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arthur really died of aneurysm guys, the bent-neck lady comeback in that moment is just to show how his influence in her life helped her avoid the ghosts of her past, but from the moment hes gone, she comes back.
So, this was Victoria’s first MAJOR acting role….EVER. There are so many reasons that you will understand after the end of the series why she is a true, true icon.
FUN FACT…. I’ve suffered from sleep paralysis. It happened so often at one point in my life I was scared to go to sleep. I no longer sleep on my back to this day. But watching this show actually taught me to focus and squeeze my fist. And it WORKS. It’s so interesting. It takes ALL of my strength to do but it does in fact work… :)
Blake trying to crack his neck about 32 minutes in during THIS ep had me on edge man. Also for Blake’s question near the end, horror is a way to explore these feelings from a safe distance and this series is expertly done.
Bent Neck Lady is a representation of Nell's creeping depression. That's why when Life is good with Arthur, she "goes away". She see's her when she see's her brother relapses after she buys him drugs, she sees it at one of the worst moments in her life when Arthur has an aneurysm. She sees it at the motel after none of her siblings picked up her calls. When her mother left her in the middle of the night after she needed her. This show loves to represent grief, mental health, and trauma as the real ghosts and Nell's is so well done to show how su*c*de can feel like a looming inevitability for someone with this horrible disease.
I understand what you are saying but you’re trying to put real life applications into a horror series about ghosts. Sometimes horror is just horror. It is written very well.
@@eddietucker7005one of the major themes in the show is that "a ghost can be a lot of things" as Steven puts it. What makes this show so great is that it purposefully ties in real human elements & emotions into a story about ghosts - it shows that people are "haunted" by very secular things such as grief, anger, sadness, addiction, depression, etc, as well as the paranormal. In this universe, the ghosts are very much real but they also serve as a metaphor for all those things the family goes through. That's the whole point of the story
@@eddietucker7005saying sometimes horror is just horror to Mike Flanagans shows is an insult haha. He’s a genius in horror and everything he does is with intention. So yea the ghosts are not just ghosts they represent a lot and it’s intentional.
As human beings were built to feel emotions. We watch comedies to laugh, we watch thrillers to feel thrilled and be on the edge of our seats, we watch action to get excited, we watch dramas to cry, we watch horror to feel frightened. This show is such a well written story with well crafted characters. The juxtaposition between the horror elements and mental illness and maybe health issues (with the sprinkling of black mould here and there). They leave it open for the viewers to lean whichever way they want to.
I find Blake’s reaction so interesting. I’ve watched a ton of reactions to this show and even the most scared/traumatized people are able to empathize with the characters. So it’s interesting to see him be so cold 😂😂😂
Wild how he said they are bad parents and gaslighting the kids. Like in real life 99.99999% of the time when a kid says they see something it’s not an actual ghost. Idk what he was expecting them to do pretend to be scared and traumatize the kid when in real life it’s not an actual ghost
I’m surprised no one said this yet but Nell’s therapist is played by the actor from the 1960s movie of Haunting of Hill House. If you like classic films, it’s worth a watch. He’s also an actor on Twin Peaks. His cameo is a nice easter egg for fans of the 60s movie. ☺️
The title of the 1963 film is The Haunting. - no reference to Hill House in the title. The actor’s name is Russ Tamblyn and his character name is Luke.
You know a show is good, when a single scene has you volleying back and forth between covering your face out of fear and crying over Nell dancing with her dead husband. I mean, that’s why I keep watching 🤷🏻♀️
One of the best twist endings ever! The next episode is an absolute technical masterpiece. Corey missed the ghost lurking under the piano in the scene where the mom was fussing at Nellie for writing on the wall.
The cinematography is mind-blowing and the acting is top-notch. Mike Flanagan is a world class story teller and I try to get everyone I know to watch this, preferably with me.
Nell’s plot twist being the bent-neck lady herself was the best and most devastating plot twist ever, I love love love this show and cry every time nell and Arthur dance in the hill house 💔
The next episode is the entire reason I started watching the series. I randomly caught a behind the scenes video about its making in particular and I knew I had to see it in context. I swear it should have won all the awards.
My answer for why I like this is plain and simple, I like content that makes me cry. Bonus points if it’s horror that makes me cry. All of Mike’s works have made me cry at one point for one reason or another, and usually it’s been enough to get me to full on sob. It’s a coping mechanism I use to help regulate my feelings and cry in a controlled environment with controlled triggers.
That reveal of the Bent-neck Lady was perfection. FUN FACTS: The Haunting of Hill House is based on a novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson, and the eldest sister was named after her. Mike Flanagan did a fantastic job of reimagining the narrative. In the book, Dr. John Montague hosts a group of strangers to stay in the haunted mansion, and Luke is the heir of the place. Flanagan made these strangers family and injected them with loss, fear, and love. All the main characters in the book are here, with Nell, Theo, Luke, Dr. Montague in a lesser role than in the book, and the Dudleys. The additions are the parents, Steven, Shirley, and Nell’s husband.
This far we just know Abigail as Abigail, her last name has never been mentioned. As for the therapist, he did his job with a logical mind in a world that exists in ours. There are those that believes in ghost & those that dont & a "normal" therapist would probably say similar. :)
3:23 lol I don't know if it's right to blame the parents here, they are just trying to comfort their daughter and list logical explanations so that their daughter can be at peace instead of terrified (they have never seen any ghosts, and I believe that any parent who receives their daughter crying in the middle of the night would think she just had a nightmare) what did you want them to say to their, what, 5 year old daughter? "yes, daughter, you really are being haunted by a ghost, and I'm telling you this even though I have never believed in the existence of ghosts, so you should be afraid for your life, because the evil ghost definitely wants to get you, In fact, if I were you, I would never sleep again, because I would be afraid of ghosts appearing. That said, since you now know that there are ghosts, from now on you must spend your whole life in fear and worrying about them haunt you"
To why someone might enjoy this show, these heavy feelings/moments are normal days for some of us. It's gratifying to experience them through great writing, acting, and a creative lens that is there to tell a story start to finish.
I can't watch this episode without crying, poor sweet Nellie just wanted her family to be together and happy. Blake, you guys are watching the Saw movies which are absolutely disgusting, Hill House is so good on so many levels. Not really scary, but very emotional.
i’m also a baby about horror but i’m very fond of this show, enough to rewatch it several times over, because i think that exploring the characters’ personal and familial journeys in a supernatural context was extremely well done. it definitely sticks the landing, even if blake ends up not liking the show i hope he appreciates what it’s about in the end.
This is one of my favorite series, ever. I've rewatched it many time and I love it because not only does it tackle the horror elements perfectly, but the overall story is so beautiful to me, about family, love and loss. This reveal is by far one of the most bone-chilling moments of the show.
This show has among the most tightly written scripts, some of the best acting, masterful editing, and absolute top-tier cinematography of almost anything I've ever seen on television. That's why I like it.
Every character was haunted by something. I like to think that Nellie was haunted by her own death. So, as a kid, she give the name of her fear of Bent-Neck Lady - sorry for the english. Brazilian here. Awesome channel!
arthur died of an aneurysm. I don’t think the show means for that to be ambiguous outside of nell’s perspective. nell is the bent neck lady and if you notice she often appeared to herself in times of stress or turmoil which makes sense as to why she showed up in that moment.
A line that has always stuck with me from Stephen King's novel "It" was that a haunt can also be defined as a feeding place for animals, and all the people in her illusion at the climax of the episode looked absolutely predatory, smiling at her with hungry eyes.
The whole series is a masterpiece. I wish I could go back in time and watch it for the first time again. The storytelling, the characters, the emotions, the drama, the terror - all perfectly wrapped up in a genius script and twists and turns. It’s beautiful.
Well for me, I like this show because it's the probably the most realistic towards a grieving family, each member deals with tragedy in their own way, and some may not be healthy but people are imperfect. And my favorite episode is next, is so top tier.
I've said it before, but that mirror 34:11 is the Lasser Glass, and appears in some form in every one of Flanagan's works after Oculus. It is the headboard for the bed in Gerald's Game. It can be seen in the community center in Midnight Mass. It's another thing to keep an eye out for in the future! Cheers, fellas!
Why do we like this? Because it’s fantastically written and directed and the characters are so rich and interesting and the story is hauntingly beautiful. And also because being scared in the safety of fiction is fun.
That's what I thought 😂. I've seen other groups of reactors and sometimes if one of them don't like something they just watch without that person. I really tried with him but it's really annoying, especially that reaction in the end, if you don't like something just don't watch, but from episode 1 you probably know if it's for you, and you don't have to SCREAM and ask us something that's simple, the show is a masterpiece, full stop.
I like this show because this episode, and many of the ideas in the rest of the series, are true horror. It shows the horror in real life through fantasy, as many of the best stories (and some would argue all) do. Nell has depression, and if you understand that, you understand the bent neck lady.
I think the Bent-Neck Lady might also be a reference to the mythology of doppelgangers as one's own ghost - which is usually taken to be a seriously bad omen at best, and a sign of impending death at worst. There's several stories of people seeing doppelgangers of themselves or of close relatives or loved ones, shortly before getting news that the person they saw had actually passed away close to when they were seen. Usually, they don't speak. So, the Bent-Neck Lady's appearances were attempts to warn Nell about... something? I really don't think there was much she could've done about Arthur. But the repeated appearances when she stopped taking her meds were probably a warning to maybe reconsider that. Or at least to not go to the house.
Blake, it’s the reveal, young Nell saw her future, she didn’t know what she would look like. All the girls have a power. The only one that knew was Theo, because the mom took her. The house, isn’t just a house.
oh wow. Never made that connection. She needed to be on drugs to survive, but him being on drugs was killing him. Almost like they were doomed from the start, or it was in their fate to end up the way they do.
Sure, it makes it harder for him to get clean but to say that he's an addict because she has to take meds is just silly. Itd be like saying she has to take meds because he's an addict and sees shit thats not there making her think shes hallucinating.
One of the details in the series that breaks my heart is that Nell's and Luke's lives are so intertwined because of the twin thing that both of them feel each other's pains. So much so that Nell, in an effort to help Luke get better, stopped taking her meds so that Luke won't relapse (she says Luke always relapses when she's on her meds and always seem to get better when she's off her meds) and in the process, she became worse.
I loved this movie/show because it was so excellently written! Its not easy to blend complicated timelines and multiple stories and make it cohesive! Kudos to the writer/Director!
This show is a great meditation on the seven stages of grief and it's just damn good writing, acting and directing. That's why I think this show is great.
Aneurysms can definitely happen that fast, especially if they’re big ones. That actually happened to my dog (my sweet golden retriever) a little over a month ago unexpectedly at the park while playing ball. Still really struggling with it, but it happened just that sudden. I literally watched it happen we were there for maybe 5 mins very first ball throw while coming back. It was horrible we tried to save her with mouth-to-mouth and CPR, even kind strangers in our neighborhood stopped and tried help. I won’t go into more detail, but it’s very traumatizing to see you! 💔🥺
@@RaggedyPack it definitely was, Thank you! All I can say is, at least it didn’t happen when she was alone and at least she was doing her absolute favorite thing in the world with her favorite people! 🥺
There are a few episodes of television I wish I could forget and watch for the first time again, and this is one of them. My mind was completely blown the first time. Like someone else said, it's so awful how the house lures her in and gives her everything she wants, only to snatch it all away and kill her - like Cojo said, it doesn't play fair! I still do think that Blake sort of scares himself more than anything, heh - like, the things you're imagining are going to happen while you're covering your eyes are likely way scarier than most things that actually do happen on the screen! *But*, I also think that I and those who have watched this show many, many times (and say it isn't scary) kind of forget what it was like watching it for the first time, because hindsight changes it all so much. With hindsight much of this show is more sad than scary, like this episode - it is creepy and the bent-neck lady is terrifying, until we know she's really just Nellie. She stops being scary the moment we know she's Nellie, and watching this episode knowing what's coming is just so, so heartbreaking. (I cried during those last ten minutes the first time I watched it, but I think I cried harder the second time.) But without the benefit of hindsight? Yeah, it's freaky.
Sometimes horror is just horror. Don’t try to put this in context to real life applications. This is for entertainment. I love the writing, Blake. The acting. Is astounding and so are a whole lot of other things you are missing. Coming from someone in the business, I love the technical side of this show. The script is perfect! So… how has the character Luke been feeling lately?!? 🤔
The show is perfect. That's why. Like EVERYTHING is on point. EVERY. THING. The ability to have some of the best writing and depth PLUS exquisite Horror is almost unprecedented.
To answer Blake's question, I LOVE this show because it has everything I like, a mind bending well written story, great plot twists, great characters, amazing cinematography, and more than anything, the fact that it just made me feel sooooo much. Maybe it's because it's a family drama, but i found myself relating to the chatacters on more than one occasion. For me nothing tops Hill house, not even Bly Manor even though that one made me cry as well lol
To Blake, I grew up watching horror movies from my earliest childhood with my dad. It's in my blood! This show has great direction, scares and an amazing story.
Been watching u guys since Final Destination, and i was very excited when y'all started to watch this show. keep doing the good job, guys! i'm sharing your channel with my friends here in Brazil xD
Guys, I really hope you do “The Fall of the House of Usher” next!! Top that off with “Gerald’s Game”. You won’t be disappointed and we’d LOVE to see your reaction to a better series!!!!
You ever notice the mirror and/or its frame in all of Flanagan's works since the mirror was shown? Can't remember its name. Edit: Lasser Glass is the name
Nelly saw her life flash before her eyes when she died. Unfortunately she was able to see herself. The bent neck lady was there at some of the most significant/lowest times of her life.
I feel like it should have been an easy guess - first episode was focused on Stephen (oldest child), then number 2 on Shirley (second oldest), number 3 Theo, number 4 Luke (twin with Nellie, but born first), and number 5, naturally, Nellie.
LOLL, replying to Blake's question, I love this show cuz it has it all: good horror, scares, comedy, gorgeous shots, quality writing and emotional moments. In fact I was sobbing again in the Nell's hallucinations part just by watching it here, and it's like the 10th time I'm rewatching
Unfortunately, Nell didn't know that she had another gift besides the twin thing, and that was to see death. She saw her death all the time, almost her whole life, and thought it was a ghost and the house. I think at this point at the latest it should be clear that not everything that appears is a ghost or the house. Nell wanted her mom at her wedding and she appeared. That was a wish, an imagination. Other phenomena are simply coping mechanisms that have arisen because the children don't really know what exactly happened at that time. The mind plays tricks on you in grief and stress. As a viewer, the target is to find out what is what. It's actually like Steve said in episode 1 in the introduction speech. And in general, Steve always speaks the truth, which is what everyone else in this show does, just from different perspectives and beliefs. Everyone is right. It's just a shame that one perspective doesn't get along with the other, which has led to the family being destroyed. The family failed to talk about what they had experienced together shortly after the death of their mother. In this way, shared experiences have developed in different directions and have become so hardened that the siblings no longer get along with each other and their dad. And that's what basecap boy wanted to know. We like the show because it's demanding. Thinking along is not for everyone. Others surrender to their unfounded fear even after 5 episodes now. 5 episodes in which it should be clear by now that this is much more of a psychological family drama than a haunted story. You can learn so much about people's psyche in this show. You just have to stop being a pus**y. Because this show is actually just infinitely tragic and sad, brilliantly written and a lesson in psychology.
This series is so well written. There's a fan theory that I believe Flanagan confirmed, that the children represent the stages of grief. Steve is denial, Shirley anger, Theo bargaining, Luke depression, and Nell acceptance.
Blake, it's brilliantly written, by the way I only got scared in episode 8. And... Uhm, the end really ends in my opinion one of the best shows ever made.
Because Blake asked why i like this so much: the acting, the writing, the directing, the character development. I like horror but the fact that this is horror is secondary. It's just a great family drama.
I feel a bit bad for the therapist. You wouldn't think that she is actually haunted by a ghost. They only exist for this specific family it seems like. I am also only halfway through the show yet, so this is not a spoiler, but I think some of you guys are giving the ghosts too much credit or meaning. Afar from anything that happens INSIDE of Hill House proberty, I don't believe there are any ghostly activities. The 5 siblings seem to have supernatural senses, but apart from that, any ghostly activity in the present seems to be trauma (Luke, Nell) or guilt (Shirl. At least its heavily implied she cheated or smth). So I really think Nells husband jsut died of an aneurism, which is incredibly tragic
Fun fact, this scene with the therapist is actually very well regarded among therapists who have seen the show. If you take away the supernatural, this _is_ how you make people acknowledge that they can actually overcome their trauma. This actually works. Unfortunately, when it comes to supernatural issues, there aren't many people who can give you proper advice, unless you're looking at John Constantine or the guys from Supernatural. I mean, if one of you guys said you saw a ghost in your building, chances are you're not going to take the right steps to be able to get rid of it. In fact, you may gaslight each other in a similar way Steve does. Which in turn will make you experience how a horror story feels in real life ;)
I agree with your statement about the apparitions and ghost being manifestations of mental illness. It's tricky to dicipher which is kind of the point. Because from their perspective it feels like they are being haunted by these ghost from their past. But from any outsider's perspective, you can argue that it's trauma that has not been dealt with. It's interesting to view those "scary" moments and see it from both sides. By the way what I love about this show is that there is always layers and complexity to the situations, not just a demon or a possession that is occurring.
I have gifts similar to Theo’s, and I’m not speaking lightly when I say I’ve started to just KNOW when you guys are either watching and or uploading. I feel a spike in energy, and once I recognize it I keep a closer eye on your channel. Then lo and behold…a new upload. I’m starting to think it’s Blake’s energy I pick up on so strongly. It just moves so freely and openly. Plus extreme emotions tend to heighten energy, and in Blake’s case that would be fear 😂
One of you guys needs to go over to Blake's place while you're reacting to HoHH so he has someone to snuggle with when he's scared. It works for me! 😂 Thanks for sticking with it, even though you hate it. ❤️
42:22 the super-slide-ality (using that to not trigger the bots, hopefully you know what I mean) that the bent neck lady represents comes back as soon as Arthur dies. She says in her therapy sessions that she didn’t see her while her was alive. Arthur changed the future, but when he died, it became inevitable again. If you want to talk real world mental illness about it. And can confirm, that happened with me and my marriage for a while, that urge dissipated. But then it came back when the marriage fell apart due to her cheating and alcoholism.
I can watch this reaction and episode many times and still enjoy it 😁 I love The Haunting of Hill House and the cast ❤️ They are so good at playing in this show 😍 You can really feel what they going through. All the emotions. I have seen this show before, but I still get emotional watching the show. So happy you guys love it too ❤️ Always exciting to see how you all react to the show 😉😱 I'm ready for more Haunting of Hill House reactions in the future 👻😁
Just finished watching all 5 of these reactions. So glad you guys like and are appreciating the series. Corey your eagle eye sniping the ghosts the backgrounds of some of the shots. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👍 Blake....i don't mean to single out your personal angst with the episodes, it's going to be interesting to see how you feel about the series as a whole after you've finished it and have time to process/decompress/reflect. I am hoping against hope you end up truly appreciating it's revelations. Every one of you guy's post viewing analysis is spot on. There's a layered complexity to the way Flanagan tells this story. It just gets more brilliant as the series progresses. Back to my edging it out in abstaining to watch the remaining reactions in the weeks to come. I can not WAIT to see how you react to two specific scenes, I won't spoil it, one of them was just shot so...fantastically, the other actually scared me and really GOT ME! Thee jumpscare of jumpscares! Gentlemen, really good reactions.👍👍👍👍
People rag on the parents or the therapist for saying the wrong things that would normally be the right things. The characters don't know they're in a ghost story.
i'm with you guys on the vibe that people watch shows like this to feel something, i would even go further as to say that it's the double whammy of feeling sadness or fear in a safe environment away from reality 🤔 i saw a study saying that the majority of people with extreme amounts of tattoos and piercings also usually suffer from anxiety, and if you think about it, a lot of the people in the body mod community also love horror, the paranormal, true crime ect, it's a subconscious way to let out your feelings about the real world 🤭🩷
every time i'm hungover, i end up watching the conjuring or something devastating, like titanic or the impossible, to remind myself that i am in fact, not dying 🫠🤣
OMG NELL! 🤯😢
This episode was incredible!
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arthur really died of aneurysm guys, the bent-neck lady comeback in that moment is just to show how his influence in her life helped her avoid the ghosts of her past, but from the moment hes gone, she comes back.
So, this was Victoria’s first MAJOR acting role….EVER. There are so many reasons that you will understand after the end of the series why she is a true, true icon.
She is a really really good actress. She needs main role in major films.
FUN FACT…. I’ve suffered from sleep paralysis. It happened so often at one point in my life I was scared to go to sleep. I no longer sleep on my back to this day. But watching this show actually taught me to focus and squeeze my fist. And it WORKS. It’s so interesting. It takes ALL of my strength to do but it does in fact work… :)
Blake trying to crack his neck about 32 minutes in during THIS ep had me on edge man.
Also for Blake’s question near the end, horror is a way to explore these feelings from a safe distance and this series is expertly done.
The fact that the house showed Nell everything she ever wanted to lure her in, and then KILLED her. Wtf.
The house is very possessive and knows how to love bomb, hoover, and gaslight.
Gaslight, gatekeep, houseboss. 🏚️
I fcking hate this house. Nell didn't have a ghost of a chance.
Bent Neck Lady is a representation of Nell's creeping depression. That's why when Life is good with Arthur, she "goes away". She see's her when she see's her brother relapses after she buys him drugs, she sees it at one of the worst moments in her life when Arthur has an aneurysm. She sees it at the motel after none of her siblings picked up her calls. When her mother left her in the middle of the night after she needed her. This show loves to represent grief, mental health, and trauma as the real ghosts and Nell's is so well done to show how su*c*de can feel like a looming inevitability for someone with this horrible disease.
Beautiful explanation ❤
I understand what you are saying but you’re trying to put real life applications into a horror series about ghosts. Sometimes horror is just horror. It is written very well.
@@eddietucker7005 no like Mike Flanagan confirmed his ghosts are all representations of real world issues. It's his schtick
@@eddietucker7005one of the major themes in the show is that "a ghost can be a lot of things" as Steven puts it. What makes this show so great is that it purposefully ties in real human elements & emotions into a story about ghosts - it shows that people are "haunted" by very secular things such as grief, anger, sadness, addiction, depression, etc, as well as the paranormal. In this universe, the ghosts are very much real but they also serve as a metaphor for all those things the family goes through. That's the whole point of the story
@@eddietucker7005saying sometimes horror is just horror to Mike Flanagans shows is an insult haha. He’s a genius in horror and everything he does is with intention. So yea the ghosts are not just ghosts they represent a lot and it’s intentional.
3:22: olivia and hugh are not shitty parents. in fact, I think they were pretty great parents who were unfortunately put in an impossible situation.
As human beings were built to feel emotions. We watch comedies to laugh, we watch thrillers to feel thrilled and be on the edge of our seats, we watch action to get excited, we watch dramas to cry, we watch horror to feel frightened.
This show is such a well written story with well crafted characters. The juxtaposition between the horror elements and mental illness and maybe health issues (with the sprinkling of black mould here and there). They leave it open for the viewers to lean whichever way they want to.
Spoilers!!! Lmao! No, seriously - this! 💯 Facts! So well said.! IDK If I could've said it better myself (especially RN at 4:30 ish o' clock lol)
I find Blake’s reaction so interesting. I’ve watched a ton of reactions to this show and even the most scared/traumatized people are able to empathize with the characters. So it’s interesting to see him be so cold 😂😂😂
Wild how he said they are bad parents and gaslighting the kids. Like in real life 99.99999% of the time when a kid says they see something it’s not an actual ghost. Idk what he was expecting them to do pretend to be scared and traumatize the kid when in real life it’s not an actual ghost
I’m surprised no one said this yet but Nell’s therapist is played by the actor from the 1960s movie of Haunting of Hill House. If you like classic films, it’s worth a watch. He’s also an actor on Twin Peaks. His cameo is a nice easter egg for fans of the 60s movie. ☺️
The title of the 1963 film is The Haunting. - no reference to Hill House in the title. The actor’s name is Russ Tamblyn and his character name is Luke.
great catch! I love how this show is more of a "remix" of the original novel as well as the 63' film adaptation than a straight remake
He is also from "West Side Story" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" both movie musicals. He was a gymnast too, he was a good singer and dancer.
You know a show is good, when a single scene has you volleying back and forth between covering your face out of fear and crying over Nell dancing with her dead husband. I mean, that’s why I keep watching 🤷🏻♀️
One of the best twist endings ever! The next episode is an absolute technical masterpiece. Corey missed the ghost lurking under the piano in the scene where the mom was fussing at Nellie for writing on the wall.
Sad that I missed the piano ghost, but at least I caught a couple -Corey
@@RaggedyPack That was a tricky one for sure. You've done better than most people.. even the ones that know there are ghosts to be seen.
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this show wreaked havoc on my emotional state. got whiplash from how often it pulls between frightening to heartbreakingly sad.
33:45 "this demon does not play fair" he said that with so much sincerity it broke my heart. 😂😢
The cinematography is mind-blowing and the acting is top-notch. Mike Flanagan is a world class story teller and I try to get everyone I know to watch this, preferably with me.
Nell’s plot twist being the bent-neck lady herself was the best and most devastating plot twist ever, I love love love this show and cry every time nell and Arthur dance in the hill house 💔
The next episode is the entire reason I started watching the series. I randomly caught a behind the scenes video about its making in particular and I knew I had to see it in context. I swear it should have won all the awards.
that video about the making of episode 6 on netflix’s youtube channel is how i found out about this and started watching it!
My answer for why I like this is plain and simple, I like content that makes me cry. Bonus points if it’s horror that makes me cry. All of Mike’s works have made me cry at one point for one reason or another, and usually it’s been enough to get me to full on sob. It’s a coping mechanism I use to help regulate my feelings and cry in a controlled environment with controlled triggers.
this is the best explanation, i've never been able to put this into words!
That reveal of the Bent-neck Lady was perfection.
FUN FACTS:
The Haunting of Hill House is based on a novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson, and the eldest sister was named after her.
Mike Flanagan did a fantastic job of reimagining the narrative. In the book, Dr. John Montague hosts a group of strangers to stay in the haunted mansion, and Luke is the heir of the place. Flanagan made these strangers family and injected them with loss, fear, and love. All the main characters in the book are here, with Nell, Theo, Luke, Dr. Montague in a lesser role than in the book, and the Dudleys. The additions are the parents, Steven, Shirley, and Nell’s husband.
And here, Dr John Montague is the name of the bad therapist and is played by the same actor who played Luke in the 1963 original The Haunting.
This far we just know Abigail as Abigail, her last name has never been mentioned.
As for the therapist, he did his job with a logical mind in a world that exists in ours. There are those that believes in ghost & those that dont & a "normal" therapist would probably say similar. :)
True. But he obviously wasn't the right doctor for her.
@@kflowers8276 Brother no doctor could've helped her. She needed a priest lmao
1:53 - “That’s a boob.” 😂😂😂 - Thanks for that Blake
3:23 lol I don't know if it's right to blame the parents here, they are just trying to comfort their daughter and list logical explanations so that their daughter can be at peace instead of terrified (they have never seen any ghosts, and I believe that any parent who receives their daughter crying in the middle of the night would think she just had a nightmare) what did you want them to say to their, what, 5 year old daughter? "yes, daughter, you really are being haunted by a ghost, and I'm telling you this even though I have never believed in the existence of ghosts, so you should be afraid for your life, because the evil ghost definitely wants to get you, In fact, if I were you, I would never sleep again, because I would be afraid of ghosts appearing. That said, since you now know that there are ghosts, from now on you must spend your whole life in fear and worrying about them haunt you"
Exactly!! Was a little irritated at their logic 😂😂😂
To why someone might enjoy this show, these heavy feelings/moments are normal days for some of us. It's gratifying to experience them through great writing, acting, and a creative lens that is there to tell a story start to finish.
I can't watch this episode without crying, poor sweet Nellie just wanted her family to be together and happy. Blake, you guys are watching the Saw movies which are absolutely disgusting, Hill House is so good on so many levels. Not really scary, but very emotional.
Russ Tamblyn, who played Nell’s therapist, played Luke in the original movie adaption of the Haunting of Hill House, called The Haunting.
i’m also a baby about horror but i’m very fond of this show, enough to rewatch it several times over, because i think that exploring the characters’ personal and familial journeys in a supernatural context was extremely well done. it definitely sticks the landing, even if blake ends up not liking the show i hope he appreciates what it’s about in the end.
We need Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and Fall of the House of Usher after this.
This is one of my favorite series, ever. I've rewatched it many time and I love it because not only does it tackle the horror elements perfectly, but the overall story is so beautiful to me, about family, love and loss.
This reveal is by far one of the most bone-chilling moments of the show.
This show has among the most tightly written scripts, some of the best acting, masterful editing, and absolute top-tier cinematography of almost anything I've ever seen on television. That's why I like it.
Every character was haunted by something. I like to think that Nellie was haunted by her own death. So, as a kid, she give the name of her fear of Bent-Neck Lady - sorry for the english. Brazilian here. Awesome channel!
arthur died of an aneurysm. I don’t think the show means for that to be ambiguous outside of nell’s perspective. nell is the bent neck lady and if you notice she often appeared to herself in times of stress or turmoil which makes sense as to why she showed up in that moment.
A line that has always stuck with me from Stephen King's novel "It" was that a haunt can also be defined as a feeding place for animals, and all the people in her illusion at the climax of the episode looked absolutely predatory, smiling at her with hungry eyes.
even watching somebody else’s reaction, this episode has me sobbing. the tragedy and inevitability of poor nell will never not break my heart
The whole series is a masterpiece. I wish I could go back in time and watch it for the first time again. The storytelling, the characters, the emotions, the drama, the terror - all perfectly wrapped up in a genius script and twists and turns. It’s beautiful.
Heaven forbid people appreciate a well acted, well written, amazing show, lmao. Yeah, it's grim, but it's also so good!
Well for me, I like this show because it's the probably the most realistic towards a grieving family, each member deals with tragedy in their own way, and some may not be healthy but people are imperfect. And my favorite episode is next, is so top tier.
this was the episode that got me hooked on the whole show
When you finish this show you have to react to the fall of the house of usher it's amazing!!
I've said it before, but that mirror 34:11 is the Lasser Glass, and appears in some form in every one of Flanagan's works after Oculus. It is the headboard for the bed in Gerald's Game. It can be seen in the community center in Midnight Mass. It's another thing to keep an eye out for in the future! Cheers, fellas!
Why do we like this? Because it’s fantastically written and directed and the characters are so rich and interesting and the story is hauntingly beautiful. And also because being scared in the safety of fiction is fun.
Hey Blake, this show clearly isn’t for you. Why not just bow out and let the other 3 enjoy it?
That's what I thought 😂. I've seen other groups of reactors and sometimes if one of them don't like something they just watch without that person. I really tried with him but it's really annoying, especially that reaction in the end, if you don't like something just don't watch, but from episode 1 you probably know if it's for you, and you don't have to SCREAM and ask us something that's simple, the show is a masterpiece, full stop.
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the therapist is not a bad guy, he does not know he's in a horror show, he does not know hill house is actually haunted.
I loved Blake's outburst at the end lmao, such a crazy episode
I love the genius of the writing. But they are right . I love to feel. And this hits the feels hard.
37:50 Blake lmfao!! your face!!!! Are you okay my dude? You sweating over there lmao 🤣
They asked who was all the people in the background.Those were all the ghosts of the hill house.
PS. Blake at the end was awesome with his raitt.
I like this show because this episode, and many of the ideas in the rest of the series, are true horror. It shows the horror in real life through fantasy, as many of the best stories (and some would argue all) do. Nell has depression, and if you understand that, you understand the bent neck lady.
I think the Bent-Neck Lady might also be a reference to the mythology of doppelgangers as one's own ghost - which is usually taken to be a seriously bad omen at best, and a sign of impending death at worst. There's several stories of people seeing doppelgangers of themselves or of close relatives or loved ones, shortly before getting news that the person they saw had actually passed away close to when they were seen. Usually, they don't speak.
So, the Bent-Neck Lady's appearances were attempts to warn Nell about... something? I really don't think there was much she could've done about Arthur. But the repeated appearances when she stopped taking her meds were probably a warning to maybe reconsider that. Or at least to not go to the house.
We love this for the same reason people like spicy food and rollercoasters and arctic plunges and car racing
Can't believe this is Victoria (Nell) first role! Shes absolutely killing it love her. ❤ And episode 6 also a great episode!
Blake, it’s the reveal, young Nell saw her future, she didn’t know what she would look like. All the girls have a power. The only one that knew was Theo, because the mom took her. The house, isn’t just a house.
16:27 Because of the twin thing, Luke is an addict due to Nell being on meds
oh wow. Never made that connection. She needed to be on drugs to survive, but him being on drugs was killing him. Almost like they were doomed from the start, or it was in their fate to end up the way they do.
Sure, it makes it harder for him to get clean but to say that he's an addict because she has to take meds is just silly. Itd be like saying she has to take meds because he's an addict and sees shit thats not there making her think shes hallucinating.
@@pamelawilliams3144 Mike Flanagan literally said that’s the reason, I’m just a messenger
One of the details in the series that breaks my heart is that Nell's and Luke's lives are so intertwined because of the twin thing that both of them feel each other's pains. So much so that Nell, in an effort to help Luke get better, stopped taking her meds so that Luke won't relapse (she says Luke always relapses when she's on her meds and always seem to get better when she's off her meds) and in the process, she became worse.
Didnt even realize its been a week since ep 4, what an amazing surprise to see this in my feed 😍😍
I loved this movie/show because it was so excellently written! Its not easy to blend complicated timelines and multiple stories and make it cohesive! Kudos to the writer/Director!
This show is a great meditation on the seven stages of grief and it's just damn good writing, acting and directing. That's why I think this show is great.
"That's a boob" well spotted, Blake 😂😂
Aneurysms can definitely happen that fast, especially if they’re big ones. That actually happened to my dog (my sweet golden retriever) a little over a month ago unexpectedly at the park while playing ball. Still really struggling with it, but it happened just that sudden. I literally watched it happen we were there for maybe 5 mins very first ball throw while coming back. It was horrible we tried to save her with mouth-to-mouth and CPR, even kind strangers in our neighborhood stopped and tried help. I won’t go into more detail, but it’s very traumatizing to see you! 💔🥺
Our Condolences. That's tragic 😔
@@RaggedyPack it definitely was, Thank you! All I can say is, at least it didn’t happen when she was alone and at least she was doing her absolute favorite thing in the world with her favorite people! 🥺
Why did homie ruin the fact that Nell was the bent neck lady before the rest of the guys could figure that out for themselves? SMFH
There are a few episodes of television I wish I could forget and watch for the first time again, and this is one of them. My mind was completely blown the first time. Like someone else said, it's so awful how the house lures her in and gives her everything she wants, only to snatch it all away and kill her - like Cojo said, it doesn't play fair!
I still do think that Blake sort of scares himself more than anything, heh - like, the things you're imagining are going to happen while you're covering your eyes are likely way scarier than most things that actually do happen on the screen! *But*, I also think that I and those who have watched this show many, many times (and say it isn't scary) kind of forget what it was like watching it for the first time, because hindsight changes it all so much. With hindsight much of this show is more sad than scary, like this episode - it is creepy and the bent-neck lady is terrifying, until we know she's really just Nellie. She stops being scary the moment we know she's Nellie, and watching this episode knowing what's coming is just so, so heartbreaking. (I cried during those last ten minutes the first time I watched it, but I think I cried harder the second time.) But without the benefit of hindsight? Yeah, it's freaky.
Sometimes horror is just horror. Don’t try to put this in context to real life applications. This is for entertainment. I love the writing, Blake. The acting. Is astounding and so are a whole lot of other things you are missing. Coming from someone in the business, I love the technical side of this show. The script is perfect!
So… how has the character Luke been feeling lately?!? 🤔
The show is perfect. That's why. Like EVERYTHING is on point. EVERY. THING. The ability to have some of the best writing and depth PLUS exquisite Horror is almost unprecedented.
to Blake: idk i just love getting scared. i have a ouija board, chucky doll, stayed in a haunted hotel room and want to do more! hahah
To answer Blake's question, I LOVE this show because it has everything I like, a mind bending well written story, great plot twists, great characters, amazing cinematography, and more than anything, the fact that it just made me feel sooooo much. Maybe it's because it's a family drama, but i found myself relating to the chatacters on more than one occasion. For me nothing tops Hill house, not even Bly Manor even though that one made me cry as well lol
To Blake, I grew up watching horror movies from my earliest childhood with my dad. It's in my blood! This show has great direction, scares and an amazing story.
Been watching u guys since Final Destination, and i was very excited when y'all started to watch this show.
keep doing the good job, guys! i'm sharing your channel with my friends here in Brazil xD
Guys, I really hope you do “The Fall of the House of Usher” next!!
Top that off with “Gerald’s Game”. You won’t be disappointed and we’d LOVE to see your reaction to a better series!!!!
You ever notice the mirror and/or its frame in all of Flanagan's works since the mirror was shown? Can't remember its name.
Edit: Lasser Glass is the name
Because it’s a powerful story you can’t appreciate until it’s revealed in whole
Nelly saw her life flash before her eyes when she died. Unfortunately she was able to see herself. The bent neck lady was there at some of the most significant/lowest times of her life.
I feel like it should have been an easy guess - first episode was focused on Stephen (oldest child), then number 2 on Shirley (second oldest), number 3 Theo, number 4 Luke (twin with Nellie, but born first), and number 5, naturally, Nellie.
"You can't have a bad time in a fort!" 😅 The Sixth Sense
It's the ending, when you get there you'll understand. It's a great story that explains things that are sometimes hard to put into words.
Here for everyone. . here for this so much. . .here for Blake getting spooked. . . let's go!
Daddy Blake looks so good today
this episode it’s sad but beatiful, one of the best TV shows ever
Buckle up, guys, Ep. 6 is a masterpiece, and all the subsequent episodes are amazing, especially 8 & 10, IMO.
LOLL, replying to Blake's question, I love this show cuz it has it all: good horror, scares, comedy, gorgeous shots, quality writing and emotional moments. In fact I was sobbing again in the Nell's hallucinations part just by watching it here, and it's like the 10th time I'm rewatching
Unfortunately, Nell didn't know that she had another gift besides the twin thing, and that was to see death. She saw her death all the time, almost her whole life, and thought it was a ghost and the house.
I think at this point at the latest it should be clear that not everything that appears is a ghost or the house. Nell wanted her mom at her wedding and she appeared. That was a wish, an imagination. Other phenomena are simply coping mechanisms that have arisen because the children don't really know what exactly happened at that time. The mind plays tricks on you in grief and stress. As a viewer, the target is to find out what is what.
It's actually like Steve said in episode 1 in the introduction speech.
And in general, Steve always speaks the truth, which is what everyone else in this show does, just from different perspectives and beliefs. Everyone is right. It's just a shame that one perspective doesn't get along with the other, which has led to the family being destroyed. The family failed to talk about what they had experienced together shortly after the death of their mother. In this way, shared experiences have developed in different directions and have become so hardened that the siblings no longer get along with each other and their dad.
And that's what basecap boy wanted to know. We like the show because it's demanding. Thinking along is not for everyone. Others surrender to their unfounded fear even after 5 episodes now. 5 episodes in which it should be clear by now that this is much more of a psychological family drama than a haunted story. You can learn so much about people's psyche in this show. You just have to stop being a pus**y. Because this show is actually just infinitely tragic and sad, brilliantly written and a lesson in psychology.
Blake, you're doing amazing, sweetie 😂
This series is so well written. There's a fan theory that I believe Flanagan confirmed, that the children represent the stages of grief. Steve is denial, Shirley anger, Theo bargaining, Luke depression, and Nell acceptance.
Blake, it's brilliantly written, by the way I only got scared in episode 8. And... Uhm, the end really ends in my opinion one of the best shows ever made.
Because Blake asked why i like this so much: the acting, the writing, the directing, the character development. I like horror but the fact that this is horror is secondary. It's just a great family drama.
OMG the begining felt like Blake was staring into my soul LOL
I feel a bit bad for the therapist. You wouldn't think that she is actually haunted by a ghost. They only exist for this specific family it seems like.
I am also only halfway through the show yet, so this is not a spoiler, but I think some of you guys are giving the ghosts too much credit or meaning. Afar from anything that happens INSIDE of Hill House proberty, I don't believe there are any ghostly activities. The 5 siblings seem to have supernatural senses, but apart from that, any ghostly activity in the present seems to be trauma (Luke, Nell) or guilt (Shirl. At least its heavily implied she cheated or smth). So I really think Nells husband jsut died of an aneurism, which is incredibly tragic
It's just a very well written and directed family drama Blake. It just happens that there are ghosts involved.
Fun fact, this scene with the therapist is actually very well regarded among therapists who have seen the show. If you take away the supernatural, this _is_ how you make people acknowledge that they can actually overcome their trauma. This actually works. Unfortunately, when it comes to supernatural issues, there aren't many people who can give you proper advice, unless you're looking at John Constantine or the guys from Supernatural.
I mean, if one of you guys said you saw a ghost in your building, chances are you're not going to take the right steps to be able to get rid of it. In fact, you may gaslight each other in a similar way Steve does. Which in turn will make you experience how a horror story feels in real life ;)
Stop saying demon 😅😂 no demons just ghosts, also Blake if don't wanna miss something don't cover your eyes, and honestly how are you scared so easily?
DUDE I’ve been literally wondering the same thing. This show is more thriller than horror
I agree with your statement about the apparitions and ghost being manifestations of mental illness. It's tricky to dicipher which is kind of the point. Because from their perspective it feels like they are being haunted by these ghost from their past. But from any outsider's perspective, you can argue that it's trauma that has not been dealt with. It's interesting to view those "scary" moments and see it from both sides. By the way what I love about this show is that there is always layers and complexity to the situations, not just a demon or a possession that is occurring.
I have gifts similar to Theo’s, and I’m not speaking lightly when I say I’ve started to just KNOW when you guys are either watching and or uploading. I feel a spike in energy, and once I recognize it I keep a closer eye on your channel. Then lo and behold…a new upload. I’m starting to think it’s Blake’s energy I pick up on so strongly. It just moves so freely and openly. Plus extreme emotions tend to heighten energy, and in Blake’s case that would be fear 😂
One of you guys needs to go over to Blake's place while you're reacting to HoHH so he has someone to snuggle with when he's scared. It works for me! 😂
Thanks for sticking with it, even though you hate it. ❤️
Omg i forgot today was Wednesday! I'm so excited to watch this. This and episode 6 are my favorites. Hope the boys have tissues for all the feels.
42:22 the super-slide-ality (using that to not trigger the bots, hopefully you know what I mean) that the bent neck lady represents comes back as soon as Arthur dies. She says in her therapy sessions that she didn’t see her while her was alive. Arthur changed the future, but when he died, it became inevitable again. If you want to talk real world mental illness about it. And can confirm, that happened with me and my marriage for a while, that urge dissipated. But then it came back when the marriage fell apart due to her cheating and alcoholism.
I can watch this reaction and episode many times and still enjoy it 😁 I love The Haunting of Hill House and the cast ❤️ They are so good at playing in this show 😍 You can really feel what they going through. All the emotions. I have seen this show before, but I still get emotional watching the show. So happy you guys love it too ❤️ Always exciting to see how you all react to the show 😉😱 I'm ready for more Haunting of Hill House reactions in the future 👻😁
Just finished watching all 5 of these reactions.
So glad you guys like and are appreciating the series.
Corey your eagle eye sniping the
ghosts the backgrounds of some of the shots.
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Blake....i don't mean to single out your personal angst with the episodes, it's going to be interesting to see how you feel about the series as a whole after you've finished it and have time to process/decompress/reflect.
I am hoping against hope you
end up truly appreciating it's revelations.
Every one of you guy's post viewing analysis is spot on. There's a layered complexity to the way Flanagan tells this story. It just gets more brilliant as the series progresses.
Back to my edging it out in abstaining to watch the remaining reactions in the weeks to come. I can not WAIT to see how you react to two specific scenes,
I won't spoil it, one of them was just shot so...fantastically, the other actually scared me and really GOT ME!
Thee jumpscare of jumpscares!
Gentlemen, really good reactions.👍👍👍👍
they aren’t prepared for what is coming untill the finale… oh, my guys 🥺🫶🏻
Damn, y'all looked SICK at the end of that ep!
People rag on the parents or the therapist for saying the wrong things that would normally be the right things. The characters don't know they're in a ghost story.
i'm with you guys on the vibe that people watch shows like this to feel something, i would even go further as to say that it's the double whammy of feeling sadness or fear in a safe environment away from reality 🤔
i saw a study saying that the majority of people with extreme amounts of tattoos and piercings also usually suffer from anxiety, and if you think about it, a lot of the people in the body mod community also love horror, the paranormal, true crime ect, it's a subconscious way to let out your feelings about the real world 🤭🩷
every time i'm hungover, i end up watching the conjuring or something devastating, like titanic or the impossible, to remind myself that i am in fact, not dying 🫠🤣
I cried so hard in this episode.... Im just sad than scared... Tragedy man, tragedy....