The Haunting of Hill House - Renewed for Season 2

[Tom4784]

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It looks like a mess but a watchable mess.

[pontyboi]

Anyone else watched this?

Just finished the first 2 episodes and i'm already hooked :)

Defo a binge worthy series!

[Mystic Mock]

I like Horror stories so I'm willing to check it out soon.

[Jase.]

On my To Watch list! It's getting a lot of good reviews!

[pontyboi]

On my To Watch list! It's getting a lot of good reviews!

It honestly deserves the reviews its so good...Im on episode 4 I really should get some sleep :laugh:

[LaLaLand]

What's it about? I love scary stuff may have to give it a watch.

[pontyboi]

What's it about? I love scary stuff may have to give it a watch.

Its a serial drama/horror loosely based on The Haunting Of Hill House novel Would never have guessed it was a Netflix original it looks like its had lot of cash ploughed into it.

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[DrunkerThanMoses]

Tim hutton is one of my fav actors and he is in it plus its horror so on my watch list

[Tom4784]

I watched the first two episodes and I can confirm that it's not a mess. It's really ****ing good so far.

[Nicky91]

yes my mom had watched this in the weekend, she quite liked it :hee:

[Twosugars]

read the book, hope they don't **** it up, it's a cult ghost story

[Marsh.]

Would never have guessed it was a Netflix original it looks like its had lot of cash ploughed into it.

You say that as though Netflix originals are normally made on the cheap.

The Crown, anyone?

[Tom4784]

You say that as though Netflix originals are normally made on the cheap.

The Crown, anyone?

The MCU shows are pretty cheap tbh.

[pontyboi]

You say that as though Netflix originals are normally made on the cheap.

The Crown, anyone?

I know they have started producing some seriously good **** the last few years especially but this really does look incredible...Like silver screen good.

[Mokka]

I hate horror... and never watch it as a rule... but this series is amazing... we are on episode 7 and the first 5 we watched one night. Addictive, riveting, nightmare inducing, cinematic genius, defiantly must see television.

[Glenn.]

Finished this early this morning. Absolutely loved it

[Denver]

It's on my to do list

[Mokka]

Finished this early this morning. Absolutely loved it

Quality opinion :clap1:

It's on my to do list

Do it for Halloween !!

[Marsh.]

The casting for this is so good. It's rare to find good child actors and they've got 5 good ones here. The pairing with the adult counterparts is spot on.

And I can't say enough good things about Carla Gugino.

[Twosugars]

Michiel Huisman is lush :flutter:

Like it very much. Not much connection with the book plot-wise, but nvm.

[user104658]

We binged all of this in like 3 nights a couple of weeks ago, brilliant from start to finish.

The casting for this is so good. It's rare to find good child actors and they've got 5 good ones here. The pairing with the adult counterparts is spot on.

And I can't say enough good things about Carla Gugino.

I will counter that Child Luke has some less than exceptional moments :joker:. They are generally all great though, especially Theo and Nell.

[Marsh.]

We binged all of this in like 3 nights a couple of weeks ago, brilliant from start to finish.



I will counter that Child Luke has some less than exceptional moments :joker:. They are generally all great though, especially Theo and Nell.

Yeah, he was a little wooden but he made up for it by being a bit cute with the milk bottle glasses.

[Marsh.]

It also took me far too long to realise the dad with the freakish eyes was the kid from ET. :joker:

[Smithy]

Watched up to episode 8, we’ll finish it tomorrow


Fookin shat meself when she came out of the back seat!

Did y’all notice the girl with the long white hair and white face in he background when the dad was uncovering the guy in the wall? :omgno: makes me wonder how many I missed in the background

[Twosugars]

Finished ep 7

[Smithy]

Omg did you see the white girl two sugars!?!

[Mokka]

We watched the last two last night... in true Halloween fashion. Absolute Quality show overall... I could kind of predict the ending based on the set up, and I felt the way they tied up all the loose ends in the last episode has some weak story moments to it... but honestly the best of the haunting and horror genre I've seen/appreciated in probably my lifetime.

[Twosugars]

Omg did you see the white girl two sugars!?!

no :bawling:
too busy watching the uncovering

a possible rewatch on the cards :think:

[Marsh.]

When Steven is told by his dad that...

he saw a ghost without even realising, when he mentioned the clock repairman in his book gave me the heebie jeebies so bad. Stuff like that creeps me out so much more than blood and guts. :worry:

[Jessica.]

I started watching it this week, it's so good!

[Twosugars]

great pace, well-developed characters, proper old fashioned scares and a good yarn

[Tom4784]

The scene in episode 8 with Theo and Shirley in the car gave me heart palpitations.

[Glenn.]

I screamed out loud at that bit. Like full on shat myself screaming.

Brilliant series. The twist with red room had me shook tbh

[Glenn.]

Watched up to episode 8, we’ll finish it tomorrow


Fookin shat meself when she came out of the back seat!

Did y’all notice the girl with the long white hair and white face in he background when the dad was uncovering the guy in the wall? :omgno: makes me wonder how many I missed in the background

There are LOADS

[LaLaLand]

I've been watching this, I'm a few episodes in, just watched

How the one sister died and that SHE was herself, "The Bent-Neck Lady", so her whole life she'd been seeing her death, crackers. Did NOT see that coming, amazing twist.
I'm hooked, can be confusing at times with all the time travelling but it's seriously gripping! The DOZENS of ghosts just watching in the background in scenes that just now and then catch you eye is such a clever touch, really unsettling.

[LaLaLand]

Tonight me and my mate were watching and it was just me and her in the house with her little baby asleep in her chair next to the sofas, suddenly (during a really tense scene where we were waiting for a scare) her cat, who I'd forgotten about completely, started trying to open the door next to me from the other side, outside of the room, so the handle was going up and down like crazy on its own!!

Swear to God I nearly keeled over, proper "ugly screamed" :laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

[Mokka]

When Steven is told by his dad that...

he saw a ghost without even realising, when he mentioned the clock repairman in his book gave me the heebie jeebies so bad. Stuff like that creeps me out so much more than blood and guts. :worry:

This was my favourite plot point. Just kind of genius really

[Mystic Mock]

The best show that I've seen from Netflix tbh.

Shirley's character in the present would've been the only major issue that I had with the programme, as even the pacing was near on perfect for the type of story that the writers were telling.

[Marsh.]

What was wrong with Shirley in the present?

[user104658]

I do love that, basically, The Red Room was the "Room of Requirement" from Harry Potter :laugh:.

[LaLaLand]

I do love that, basically, The Red Room was the "Room of Requirement" from Harry Potter :laugh:.

Not JK plagiarising!? :fist:

[Marsh.]

Not JK plagiarising!? :fist:

No. Since I don't think this incarnation of the Red Room exists in the original book. :smug:

[Twosugars]

The original book is nothing like the series so

[Mokka]

I do love that, basically, The Red Room was the "Room of Requirement" from Harry Potter :laugh:.

Lol... this is the first thing my kid said... but I don't think people require horror in their lives :think:

[Tom4784]

I watched the final episode earlier, it wasn't what I expected tbh. I thought it would be basically the Crains running from ghosts for an hour but I like what they did instead.

I found it quite emotional tbh, Nell's confetti speech really got to me.

[Marsh.]

The original book is nothing like the series so

Hence my comment.

[Tom4784]

The original book is nothing like the series so

I'm kind of sad they didn't find a way to adapt the picnic scene from the book, that scene always stuck with me.

[Marsh.]

I loved how the entire series also works even without any supernatural element as a story about mental illness and its effects on a family.

Olivia's anxieties about the world leading her to the conclusion that death was the better option, not always subtle but superbly played.

The Red Room literally luring the characters to spend time alone, loneliness exacerbating those anxieties and increasing them, "digesting" them. The less time they all spent together, the worse everything got.

Ugh. Loved it.

[Smithy]

Eh I’m not as big of a fan of the ending. The juxtaposition of this soppy ending against the horror theme of the series overall and it ending with the dad dying didn’t really work for me

Also I’m annoyed they left the bit after the demon dog in the kitchen open and the same with Nellie ending up in a different dimension for a couple of hours and then not caring

[Tom4784]

Just a minor thing but the actress who played Simon's wife did such a good job of imitating Poppy in that last episode when Steve's dreaming.

[Niamh.]

Binged this over two nights, fantastic series over all although I wasn't entirely happy with the ending

[Twosugars]

it wasn't the original ending according to the makers, Niamh
they changed it to make it happier

[Niamh.]

it wasn't the original ending according to the makers, Niamh
they changed it to make it happier

Oh really? I must have a google

[Niamh.]

Ohhhhh just googled the original ending, that would have fit so much better

Although tbf I never even noticed the weird window that let you know that it was the Red Room rather than reality

[Tom4784]

I liked the ending a lot, probably would have been more predictable and typical for a horror if it ended with them all trapped in the house.

[Niamh.]

Yeah I know but it just felt like it didn't really fit properly with the mood of the rest of the series

[Niamh.]

It was brilliant though over all, went through it so fast.

Nell being the bendy neck lady herself was so mind blowing, I was thinking all along, maybe it was her mother cos they didn't show how she died till way later

[Marsh.]

Ohhhhh just googled the original ending, that would have fit so much better

Although tbf I never even noticed the weird window that let you know that it was the Red Room rather than reality

Not even at the end when it showed you the window?

Come ON Niamh, look alive!! :oh:

[Twosugars]

Hope they do more, they said they might do, but not this house

[Niamh.]

Not even at the end when it showed you the window?



Come ON Niamh, look alive!! :oh:I may have been a bit drunk while watching it :skull:

[Niamh.]

Hope they do more, they said they might do, but not this houseA prequel with the Hills could be good

[Tom4784]

I'm completely against another season if it means continuing the story of the cranes or Hill House because it would mean revealing too much and ruining the mystery of why Hill House is the way it is.

The story was pretty much perfect as is, they should just let it end on a high note rather than risk ruining what they've build needlessly.

[Marsh.]

An anthology series "The Haunting of _____" is the only acceptable option for a sequel season.

[user104658]

An anthology series "The Haunting of _____" is the only acceptable option for a sequel season.

The Haunting of Marsh's Butthole

Hahahaha... ...

[Twosugars]

An anthology series "The Haunting of _____" is the only acceptable option for a sequel season.

that's what it sounded like the way they described it
different locations, different characters

[Marsh.]

The Haunting of Marsh's Butthole

Hahahaha... ...

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[Mystic Mock]

What was wrong with Shirley in the present?

Too Soap Opera-y for me personally.

[Marsh.]

Too Soap Opera-y for me personally.

What on earth was soap opera-y about it?

[Smithy]

Renewed for S2 but as an anothology so similar to AHS, different story/characters/actors etc

[Twosugars]

good news

[Tom4784]

The new series is called 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and is based on the book 'The Turn of the Screw'.

[user104658]

The new series is called 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and is based on the book 'The Turn of the Screw'.

Meh, studied this in a 1st year Uni English Lit module... I wasn't the biggest fan tbh. Hopefully it's modernised, which could be a fun twist on it, it's an interesting enough story and in roughly the same vein as Hill House (IIRC you never find out explicitly if there are real ghosts, or if the central character has gone mad and is hallucinating).

But I'm not overly interested if it's going to be set in the Victorian era. Would rather it just be "based on" but updated with modern characters.

[Tom4784]

Meh, studied this in a 1st year Uni English Lit module... I wasn't the biggest fan tbh. Hopefully it's modernised, which could be a fun twist on it, it's an interesting enough story and in roughly the same vein as Hill House (IIRC you never find out explicitly if there are real ghosts, or if the central character has gone mad and is hallucinating).

But I'm not overly interested if it's going to be set in the Victorian era. Would rather it just be "based on" but updated with modern characters.

I imagine it'll be a similar deal to the first season and the book it's based on. Modernised settings with the characters completely reimagined from what they were in the book.

[user104658]

I imagine it'll be a similar deal to the first season and the book it's based on. Modernised settings with the characters completely reimagined from what they were in the book.

I wonder if they'll change the ending like they did Hill House... I hope so personally as knowing the ending ruins the suspense.

In Turn of the Screw, IIRC the woman (who is seeing ghosts everywhere) believes that the little boy is being controlled by ghosts and believes she has "freed" him from their control while clinging to him, then realises he's died. Left ambiguous if he's dead because the ghosts really were controlling him and his own spirit was already gone (so ghost leaves = dead body) or if she was just nuts, he was never possessed, and she accidentally killed him whilst "freeing him"

[Tom4784]

I think it will after all the ending of the first season was completely different to that of the book, in fact the only similarities were the character names and the location.