The Haunting Of Hill House: Ending Explained: How The House Won, The Red Room, Dudleys + More
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The Haunting Of Hill House is a 2018 Netflix Original Horror Show based on the book of the same name. Similar to the source material there is a sinister side to the show and throughout this video I will be discussing the ending of it as well as how I think the house really won.
There will be heavy spoilers and I definitely recommend that you check the show out if you’re a fan of all things horror.
With that out the way, I’m Deffinition and I ruin it so you don’t have to!
Hill House And The Red Room
Hill House itself is pure evil. Whilst we are never given a concrete explanation to it’s powers, the house is able to bring forth hallucinations, act as a refuge for the dead and bend space and time. The house’s main goal is to feed on the living so that it can continue to thrive. It does this by driving people to the brink of misery so that they take their own lives. Throughout the show, the house is purposely creating cutom curated ghosts and spectres that pray on the Crain familys’ worst fears. Each ghoul and apparition has been designed with one goal in mind, to bring the family back to the Red Room, which is the houses’ stomach, so that it can feast on them.
During the show, the house purposely twists and repurposes the Red Room so that it appears to be a safe area in which each member of The Crain family can relax and be digested. To Luke it is a tree house, Steve sees a games Room, Olivia a reading room and so on. It is a room which is tailor made towards them so that they can feel some sense of sanity whilst also being driven insane.
Originally home to the Hill family, it managed to murder most of them, even going so far as to cause William Hill to brick himself behind a wall out of fear which brings me to my next point. The house’ greatest trick is that it makes people wall themselves off from the world and tricks them into believing that they are safe within it so they refuse to leave. It does this sucessfully to Olivia Crain and almost fools her into murdering her two youngest children. She does however manage to get The Dudley’s daughter Abigail which plays into the next part.
The Dudleys
In the final episode we learn that the father, Hugh, almost burnt down the house but was stayed from doing so by The Dudleys. After Olivia murdered their daughter Abigail, they realised that the house had kept her spirit alive and if it were to be destroyed, their daughter would go with it.
So, they make a deal with the devil and convince Hugh to abstain from setting it alight. To me, this is another trick that the house pulls, just as it is about to be destroyed it manages to manipulate the Dudleys into pulling at the heartstrings of Hugh and put him in a position where he would have to be a monster to deny them.
It’s a smart move that I haven’t seen many people pick up on and it allows the house to continue to trick the Crains into coming back so it can feast on them once more.
The saying is that the house always is definitely true here. Even in the end it manages to trick Hugh into taking his own life by making it appear like he has no other option. It truly highlights just how sinister it is and is a very smart move that tricks us into thinking we got a happy ending.
The Bent Neck Lady
To me, this is hammered home by the fact that The House has a clear control over time. We discover that The Bent Neck Lady that haunts Nell is actually a version of her from the future that committed suicide. In a last ditch attempt, at the moment of her death, Nell travels back in time to warn herself but ultimately this ends up making her return to the house to commit the act.
Nell obviously did not possess the power herself so this was the house playing it’s hand to cause her to return there so it could feed once more. It’s a brilliant reveal and definitely stands as one of the strongest moments in the show.
Your Thoughts
So, what did you think of The Haunting Of Hill House? Personally, I absolutely loved it, it’s everything I wish that American Horror story would be and it was incredibly well paced and acted. It has one of the best continuous shots that I’ve ever seen in anything ever and blew me away from start to finish. Do you agree with my thoughts on how the house always win? Is there anything I missed? Do you think that they should have just called the Ghostbusters? - Розваги
What did you think of The Haunting Of Hill House? Do you think the House Won in the end? Comment below and let me know!
deffinition I thought it was kinda awful. The family drama was very absorbing at first then just became so repetitive and badly acted. And I was so bored after episode 6 the jump scares couldn’t even wake me from my brain dead state
I loved it. Marriages mended, Luke continues with the support of his siblings, but ultimately the house wins. It still stands having collected more souls.
deffinition I just finished it today, and it was incredible! I don’t really like horror anymore, I do watch AHS, but that’s so much more, and so was this. 👏👏👏👏
Essie S couldn’t agree more. Same exact feeling.
Thanks for the comments everyone
The real victim is poor Abigail. She was a prisoner in her own home. No friends because of over protective parents. Even the crains thought she was imaginary. She has ONE sleepover and tea party and Wham! She's a Ghost living the same life as before, trapped in a house with no friends.
chas766 yeah that’s true, very tragic life
chas766 I thought I was tripping lol I also thought she was just another ghost in the house until the girl dropped dead in the red room lmao
Her parents didn't want her going near the house. They knew if she strayed too far from their house, Hill House would lure her.
You hit it right on the nail!
When Abigail started choking I was thinking,”How can a dead ghost be choking from drinking rat poison if she’s already dead?” Then I realize she was a live human being. Shocking
This House has tricked me to watch the entire season in one evening. The House always wins.
hahhaahahhaahha
Me too😂
@@marga-4015 😄
LOL, yeah....hahaha
Lololol
I almost cried when the caretaker carried his dying wife into the house so she could die and be with her daughter. Guess the husband has to kill himself there. Man, that's so sad.
Dude, I totally bawled during that scene lol. No shame
The entire ending montage was great but that scene was the breaking point for me and had me tear up some
Me too! I really liked both of those characters.
Zintaro That’s the exact moment when the tears starting coming for me 😢
I managed not to cry until that bloody scene and then 😭
That one jump scare in the car tho. Episode 8. God. Damn.
Joe Mello loooooool so good
Dude that scares me and my Dad because it was so unexpected while they were fighting.
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Oh f*** yes! That got me soooo bad! You just don't expect it, while they fight. If anything, I expected the camera to pan to the street and reveal something on the road or a bird hitting the frontshield or something. But boy I screamed so loud, I scared my poor cat to death! xD
I dont normally get scared during these but that one gave me a full blown anxiety attack lol
All that matter is that Luke is alive and sober and happy and being loved by his family
ramoncita true true
Exactly! My main concern in the last 2 episodes were if Luke was going to live or not... I was so happy he did :')
yesssss...he is my fav character
ramoncita right! I was so happy when he went back to life
Jimmy D tbhhh
I think it should be noted that Nellie is the big winner against the house. Nellie was able to do what the mother had wanted to do. Had she not died she would not have been able to “wake her brothers and sisters up” saving them from being victims of the house.
TheGirlLikesMovies yeah that’s true, she saved them from the red room
Or did she? They will always be "keys" to the red room.
chas766 they will always be “keys” but Nellie will always be there to “wake” them.
Which is really odd, because Nellie was the reason anyone of them went back to the house at all!
Not a big winner the father still died anyway. And to Think the Rest of the family can live in Peace Now is delusional. Didnt you See the sad/terrified face of Nell when they welcomed the dead father in the Red room
I hated how Olivia (the mom) never ended up being herself again, even after death. It would have been nice if it was revealed that she was trying to protect her children in the end, rather than trying to kill them the entire series.
Mr. Locke the house just spoilt her too much
You say that as if it's scientific. They could have written it differently, it's fiction, after all.
Mr. Locke yes, this bothered me too. She was such a loving mother. And I hate that Shirley and Theo didn’t get to see her like Luke and Steve. Man!!!!!!! This show is amazing.
She was instrumental and symbolism to the tension between the family members. Part of her wanted to take a two youngest children to ‘die’ and be with her after she had her apparitions/dreams because it convinced her it was the _only_ way to be with them forever.
It confused her, and the father’s role was the ‘string to her kite’, reminding her that real love was not holding on to people - but letting them live and be free as they should.
Nell’s death was in part due to this trickery, but it wasn’t that the mother was “bad”.
Hence, in death seeing what it all was - Nell stayed true as a light to Luke to remind him that even with all the love the mother _believed_ it all to be... that it wasn’t the right way to go.
I think that’s the clever part... Olivia *is* being protective, in a way a parent can understand. She killed herself (kind of), and she woke up in the house. Nell and Abigail died in an instant, but then they were “awake” in the house. Olivia’s visions of seeing her children dying young (possibly alone, possibly separated from her forever) led her to believe that killing them would be a merciful way to bring them under her loving care, preventing them from lives of pain. Helicopter Mom, even in death. Lol.
The Dudleys have a similar plan, in life. The world is imperfect and harmful, so they secluded Abigail to keep her “safe.”
I kinda wish there had been more scenes of Abbigail early on. I get trying to play her off as a vision or a ghost, but man is that the real horror story of the show. A little girl, locked away by two scared out of their mind parents (she has to sneak out through a vent). Told day after day how evil the outside world is (and based on her mom's speeches in the house lots of religious rants), meets probably her first and only friend. Gets invited to probably her only ever sleepover after hearing how shes not even real from that family. And in that night is brutally murdered. And because of how insane her parents are, no funeral, no one to mourn her, just left wandering the halls WITH the woman who killed her. Damn that's dark.
Very sad. The dudleys definitely did a complete 180 from "this house is wrong and we'll never stay more than necessary" to "it has good memories" lol. The power of perspective.
Right? This series' concept of an "afterlife" seems abyssal. You'd think the Dudleys would want Hugh to burn the house just so that Abbey, as well as all the other ghosts, could be released from the house and finally rest in peace. But I guess the whole point of them is to show that they can't even let go of their dead loved ones. They'd rather have Abbey wander around a decrepit house with malevolent ghosts like Poppy for eternity, just so they could visit her. Which seems selfish, when you think about it. They'd prefer that over her being released to the "other side". Whatever that may be, if it even exists at all.
@@BurningFreesias yeah. And funny how a mom so religious wanted her daughter to not reach the other side and be stuck in that house. Selfish indeed
just a show. stop being triggered.
Nate Puterbaugh another scary thing to note is the older Dudley man was telling Hugh in the basement that he thinks he could be the child that resulted of an affair the bowler hat man and his actual mother who was a maid had in the house before he was born. So he shares the ghostly genetics.
I felt so sorry for the dad. He witnessed his wife went insane, trying to kill the kids, and dead. They also took away the kids from him. Then his youngest die and he desperately trying to protect the others safe from the house despite they all treated him like a shit. Poor guy just wanted to fixed things.
I love that the ending tricked everyone into thinking that it was a happy ending but in actuality the house still got what it has always wanted. It might not have gotten all of them but it still got what it wanted.
Yeah it’s brilliant, so well done
I gotta admit when I watched episode 1 . I was like eh not feeling it seems slow but then I pushed myself to watch episode 2 and next thing I know it’s 2am and I’m on episode 9 😂
Tyreke Byrd yeah proper gets you, thanks for the comment
same!!!!
For me episode 2 was boring. My favorite siblings are Theo, Luke and Nelly
Bro same here lol me and me and my gf started watching it at 8pm, she fell asleep on the 2nd episode and I stayed up until 5am and got to the season finale. This was a very good series!
Same
The Reveal of the Neck Bent Lady had me shook af and also??????? I cried so much lmao
Mabel Pines glad you liked it and thanks for the comment
Yes! The show makes American Horror Story feels like Disney movie 😀 This one is real horror without have to selling sex in it. Good show!
T R I B E glad you liked it and thanks for the comment. I think AHS has turned into some weird comedy recently, just OTT bad.
I agree. I just think Ryan Murphy is a terrible writer. He knows how to create a interesting enough premise, but he usually doesn't know what to do with it. Even the "good" seasons (1-3) just lose steam half way through and just die by the end.
@@drakenfist the hotel is the worst one. What a waste of talent. I think THoHH should hire Sarah Paulson in season 2. She would be so good to act in the good script.
I think AHS season 2 was the best, the rest were crap! Hope this show gets more hype it's amazing 🙌🏻
yesss...i loved that it had no dirty scenes that are pointlessly shoved in every show nowadays!
I'd have to disagree with your take on Nell warning her younger self. I believe that was the house tormenting her younger self with the silhouetted lynched body. It does seem like it makes sense that she would try to warn herself, however, for two reasons, Nell does not have the power to go back in time and the look on her face was pure shock that she was seeing herself. Think of it as the world's worst and very literal "your life flashes before your eyes" type of ordeal.
BTW that image of Nell's broken neck still haunts me and gives me chills! As a student in forensics, the spine placement was beyond realistic!!!
Hunter Of Endermen yeah that’s true, great comment thank you
Working 15 years in Corrections I've since a few hangings; the placement is startlingly realistic.
Right. That evil house just shows the inevitable future after being inside it.
Think of it like if you have sex with a person with hiv. Do you think that just because you leave youre not gonna catch it or its just going to vanish? No
Yeah I think it became a self fulfilling prophecy in the end. The house haunted her with a woman that hung herself, then in end forced her to do the same only to fill her with images that she was haunting herself the whole time...just to make her death that more horrific. I dont think she was really haunting herself. It was playing a long game with Nell. Knew it could trick her into coming back one day. The house didn't really have any physical power, just manipulated them to breaking point, played mental games with them. Played on their fears to the point where they would take their own lives. That is somehow more scary. I guess this is where it stopped making sense to me though. Where it was haunting them outside the house and where it was able to physically kill Nell;s husband. That didn't seem to fit with the rest of the theory.
@@StarMonkies If you are in that evil house for as long as they have been you are pretty much cursed your fate is sealed.
The house slowly feeds off your fears, guilt, or any addictions. Even after you leave it haunts you and tries to figure a way to lure you back inside to finish you off. Hence why the house was still haunting adult nell by showing her visions of her future or the mother went back to the house after she left. It drives you mad. Nell's husband was in the way and the house killed him for it.
Now how the house did it was never explained. Maybe nell's husband saw the ghost and had an aneurysm. For some reason her sleep paralysis was linked to her seeing the ghost and notice they got worse. So maybe the house used her condition to kill him. I think anybody she married wouldve been killed. Also notice it took the husband a lot longer to wake up and help her wake up the last time. It was to late
Did anyone else get the feeling that the mother was staring at her son with cold and angry eyes like she was thinking that one got away at the end of the last episode. Also when the grounds keeper brought his wife to the house to die i felt like the house was projecting this happy reunion between his wife and two kids just to get him to die within the house and have this dame sense of false peace. Because if you look at all the spirts in the house at the end of the show. they all looked mangled and distorted (like death), but prior to dying they ( the main family members and the groundskeepers) portrayed a sense of peace and happiness to the loved ones left behind. I would also love for the second season to give a background view of the Hill family and the house being developed. Specially when concerning Mr Hill because he was the creepiest of all the spirts. Would love to know the meaning behind the rhyme that was about him.
Dee Ross wow great thing to notice, I’m on my second watch so will keep an eye out for that
At some point , Hugh , the dad , finds a body with building tools near him behind a wall . He finds the body while he was searching for the reason his house is full of water in the basement . That body was Mr Hill wich barricaded himself for gettin rid of his sisters but he regreted it and thats why when Hugh smashed a hole in the wall he was hearing scratches wich he blamed on the rats
That , oor you’re talkin about the metaphor with small/tall man wich i didnt understood as well
trash i meant the “small/tall man”rhyme that the manipulative female spirt (that was clinically insane in life) was saying at one point. My impression was that the floating tall man with the cane was the other version of Mr Hill the small spirt with the same hat and cane that showed up midway through the season and at the very end of the last episode of the season.
My thoughts, exactly! It's not a happy ending at all! Just like how the house tried tricking the Craines into thinking everything was fine, now its trying to trick US, the audience, into believing they were. And to add to your point: I could've sworn Clara's "baby" was swathed in a deep red cloth. Notice how most things projected by the House is wearing something red? Like Olivia's ghost always wore a red dress, whereas in life she wore blues and greens.
One of the scariest scenes for me is when Luke goes in the Dumbwaiter and ends up in that wine cellar that no one knew about, and that man was crawling towards him trying to attack him. Omg I about had a heart attack, when Theo goes to investigate I was so scared for her I covered my eyes like a 5 year old throughout that whole scene.
the house definitely won and the dudley's final scene was heartbreaking
Molly McIntosh yup, destroyed their lives completely
In the end, they also fell for the lies of the House, thinking they could be with their family for eternity. But an eternity of what? Children stuck in the states they died in (a child and infant)? In an old, abandoned house full of spirits that actually look like ghouls and zombies to the living? An Olivia who is STILL insane even in death, believing it's better to kill her innocent children while they're young, instead of letting them grow up and live their lives? How/why could they prefer that over crossing into the afterlife completely, and just be free of the House's grip?
binged the whole show in one night, one of the best horror series ever made.Why be chilled with a movie in one hour when you can have the slow burn scare for 10 hours what an experience.
I liked how the ghosts didn't have that much power over them but used their subsciousnes as a weapon against them. How they masterfully show time in nonlinear fashion with how Nelles future influences her present while the past&present drive her towards the future that created it self , just amazes me how this reflects reality if you're observe well enough u wonder if present and future create each other at the same time.
Areté yeah, truly brilliant story telling, thanks for the comment
@@heavyspoilers
In episode 10, Poppy Hill recites a poem to Hugh Crain about how a person (male) killed the Grattan family.
Who was these Grattans ? Did they live in the house earlier ? Who murdered them ?
Another movie like this..
Yes the house won. To the people saying that both sides won in the end because the Dudley woman was brought there by her husband and her being reunited with her family again. No! It is just another way the house won. It tried to get them from the very beginning with the sounds of their crying first born when mama Dudley was still working the night shifts. Trying to drive a mother insane with the cries of her dead baby and it almost worked untill her husband stepped in. It now found a way, through Olivia, to still be able to get them to willingly sacrifice their last breath to the house.
Because THAT is its end game. Whatever it takes, it will convince you to almost willingly murder and commit suicide withing it's walls.
And if by the end of the story you yourself feel like dying it that house wouldnt be all that bad as long as you have your loved ones with you? Well son, the house got you too.
Because I think it doesnt just feed on the living, it feeds on the souls of the dead aswell in a way. Using them to be able to eat more people when it needs another snack.
Muntsz incredible comment and glad you agree with me. The house definitely won and tricked us all.
The house isnt evil, at least the ending did not depict it that way. It actually cleansed the family into thinking they were cursed. Each family member had their resolve. If the house was evil there wouldve been a foreshadowing of a dark future which is not the case here.
@@Voltron4500 if the house wasnt evil it wouldnt have driven so many people insane so they would never leave it. The family that got out got lucky because of Nell. But they are still tied to the house!
The house tried to use their own secrets against them in a dreamlike state so they would not be able to go anywhere while they were in the Red Room. NELLI got them out of that state. Then Olivia got them out of the Red Room but only because her husband agreed to commit suicide and stay with her.
Does this sound like non evil things to you? Because it sure as hell doesnt seem like anything good to me.
@@Voltron4500 it could be an illusion. The Crain's escaped only with a trade off- their fathers life.
@@Voltron4500 the whole build up of the show was that the house was evil
If they make a season 2 I will be pissed. Such a good show. Ended perfectly. No need to ruin it just for the money
JWhitmon1 yeah I agree, they could easily do another series on something similar, would ruin it with the characters returning. Perfect show tbh.
If they do make a season 2, I have a feeling it will focus on a different ghost that's in the house. There were a lot of different ghosts throughout the show, they have many avenues they can go.
Well you are in luck since no one is forcing you to watch the second season!
@@hydrogenhexafluoride there isn't a second season yet and I never said anyone was forcing me. I'm entitled to my opinion the same as you.
My point is that why would a second season bother you? If you think the show is good as it is you can just not watch the second season (if there will be one). Of course you are entitled to your opinion but that doesn't mean it's a logical one.
The look on Nells face right as her and Hugh embrace makes me think that there's no real light at the end of the tunnel. The souls are all trapped there and the house is more evil than we thought. It tricked them all.
Conor Lafferty yup and the audience judging by the comments
Well, for the ones in the House of course not.
They are there forever.
Nothing horrible will happen to them but as the dad says nothing good will either.
It's a limbo that they just keep drawing more people into so they don't have to feel alone.
But then will always feel alone because they can never move on or change.
Just staying and repeating.
Exactly. Nell looked like she was in despair over her father's choice, even though she embraced him. She looked pained while Olivia looked predatory.
@@BurningFreesias I think she'll keep trying to get her kids back. She's just as hungry as the house and believes she is right that she's wake. All the rest are in a nightmare.
Why would a mother leave their children like that?
She says what she needs to, to get her husband.
Who would be the hardest to get.
If there is a season two it will probably be them coming back again.
Conor Lafferty .......Purgatory at its best...👿
I found it interesting at the end that Nelle did what the mother didnt and that was to 'wake' them up from their nightmares. The grip the house has shows Nell as the bent neck lady, but Nelle was able to manifest herself to save them. That is also a good nightmare within a nightmare.
The mom was convinced by poppy the only way to save her kids from the nightmare and inevitable suffering in their lives is to 'wake' them into death. Too often in real life we see parents killing their children before killing themselves so their kids dont have to grow up with the pain of a parents suicide. They are so demented, they really believe they are easing a life of suffering but taking their childrens lives. So it's believable that olivia fits this narrative.
chas766 love the nightmare within a nightmare, great comment
One of the best Series ever.. love the ending it made me cry man that family in the woods..😭😭.. i dont want to spoil it more i want you all to watch it
Soo it was not a happy ending? 3 of them are not together?
THE UNDISPUTED yeah I know, it’s just the more I thought about it, they are trapped in that house forever now in a dream like state (same way Olivia thought they’d just went away for a while). The house will probably still haunt the surviving children and one way or another they will all be drawn back to it so it can feed.
Thanks for the comment
THE UNDISPUTED if “being together” was a happy ending why did Nel purposefully pull the siblings out of their dream states and into reality so they could escape? The father fell trap to the house ultimately, after failing to keep the family together and walling himself off by listening to the Dudley’s.
@@lettersndnumbers I think we will get the answer in season 2, except if it's in anthology format than this question will not get the answer. Poor Nel. She's the very miserable one in this show.
You missed the Oculus easter egg! One of the first shots of the series is one of the kids exploring the house and walking by the notorious Oculus mirror. At first glance, it seems to be a nod to Mike Flanagan's other films but in hindsight it gives a major hint to how hill house works. The Oculus mirror could bend time, manipulate people, make them hallucinate, drive them insane, and so does Hill House. The Oculus mirror always won and so does Hill House in the end.
Miranda Sieber AHHHHHH NO WAY, yeah I love oculus, couple of the actors from it are in this too, can’t believe I missed it.
Miranda Sieber i believe it was just an easter egg since Mike Flanagan put another reference from his past movies as well, like blue butterfly painting from Before I Wake poster.
Also I still thing that Nell sleeping paralysis makes a tinny nod to HUSH.
About the horror of wanting to shout for help and not being able to.
OMG NO WAY!!!!! I love that movie!!!!
there are a bunch of promo videos of the older siblings in the cast looking into a mirror and seeing their younger selves...on the hill house instagram
I have watched at least part of a lot of bad movies to get to this one. Haunting of Hill House is not just a horror movie. The series uses horror as a vehicle to explore the family relationship struggles that are ultimately overcome. Superbly written and acted. Every character developed in depth revealing their fears, failures and redemption. The message finally is that the only thing in this world or the next that has any meaning is the love of family. The only thing truly unbelievable is that Olivia could have 5 children and still look the way she does. OK that is not the only unbelievable thing but she looks great.
Arnieus yeah, incredible show and even better on a second watch through
Nothing wrong with 'just' being a horror movie :) I certainly don't want to see every horror movie do this. The sappy family ending was good only because it was unexpected. Occulus was also great but didn't have a sappy family ending :) I would have been fine with them all dying or worse. What makes it great is that you don't know what is going to happen.
Completely agree. Phenomenal show.
@@heavyspoilers
In episode 10, Poppy Hill recites a poem to Hugh Crain about how a person (male) killed the Garrot family.
Who was these Garrots ? Did they live in the house earlier ? Who murdered them ?
Just finished it with the wife this morning. Definitely a fan of this series. Haven't been deeply disturbed like this since AHS season 1.
Adam Felibrico yeah I absolutely loved it, they probably won’t do a second season but they don’t really need to, was perfect.
Thanks for the comment btw
Adam Felibrico thought the same thing! Everyone who dies there, stays there. Brilliant acting and even the filming some of the scenes you could see were made in just one shot with the camera moving around them!
AHS season 1 was loosely based on the Haunting of Hill House book, which was written in the 50's.
deffinition yea I’m very mixed on if I want a sequel or not. Loved the show and would like to see more but it was great as is and told a full story and doesn’t need more.
Nell was honestly my favorite character along with her relationship with Luke. She was just so pure, innocent, and selfless throughout the entire series even going so far as to confront the house and her fears all by herself. It's just so sad she gets tricked by the house and dies but the ending really did her character justice when she uses her ghostly powers to turn the tables and rescue the rest of her family.
Yeah, it felt like she wasn't in control when Nell 'dropped through time'. Like, the bent neck lady wasn't Nell trying to warn herself (bit of a paradox to try and warn yourself as a child anyway).
I'm not convinced the ghosts are totally in control of themselves after they've given themselves to Hill House, like, did Olivia choose to put the noose/necklace on Nell? I interpreted the effect of the Red Room/stomach as, once it's got you, it digests you even as a ghost, like, digests your soul? So instead of moving on or whatever, the ghosts stuck in the house become less and less like they were when they were alive/sane. Like, Olivia, Hugh, Abigail, Nell, Mrs Dudley are going to end up background black and white fades like the other spirits. Sort of shells of people. Which would explain why the 'newer' ghosts had more colour on than the older ones (they hadn't digested as long in the stomach). I dunno. I absolutely loved this series but I'm not buying the happy ending interpretation that many people saw. If the house has the ability to be a happy place for souls, why are all the ghosts so twisted and messed up? Why kill people in such horrific ways?
QuirkyShiny yeah completely agree, the house definitely feeds on spirits too, maybe it feeds on making them do wicked deeds too
oooh good point.
In response to your talking about Olivia’s putting a necklace on Nell, the way I saw it she just didn’t want to be alone anymore. When Hugh later comes she’s even upset about how he took the kids, this way Hugh _can’t_ take Nell back with him
Dang it, you might be right! It never crossed my mind why those spirits looked the way they did but Olivia and Nelly looked quite "healthy" (sometimes though)
One counter example to that hypothesis is the clock repair man, though. He's a pretty old kill, quaint wardrobe and all, but was so lifelike he was actually mistaken for a living person. I think a better explanation is that as the years mount, the psychology of the spirits itself changes; some just don't care about the way the living perceive them anymore.
Another explanation is that - much like the chameleon color changing mechanism - the ghost's appearance is not entirely an act of volition, but a knee jerk reaction that reflects their emotional state. This is supported by the fact that the more anxious Nell becomes, the more ghoulish her appearance becomes.
What is Haunting is that the Crain's "Forever" House is actually the Hill House. They will all die and be there forever.
chas766 sheeeeeeeeeesh incredible spot, thank you
They have to die in the home to be there forever. But yeah, it is def the parents' forever house for sure
Looks like a job for the Winchester boys!
Hahahhaa
Where is Sam and Dean when we need them 🤣
Sam & Dean would just burn the entire thing down to ashes. If you tell me this in episode 1 I would be with ya totally! But after completing the series..esp the Dudleys reuniting.. I just feel like the house should be left alone..let the ghosts walk the afterlife in peace
That's what I thought at first "If you see a ghost, call the Winchester brothers, kids."
No, no, I would feel sorry for ghosts xD
That's the problem with Supernatural. Once you watch it, all horror loses its fear factor because you know Sam, Dean, and Cass would come in and give the demon/ghost/monster/etc an ass kicking. The House would feel those two/three in it and be like nope, please leave lol
I liked the clean elegance, visual restraint to the horror, rather than the typical gore factor horror. The style reminded me of the Italian movie, The Orphanage.
yeah can definitely see the similarities, check out oculus if you havent for something very similar
It reminded me of The Orphanage, too, except it's not an Italian movie, it's from Spain.
I appreciated how it valued the actual dark psychology behind grief and guilt, as opposed to shock value or "gore porn". The former is actually what puts me in an unsettled mood, because it's so real and relatable.
Saddest part in the entire show-When Nelly sits up and screams "Mommy!!"
I love this show so much. It’s one of those shows where you have to re watch to see what you missed. There are also so many things that are confused but as the show goes it just clicks and you’re like “so THATS why that happened!” And I just love that. Also it’s a good mix of scary and sad
Olivia yeah brilliantly balanced
I finished the series in 2 days and now I'm aimless
I think it was so pure the way the relationship between the brothers was presented, and as Hugh and Liv loved their children deeply and would do anything to protect them, I found myself crying many times in the way Nell cared about her brothers and it was so sad to see how it all turned out for her. I think things have been presented in such a sensitive way that ended up leaving everything spectacular.
The series certainly became one of my favorites for the acting, which was incredible, and for presenting so many important problems with the human, by the Crain, without leaving the terror aside. A spectacular series. I think a lot of people who like this genre should watch. LET'S DISCLOSURE
I hope there is a second season just because I loved the show, but I think it had a perfect ending.
Ester Santos glad you enjoyed it and I agree about the emptiness haha
Ester, so true! Once the season finished there was really nothing left to watch that could match it.
The Problem is: what show should i watch after this? It's the best TV Show in years. Maybe ever. Nothing can come close. No AHS , no movie...
Hm
I think i will start again with Episode 1....
"It's everything I wish American Horror Story would be" couldn't agree more. That show just feels like a preppy horror show for teens with mild scary elements and annoying characters. Season 1 and 2 were good, now It's not as gripping like this show. Just great story telling.
yeah, at times it's like a comedy, watching Liz Taylor prance around is ridiculous and just laughable. All the sex as well is just always done for gross out and comedic effect. First two seasons were incredible, even freakshow but I find myself either laughing or rolling my eyes all the time during it. Thanks for the comment
All the stuff going on in the background of this show is next level.. And It only gets better the 2nd time you watch it. When olivia enters a room, then comes out to the hallway again and one of the statues is looking down at her. That freaked me out... And "the 3rd step from the top" actually creaked when theo went down the basement.. This show is the best I've seen in a long time..
yeah just brilliant, second watch is essential, thanks for the comment
I loved that part it was so subtle. I was staring at those statues every time anyone walked by just to see if they moved. Such a good and creepy series b
If there is a season 2 I hope it explains more of the Hills' story
yeah thats a good idea, I kinda think the Crains should be left alone now
Okay, so probably my favorite part of the series is that there are SO MANY tiny things that are SO SCARY, but the show doesn’t feel the need to shove it in your face with a jumpscare or a music sting. Like statues moving from shot to shot, or ghosts appearing in the background that no one ever acknowledges. Like, the old woman behind Hugh when he finds the body in the wall, or the man by the staircase when Olivia is leaving for her sister’s. It’s SO SCARY that there is something right behind them, watching them, and they never know it.
Seriously this show was SO GOOD.
So glad you brought up the continuous shot, it was incredible!
Avery Logan yeah so well done, daredevil just dropped one too
this show is far superior to American Horror Story - any season - in every way possible. LOVED IT
G13 classified glad you liked it and thanks for the comment
yea that season was my last one, too. it truly sucked. Liked season 1 and 2 a lot though.
I wished this could have been the actual plot for AHS murder house but became a excuse to add dirty scenes
I binge watched the series and was thrilled with it. I think the house is more or less like a hungry animal that needs to eat. That or it purposefully preys on families out of some sort of vindictive jealousy. I hope we get a second season and each season reveals more about the house. I swear the acting was outstanding my favorite character was that one ghost lady who said "Can't blame a girl for getting lonely." the actress was great I really felt like she was from another era. You can tell there are so many more stories to be told with that house.
Another theory I have is that it's not the house itself that's evil it's the spirits residing in it. The House more or less didn't have to let them go but it did. I think it's the spirits in the house that are evil and the House keeps them contained the best it can.
Tabitha Dumas that’s a great theory, definitely plausible too; thank you
I think they're the same as they were when alive. The evil people are evil ghosts and the good people are good ghosts.
A second season set either in the past (with the Hill family) or in the distant future with another family would be so cool!
If they do a second season, it will have to be a prequel. I would love to know how the house became evil.
Can we all talk about the beautifully shot ep 6 with all the tracking shots, the way you get a look at Hughs mind when he still sees them all as Children
What if abagail and the dudleys are just a deception planted to prevent Hugh from burn down the house?
Vinícius Murari Borges I think that’s the case, they literally showed up at the last second
The house can clearly reach beyond the grounds too so the dudleys wouldn’t have been safe from it
@@heavyspoilers the last shot of the dudleys kind of negates that theory tho. They arent a deception, they're food for the house, too
I just finished watching it right now and it has to be one of my favorite Netflix series of all time! The last episode made me cry though. It hits so hard and home.
You may be right about the house that it did won, but for what it's worth, they all did get what they want, the house with the souls; the Dudley's with their daughter's soul and; Hugh, sacrificing himself(over dosage of his meds) for the safety of his 5 children against the house.
The house might not be done haunting the rest of the Craine family, but I doubt it'll fool them anymore, since the last incident with the house in which it thought it will comsume them all, but it's the opposite - learning about the truth and love, the house made the family strong and made them face their inner demons and brake free of their own guilt.
Edit: 4 children
Philippine Gaming HD really good way to look at it, I suppose in the end they all found a bit of happiness. Thank you for the comment!
Netflix finally got it right
Vicious K yup, smashed it
My favorite show of the year. Also the best review of a show that you could possibly make. Subscribed
thank you!
This show was amazing. It had me laughing, it had me crying, it had me scared, it had me saying "wtf was that", not many movies/shows can do that to me. It was perfect, it was fucking brilliant. The ending when the father tells him to LOVE. The only escape from the horrifying house was LOVE, but the pure kind. They MIGHT make a second season , because Elanor has not been born yet, which is Steve's soon to be daughter.
Yeah maybe, it may go after Shirley’s kids too
the show was amazing imo. episode 5 & 6 where the saddest episodes showing how the house used grief/fear/trauma/depression, fucking brillant episodes !
And agreed the house won. she claimed 3 members of the Crain family and 3 of the Dudleys.
It might be a carcass but deep in the core, it's still living and feeding. It was amazing !
Etienne Goguen glad you liked it, thanks for the comment
I LOVED this series. What an impressive production. Bravo to the entire cast and crew! Watched it all in 2 days. The writing was so good I may have to read the book. Highly recommend
glad you liked it but thanks for the comment
I loved this show! In fact, I've watched it multiple times already. I loved your synopsis of it. Thank you!
I binged the whole series in one day it was so incredibly done it left itself open to a possible season 2 and beyond. Excellent mini series I hope there is another season.
I've seen the 1999 version. Scary, but not as good and as complex as this. Horror movies tend to be as brutal as possible these days. Rarely we had such a beautiful gothic story that play it subtle. Hill House is my new favourite.
Cak Redi Yeah, show is waaaay better than the movie, thanks for the comment
I recommend the 1963's The Haunting. A much closer adaptation of the original The Haunting Of Hill House novel. Read the novel as well. One of the best literary ghost stories.
Great program. It was like a horror version of This is us.
Andy Morgan Hahahaha hahah that’s what I thought lol, expertly told though
One Tree Hill + House on the Haunted Hill = The Haunting of Hill House
perfect description
out of all the scenes, i cried for luke's episode. the phone call, got beaten up, trying to convince he didn't use supported by his speech . my eyes were watery
Loved this video and everything you said made sense! Subscribed 😊
Miss Darjeeling thank you!
You said exactly what I was thinking - this is everything I wanted American Horror Story to be. Ryan Murphy's idea of horror to me is really offputting and not really horror... he is in it for only aesthetic and shock value. Whereas Mike Flanagan, who made Hill House, has a track record of TRULY UNDERSTANDING horror as a genre and not treating it as a gimmick.
Yeah 100% really relatable characters and something for everyone that wasn’t too over the top, thanks for the comment
The Storyline of THOHH is amazing. It deserves awards and applause
The show was amazing! I think the perfect binge-worthy show. Amazing atmosphere and character development.
Aditi Baindur yeah just so gripping, I loved how all the family members got their moment in the spotlight too, brilliant show and thanks for the comment
You took the words out of my mouth when you were - in a way - comparing it to ahs! It struck me early in the show that this was exactly what I wanted from ahs when I started watching it when it first came out. I didn't mind the first or the second season of ahs, but the story just went completely off the rails for me. The haunting of hill house however is just impressively seem less in mixing the past with presence, takes the time to develop the characters and the storyline at the same time. I just LOVED this show, and how it was left to us to interpret the ending and the show all over. I appreciate it when shows can respect the audience by avoiding dumbing down the plot. Anyways, thank you for putting together this video, your thoughts on the house is on point😊
Marie Muri ey thank you, really appreciate that
Just absolutely loved it !!!
But who was the guy messing with the clock?
Mercurial Mackem just a ghost in the house
Probably the ghost of a clock repairer who died at the house or near it.
Really that's all it takes to be stuck there.
Natural death, murder, accident or suicide doesn't matter. You'll stay in the walls.
Hugh mentioned him as a “witness mark” maybe he had witnessed the supernatural activity. Maybe even seeing the ghosts there keeps you there in the end. There were A LOT of ghosts in the background of random scenes that were never explained. And who’s to say the rest of the siblings won’t end up there after they pass away.
@@jesseye7036 I don't remember him being called that. The dad did talk about witness marks but just to explain how grandfather clocks are fixed. How the witness marks are the only records of when and what has been done to a clock.
That that clocks marks showed it hadn't been worked on in a very long time.
The lucky poptart oh, I see. Guess I misunderstood and took it as some kind of metaphor
At the end we all fall in the thought that the house is a good place, we fall in the trap as we see the pretty dead Dudleys family reunited and forget that they are actually scary looking ghosts and that the house is evil. Its so powerful to feel the same way the people in the show did.
Chanelle Demeule yup, great observation thank you
I think it's a trade off really.
Do you want to risk life and everything that comes with it. The good and bad. The fact you don't know where you go when you die or if you'll ever see your love ones again.
Or stay in the house. Never changing, never leaving.
One horrible thing, one horrible act and then you can stay there forever.
Safe in a very twisted away.
Not quite hell, but a limbo.
So the ghost there do go mad.
But I think they see what they want to for a lot of it.
When Luke dies his mom tries to convince him he wants to stay.
That this is where he should be.
If it was just as simple as they are trapped there she wouldn't have to do that.
They choose to be there because the scary inside is better than the unknown to them.
@@theluckypoptart2945 nice! wow I love your view of that
Right. If you think deep the house is tricking Mr. Dudley into seeing his beautiful family reunited. So he might be convinced to die in the house soon.
First time watching one of your videos.
Watched this series as soon as it came out cause of the hype. As well as the fact that there havent been many good horror/thrillers lately, so I was keen on this.
It lived up to expectation
Cinemetography was superb
You felt attached to the family.
And every little detail. Being the statues. Blurred ghosts in the hallway etc.
I'd like a season2. More so about the Hill family and how it came about. That would be nice.
One thing they didnt explain or I missed. Was who put the buttons on the youngest daughters eyes when she was in the coffin.
Good video man.
Got yourself a subscriber. Thankyou
Michael Johnston thank you!
Loved it! Do you think there will be another season?
I think that everyone in the house was lonely. There was times where the ghosts were warning the family to be aware of the house. I think the first conversation with the flapper girl was genuine. It showed her looking so nice and pretty but there was snippet where it showed the flapper girl as a true ghost, but went back to looking pretty. I believe every time they saw an “evil disgusting” looking ghost it wasn’t to harm them, it was to warn them how lonely they were and they related at one time. At the end when everyone is all in the room together, it looks uniform. Like all of the ghosts were in together, they know they’re stuck, they know what the house does. They’re all lonely together.
I love how it sets up the events in the book to be a season 2. In the book a scientist and four test subjects try to survive a famous haunted house that was previously occupied by the Crain family. The show is about the Crain family and how Hill House became famous in the first place.
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I think it’s great that the show makes it clear that something supernatural is happening, but still offers up an alternate explanation (if you want it) with the black mold, which is present in nearly every major haunting. Yes, even at the mortuary where it is revealed that black mold was growing in the model of the forever house. And, when the black mold wasn’t present, drug problems and possible neurological disorders are... even just personal ghosts in the form of guilt and regret, such as Shirley’s indiscretion which manifests even though it’s not a ghost.
KlingonCaptain yeah that’s 100% true, didn’t even realise the mould could be a factor but that makes perfect sense.
I agree.
If a person sees things that others can’t it depends on who you ask what their perception or interpretation of why.
A doctor may say a Brain Tumor.
A Counselor that it is a your guilt or fear.
A Phycologist that it is a clinical mental diagnosis’s.
A spiritual person would say you are in touch with the Spirit world.
And 👍🏾 on the mold theory. I did not consider that factor.
What will the season 2 be about?
A prequel, perhaps?
They could hire Lian Neeson, Catherin Z Jones and Owen Wilson for season 2
Never realised the house can be seen this way, such a sinister way. but great explanation!
AHS wishes it was THOHH! THOHH blew AHS right out of the water! BEST SHOW OF 2018 possibly the decade!!
Mike Alexander Yeah I think it’s definitely in my top 5 of all time tbh. Absolutely incredible. Even better on second viewing
Totally true. Never seen anything like this before.
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now that the dudleys are gone, steve can just burn that sucker down!
tristan nguyen hahaha true
But luke tried and didn’t succeed... isn’t the house protecting itself?
I bet once we discover more about the Hill family we'll see how it began and sometimes that's how you "uncurse" it or find a vulnerability so it can be burned down.
I think you have to be the rightful owner to destroy it, that's why the Dudley's begged Hugh not to do it to preserve the ghost of their daughter. But now that hugh's dead, Steve can burn it if he wants.
@@09214384270 Good point! Didn't pick up on that.
while all other praising the show , iwlts this channel with a unique name and vision will reach soon at the top !!! loved it :D
Kaimz Media thank you
Watched it and i want MORE!
I LOVED it!!
In my opinion I felt that almost all the scary parts were unpredictable and sneaky. If its horror I've seen it and not manny movies let alone shows surprise me and scared me like this show did. Very very well done
glad you liked it but thanks for the comment, I love how there were just characters hanging round watching them throughout, nells wedding is full of them
I loved it. it gave me all the normal ghost story frights, and so much more to think about. Although I couldn't help thinking that Sam and Dean Winchester could have made short work of this house. 40 minutes including commercials.,
Marvin Price hahahahhahahahahhahaha
Ey thank you for that comment, really cracked me up
This was the best horror series that I've ever seen on Netflix. I watched the last two episodes twice because it's chock full of Revelations for the audience & the characters. Thanks for the video.
Totally loved it and, like you, knew this was no happy ending.
I just binged it today...i love it,it really is more of a mystery or supernatural than hardcore horror...it’s a masterpiece.At first when i read about it i tought it was just another haunted house jumpscare shite,but bot was i wrong...i don’t know if we will get a new season but i would welcome it.
Also i don’t think that the house was truly evil but just kind of like an insane person wich don’t know their actions.
Inpusket Geo wow that’s a great analogy for it, definitely holds up with the theme of the show. Thank you for a great comment!
I really didn't think it was evil either, it wanted and needed to survive and that was the way it went about it. Not too dissimilar to all the carnivores on the planet...including us.
Wow i cried so hard on the ending.
Yes epi2 was boring but there are impt parts that they used in d future episodes. Im a mother And it will break my heart seeing taking my kids away. Worst thing that could happen to a mom. Hugh was wrong at that part. He shouldve not left liv in that house alone.but i also understand that he got mad & thought its the best thingg to do to keep his kids safe. I love this show. Surely satisfied my horror cravings, but wasnt shallow like other stories. This show is very touching as well & i like that it’s about a family that still got each other at the end. ❤️
glad you liked it but thanks for the comment
so I LOVE everything about your video! it wraps it up nicely for me. only thing I think the neck lady was not a warning but more of another way to drive (nell) a member of the family crazy I think they did that to her and Luke because they had the strongest resistance in a way, I believe that is why the house focused on them as kids and adults. think about it, it didn't mess with the other 3 nearly as much. What I dont' see anyone (you or the commenters-on various articles I've read) mention how the fact that Olivia and the kids where all "sensitives" to some degree, when Oliva talks about her familys history (though she does only worry that the girls may have it) it could be why the house was able to get to her more as well, she could very easily "see" them all. With being "more" sensitive and able to more readily connect to the kids it would be easier to cause FEAR and thus a better meal. I agree the house is an enity to it's selve that just wants to feed (similar to IT) and so no, there is no happy endings. It is still standing, it got Nell and Hugh and the mother wishes it had the other kids (not because she really misses them either, but as it's another meal for the house and maybe it fuels the continuation of the spirits themselves as well) so that in the end they (spirits) "want" to work with the house to trap people. I like the mold concept for (why) as well (that might have been in the comments) but there is mold throughout and it can cause mental issues, so maybe (it) is the supernatural enity that uses the house as a conduit. And now steve is trapped as the "care taker" as he is tricked into thinking it's a way to keep his family "alive" All the ghost watched him walk out but you notice he didn't "look" so it was a fearful thing not a "oh you are the new care taker yay" Sadly this leaves all of the rest of the family "open" to being drawn back in when the house needs another meal, maybe when all (their) kids are adults in another X years. I am a little confused on how the house kept making the wife "wonder" around before she was dead the night of the storm, and even before that the husband asks her "where were you" a few times. So she gets "lost" mentally and in "time". I'm also still confused about "the night" I get that the mother had tried to kill the young kids, the father saw her and rain out the house with the young kids and the two other daughters, why was steve the only one sleep (and theo even says you didn't see ANY of it) what was he telling Steve "not" to look at (if his wife hadn't killed herself yet and was not a ghost out to get them) I get at that point she was "crazy" but why didn't he knock her out etc how was she "dangerous" at that point to harm anyone with a look. Or had Hugh even at that point figured out that to "acknowledge the ghost" were to give them power and influence...there are some holes left but as I said your summary helps with a lot of them for this "family" I feel like Nell is the only one that "gets it" and really understands how the house is evil PERIOD, as she actively fights to keep her family FROM the house. the dads "gets it too" he understands how twisted and wrong the wife's thinking is but as he said he knows "she can open the door" and so he plays along and gives himself up for the kids notice he says (they are the best thing in his life), commenters pointed out that the mother looked hungry for steve and nell looks mostly sad as they "reunited" so she may have been in some way happy her dad would be with her in this hell she was stuck in yet still sad she was stuck in it. she defies the mother in the tea room, again I think she understands the true evil and I think the house just worked REALLY hard on her from the start, trying to break her "kind" soul (her only thinking of her siblings with letters etc all the time). It was interesting how they couldn't "see her" maybe that too was a mental play the house had to try start the disconnection to her family .
Views and subs are rocketing Paul, keep it up mate
R H ey thank you!
This series was good I binged watched it over the weekend and had trouble sleeping. Do we know why Olivia had those migraines? Did the house cause them? What I loved about the series was the dialogue. The end where Nell spoke to her siblings had me in tears 😭.
galourians yeah I think so
Thanks for the comment too
That last part floored me also, and for me to cry from a movie or tv show does not happend that often.
But for me this show was as much a drama series as it was horror
uglyposterboy agreed the entire end was great with all the family moments and the final montage. But the scene of Mr Dudley bringing his dying wife into the house and seeing their spirits made me tear up.
As for Olivia’s migraines, I don’t think that was the house persay. It might have affected her and aggravated them but think they mentioned her having them before they moved there. Seemed like the whole family had some heightened/sixth senses.
Being in a place like Hill House just really brought them out and gave them time to shine
No, the house didn't cause them. It did change them though.
She explained that some people (well she mentioned women) are sensitives. When giving Theo the gloves she explained her grandmother could do the same thing and she often wondered if the kids would be different too.
The mom sees "things" when she has the migraines.
But never says what.
But the dad does say that she hadn't had the colors in awhile and she explained that it was different.
Still like fireworks but black.
I think it's why the house had an easier time with four out of seven of them.
If you notice the dad didn't have a red room.
Everyone else did.
Steven experience less than the others.
I think it's because those two weren't sensitives.
The house can still take normal people but had an easier time getting into the heads of the ones that weren't.
I loved it as well. The bent neck lady and the mom killing the dudleys daughter were shocking and made the story so interesting, also the hints from Mrs Dudley that there was no gameroom or tree house ect. Once you realize what the red room is was awesome!!
yeah, brilliant show
fuck i wish i lived in that house so many new friends to make friends you know won't leave you behind
SEX WEIRDO LLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL
Genius. The best horror show I’ve enjoyed in a long time. Binge watched it twice in a row and got me glued to my seat.
This was a brilliantly written show! I was hooked within 7 minutes from the first episode!! The ending tied everything together but at the same time made the house look in a positive light as if the house gave a happy ending to a family which wasn't the case.. bcuz it drives ppl to insanity n kills them!
Tiki80 yeah definitely, thanks for the comment
I watched the episode that Nell dies in again, and noticed something I hadn't caught the first time around. In the scene when she's dancing with her husband, you see ghosts in the background watching....and Mr. Dudley is standing there too 😱 He was still alive then, and the Dudleys are the ones that found her body. Did anyone else catch that?
MysticalFroglegs wowwwwwwwww incredible spot
Damn... I never even noticed any of the ghosts standing there. What the hell is he doing there though.
MysticalFroglegs omg yes when Nell dancing with her husband, i saw mr dudley too but i’m not so sure until i read you’re comment wow i got chills
MysticalFroglegs I noticed him as well, but it makes sense, they were all victims of the house, and time is not linear so he could be both alive and already dead.
Started watching today. I am halfway through. Loving it. I really like stories based off actual events. My cousins exwife lived in a haunted house for a very short time as a kid; Kinda like what's in the show. Very eerie. BTW, I haven't watched this video yet. I clicked to have in my history to come back to later
Stormcrow thank you, see you soon!
the window in the red room remains the same during each members version of their refuge.
I tried to describe the show to my buddy and told him it was like "This Is Us meets Pulp Fiction meets Psycho meets The Twilight Zone meets Citizen Kane meets X-MEN". It's a family drama with a warped timeline in a creepy house with unexplained occurrences with brilliant cinematography and rich backgrounds with characters who have almost mutant like powers. That's about the only way I know how to describe it. LOL!
DuckTalesWooHoo1987 yeah definitely a lot of this is us in it
I honestly felt like Hugh's sacrifice at the end was legitimate, and while the house influenced Olivia's mindset (practically controlled it), I felt as if there was some sort of emotional connection between the two before Hugh committed suicide. But that's just me. Great points, and I definitely see how there can be multiple different perspectives on the ending.
thank you
I LOVE THIS SERIES! I purchased the entire series from eBay and watched in 2 days. Excellent commentary from you! Did anybody know this movie was based off another movie called "The Haunting" staring Julie Harris back in the 60's? It is an excellent film also. Black and white. The haunting of Hill House has borrowed the names from this version of the movie. Theo, the last name Crain, Abegail, Hugh, and Mr. And mrs. DUDLEY, and other names were used. Mrs. DUDLEY is the one who always said: We dont stay in the house at night...in the dark. Hill House also borrowed some other scenes from the 1960 version. It explains who wrote the name on the wall. The 1960's version also has a phantom dog never seen. The spiral staircase is where originally a hand maid hanged herself. The banging in the walls was of old Abegail Crane, (the young daughter of Hugh Crain, and was now old) who was bedwridden and she would bang in the walls for help from the maid. The 1960's version also started off where Hugh Crain drives his little daughter and wife to this house he built. All of a sudden, the horses broke and ran dashing the carriage carrying the 3 Crains against a tree, killing Mrs. Crane. The little daughter was forced to look at her dead mother in a bed in the house where her funeral took place. Everybody should watch the 1960's version of the movie. It is an EXCELLENTLY CREEPY AND SCARRY movie as well.
Thank you
I think the most underrated scene of the show was at the exact second Nell committed suicide all the siblings woke up from their sleep with a shortness of breath. I'd love for that connection to be explained, maybe it will be in season 2.
maybe, guess we will have to wait
Considering Luke tried to set it on fire and it wouldn't light, that tells me it wasn't going to be possible to ever destroy the house anyway.
Rach Kate yeah that’s true, just call in an air strike
I legit thought the same after finishing it this morning lol, I was like: "Call one of those US Jets to bring that thing down" - lmao
The Shinning + The Others/Room 1408, some Inception andddd Shutter Island 😁😁
raulmmusik yeah I love the homages, so good
interesting take! i really hadn't thought the house protected itself there when the dudley's suggested hugh they don't burn it... such a brilliant show in every way
I soooo loved it.. Superb acting and story... It made me cry in almost every episode... Its soooo good..
I've always hated horror, it's always so damn cheesy and cliche. I just gave this a shot because I had nothing else to do or watch, and I was so blown away. I legitimately cried at the end of it. You feel such a strong connection to the characters, and the writing was brilliant. You genuinely feel that dread when looking at the house, both inside and out. Fucking loved it!
Dingleberry Tech glad you liked it and I agree completely, thanks for the comment
If I could change one thing about the show, it's the incredibly cheesey music playing through the last 5 minutes. What happened to the Dudley's/Abbigail isn't a happy ending. For Abbigail especially it's a heartbreaking tragedy for a clearly abused little girl who was murdered. But hey here's some soft rock to make you think happy thoughts. Change that soundtrack and people probably arent as confused.
yeah I agree, wasn't a happy ending at all
Did anyone notice in the scene where young Hugh enters the room and is hugged by Nell, Olivia is the only one with her eyes wide open and staring intently? Everyone is relieved but her
Heartfelt ending. I knew Nell was the Bent -neck lady when she first passéd. Remember the mom said that their family has special sensitive psychic gifts, the daughter and mother saw the horrific outcomes (bent neck lady and the Luke with a needle in his arm)
Candace Osei Bonsu yeah that’s true!
Exellent show, to me, it felt something like Monster house.
Fer Rodríguez Cortés glad you liked it and thanks for the comment