The Haunting of Hill House / Bly Manor [Netflix]

razorblunt

2 episodes left and I'm really enjoying it.

There's a lot going in the background of the house too, statues heads moving, figures lurking in the background. Very very unsettling, nice touches.

sweetie

razorblunt wrote:

There's a lot going in the background of the house too, statues heads moving, figures lurking in the background. Very very unsettling, nice touches.

8-12 per episode according to the director.

Yakult

Really enjoyed this! Loved how the story was presented and told, made me want more and more each episodes end.

If their is a second season, I'd hope that it has nothing to do with Hill House, but rather a new adaptation of something else.

HalloweenJack

I enjoyed the show a lot, though the final episode was somewhat disappointing and definitely took away from my enjoyment of the show overall.

Overall, the show reminded me a lot of

the book of the Shining, especially in how the house controlled the characters and how people from the past were trapped there. I know Stephen King is a fan of the original book so I wonder is it a case of them being inspired by someone who was themselves inspired by the source material.

I liked the character development, especially

the Shirley cheating twist as I couldn't stand her because of her righteousness. With the affair, she became a more realistic person with serious faults.

It would've been interesting had they come to a conclusion

along the lines of shared psychosis, as the mother was clearly crumbling under the stress and the father had lost his mind too. It was something that Stevie hinted at to an extent; instead of it just being a ghost story.

As for the final episode

, it was a let down as I felt they had too many lines to tie up and the conclusion itself was a bit fuddled. I watched it on Saturday night and I'm still not entirely sure what it wanted to say: that Nell wanted to bring them all back together one more time or that the mother thought that killing them was the only way to protect them? As viewers are we supposed to believe that this is a 'good' ending?

I was much more moved by the Dudley's story, especially their ending.

earthwormjack

Moving on to ep.8 tonight. I thought episodes 1-5 were alright, nothing special. But I really enjoyed episodes 6 and 7 bar a couple of things. Hopefully the remaining few episodes are of similar quality to the past couple.

we'llallhavetea

Absolutely BEAT into this last night, finished on

nells episode and oh my God I really cried! Felt so bad for the poor craythur.

Gonna throw a guess in now, could be waaaaaay off but sure!

are their monsters manifestations of trauma they've experienced? Was the mam suffering badly all her life with mental health and it fcuked up all the kids?!
Really felt that way with poor nell, seemed to me like chronic psychosis
The gloved Angelina sister is mucking that theory up though!

Finished this last night, & i would genuinely watch it again.
Just for the shocks.
It's been years since I watched something that gave me goosebumps.
Great show

razorblunt

Just finished it

Goddamn those Dudley's, what a story for them, it's been a while since I was gutpunched like that

.

I copped on to the

daughter being the "imaginary" friend and Nelly being the bent neck lady before the reveals

Mc Love

5 ep's in and I think it is brilliant! Every ep I've gotten goosebumps when one of the Hill's show up.

Birneybau

Slight news about a follow up if any:

https://news.avclub.com/if-the-haunting-of-hill-house-gets-another-season-it-w-1829981797

The Princess Bride

Episodes 8 and 9 in particular, were worth watching.
I found the last episode a bit of an anti climax.

Overall, it was fairly good.
But I can't say I was scared or blown away by it.

we'llallhavetea

Watched the last 2 last night and was a bit disappointed bit corny of a finish but sure look, the bulk was great!

KERSPLAT!

Finished it last weekend . Would agree with those saying the last episode wasn't great, thought the rest was very good though. Lots of creepy parts and a couple of jumpy parts too

Nell between the two seats in the car!!

The one that got me most was I think episode 7, when hugh was pulling the bricks out of the wall in the basement
Something in the background, I even rewound ( or whatever the word is now! )
Just to check I wasn't seeing things myself!

shoxter

bubblypop wrote: »

The one that got me most was I think episode 7, when hugh was pulling the bricks out of the wall in the basement
Something in the background, I even rewound ( or whatever the word is now! )
Just to check I wasn't seeing things myself!

I did the exact same thing,looked like a little girl with long hair

Mantis Toboggan

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/haunting-hill-house-hidden-ghosts

adox

Watched the first episode tonight and thought it was a bit meh.
The colour tone drove me nuts for a start and was very distracting. I mean it looks awful.

Muttering dialogue and a hell of a lot of darkly lit scenes were also extremely annoying.

I found it more draggy than atmospheric and had a hard time latching on to any of the characters.


Early doors though, I’ll watch another episode or two before deciding whether to give up on it or not.


That colour tone though. Wtf were they thinking?

Mantis Toboggan

adox wrote: »

Watched the first episode tonight and thought it was a bit meh.
The colour tone drove me nuts for a start and was very distracting. I mean it looks awful.

Muttering dialogue and a hell of a lot of darkly lit scenes were also extremely annoying.

I found it more draggy than atmospheric and had a hard time latching on to any of the characters.


Early doors though, I’ll watch another episode or two before deciding whether to give up on it or not.


That colour tone though. Wtf were they thinking?

Thought the colour was grand do you have a decent TV?

adox

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Thought the colour was grand do you have a decent TV?

Yeah 4k tv. Watched it in Dolby Vision.

There’s obviously a sepia filter or something added.

NufcNavan

Very enjoyable show, however I found it peaked in terms of intrigue at around episode 6.

In the last three episodes I found myself getting impatient and just wanting to get closure about what happened in the house etc.

A very good series that was one or two episodes too long.

TheValeyard

Finished it. Really enjoyed it overall, although I felt the last episode was the weakest of them all.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Thought it was excellent tbh.

I'm usually not into any paranormal/horror type movies or shows but this hooked me.

cherryghost

Awful clichéd coming-of age finale. Extremely disappointed tbh after a great run up to it.

dastardly00

I wouldn't normally be into horror/paranormal type shows/movies but this really got my attention. Great series up until the last episode which was a disappointment!

adox

I’ve revisited this after being unimpressed with the first episode.
I don’t know if it’s because I was watching with headphones this time but I was a lot more drawn in this time and really enjoying it. I’m about half way through.

Maybe it’s because I find the three younger siblings a lot more interesting than the older two that it didn’t grab me initially, with the first episode focusing a lot on the oldest.

I know from posts on here that I’m probably set up for disappointment in the final episode but I’m going to stick with it.

walshb

Finished it...

Not sure what it was all about or for

Very unlikable characters with next to no charisma.....

Series of the usual jumps and noises, but wtf was it all about?

It just seemed to go nowhere......

JohnCreedon81

walshb wrote: »

but wtf was it all about?
...

Ummmm the clue is in the name....

I thought it was very good up to the last 2 episodes and then it fell off a cliff quality wise.

Definitely would recommend it. Just a pity they couldn’t wrap it up successfully.

walshb

JohnCreedon81 wrote: »

Ummmm the clue is in the name....

I thought it was very good up to the last 2 episodes and then it fell off a cliff quality wise.

Definitely would recommend it. Just a pity they couldn’t wrap it up successfully.

I knew when I posted that it would be jumped on...

What I mean is what was the point of a lot of it. There seemed to be no logical story for the haunting...some family lived there and some stuff happened...

I rated the show very average. At the end it all just seemed pointless...it lacked a story and it lacked continuity.

Started off with real potential and then just drifted on and on into nothing..

The Black Oil

Fifth episode felt like one of the saddest episodes of anything I've seen in some time. Almost lost for words after it.

Walter Bishop

Sixth episode was the highlight for me, from episode four to nine they knocked it out of the park.

The extended sequence in the funeral home (in episode six) with the thunder storm was incredibly atmospheric, really gave the surround sound system a good work out