 phone basically for free.

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Apple Watch deals


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Our pick: Apple Watch SE (44mm, GPS)

$234.89 at Amazon (save $44.11)

Why we like it

The Apple Watch SE is an affordable option if you’re in the market for a smartwatch, but don’t need many fitness features. Usually, its price will dip down by $30 every now and then, which makes for a pretty decent deal, but Black Friday season has brought us something even better, with this 44mm SE that’s down almost $45. That’s roughly $5 away from its lowest price ever (that we’ve only seen it hit once). If you want to avoid the Black Friday madness and don’t mind opting for the midnight colorway, this is a solid deal to jump on ahead of the official holiday.

More Apple Watch deals

Series 9

Series 8

SE

Ultra

More Apple Watch deals

AirPods deals


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Our pick: AirPods Pro (2nd gen)

$189 at Walmart (save $60)

Why we like it

Read our full review of the second-generation AirPods Pro.

If you’re looking for a quality pair of noise-canceling earbuds, look no further than the AirPods Pro. They’re our favorite buds for traveling, with Mashable Senior Editor Stan Schroeder deeming them, “the first pair of earbuds I’d actually consider taking on an airplane (instead of my much larger and clunkier over-ear headphones).” They also come with 30 total hours of battery life with the charging case (six hours per charge), great sound quality, and easy pairing to all of your Apple devices. Plus, their $189 price tag puts them back down to their lowest price ever (alongside the USB-C AirPods Pro).

More deals on AirPods

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John Carpenter scares Stephen Colbert backstage in ‘Late Show’ Halloween opener

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John Carpenter made a return to “The Late Show” to scare Stephen Colbert backstage.
A man wearing a suit looks behind him, appearing unnerved, while walking down a corridor.

Given that it’s Halloween and he was just on The Late Show show recently, it seems only right that legendary horror director John Carpenter made a brief return to make Stephen Colbert jump.

In the clip above the host is walking backstage when Carpenter pops out at him, before the two have a silly exchange in which Colbert casually dismisses his biggest franchise.

“You’re the master of horror,” says Colbert. “The Fog, The Thing, They Live, Christine, In the Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness—”

“Halloween?” responds Carpenter.

“Yeah, it’s Halloween!”

“No no no, my movie, Halloween.”

“Oh, the movie! Yeah, never really did it for me. But they can’t all be winners. Thanks John!”