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Me an my Mom lived with an old woman named Helma Gordon when I was a child.Her house was an old Antebellum house.She took us to like a secret room one day, I was like 4-5.All I remember is it was really dark an there was some glowing red eyes comin right at us.She would start reciting things from the bible, antagonizing it an it never got to us.But lights would cut on by themselves, books would be on the floor, an it was like somthin was always moving around in that house.I wouldn't argue that someone might've snuck in at times, cause it was a bad part of town.But I know somthin else was in that house.Thank you for your time. This is the first I've ever spoke about this.I jus turned 28...
Hahaha, so my friend had been BEGGING me to watch this show because she knew I’d connect with it. Idk how to explain these events (in my own head) but I’ll never forget them. When I was around 12 years old I lived with my mom, dad and brother. They all played on a volleyball team every Thursday night, so they’d leave me home alone (not a big deal at the time) so I can watch my bro’s puppy and my kitten. So I scooped them and put them in the same room with me, for whatever reason I chose to sit in my brothers room. I would always shut doors behind me when I was younger, so I shut his door too. Not 10 min into them being gone I heard someone re-enter my home and I figured it was just one of them who forgot something, so I called out from my brothers room... but no one responded. I left the room and saw my front door was actually ajar. So at this point I figured someone was breaking in and I locked myself in my bathroom and listened for more sounds while readying to call my parents w/ my phone. Now, I couldn’t see anything but I heard someone running their hand across the walls as they made their way through my house, I could hear the sound clear as day when they passed the bathroom. Under the door I saw no feet. Then I heard a BANG followed by a crash, big enough for me to feel the floor rumble, and it was so loud that I yelped and jumped back away from the door. I never liked losing “control” of these kinds of situations so I whipped the door open, eager to see what was happening but of course I found nothing. Just my empty family room. I’m sure I panicked longer but I eventually returned to my brothers room to check the puppy and kitten and every single picture in the room, some nailed in the wall, some on a dresser, some on the top of his bed frame, but they were ALL knocked down to the floor, some of them even had the glass shattered. I’ve had several instances like that throughout my lifetime (23 currently) and I related to Theo in this show SO much because I always knew the reality of it. I always knew how real and present that energy in my home was. My father was also a little like (past) Hue; he simply doesn’t believe. He will come up with a million explanations, he’ll even accuse me of smashing the pictures in myself before even considering something like what I know happened. VERY LONG WINDED, my apologies. This show just really, really, hit home with me in a number of ways.
Multiple times! In the house I grew up in and several in my college dorm building. (Including a cat who was sweet, but super annoying: it tended to wind around your feet and make you trip.)
I watched this series over a year ago, and that horrifying scream of hers while she was standing by her own childhood bed is still imprinted into my brain.
@@maddu8437 My brain screamed at that scene, and my eyes stung with unbidden tears from the sheer eerieness of that moment. Even though I remained silent.
Which correlated to what really killed her: Being alone and ignored. In her final moment, she had no one and she came back to the house to seek answers....Well technically, her therapist killed her with the "Confront your past" and "It's just a house" all that shit. Kinda wanna drag that dude and lock him up in the house for one night and see what turn out of him
While I love being swept up by media emotionally, I only physically start crying when something REALLY gets me to my core. That scene (and the ending of the book I'm Thinking Of Ending Things) was one of them, it's just so unfair and tragic while also being relevant to her death and real life events.
@Geassmaster55Nell was the bent neck lady but I think it's unfair to say she did it to herself. She did but only literally. The house did it to her. If they grew up anywhere else none of that would've happened.
@@vond5829I mean, to be fair, facing the thing that is metaphorically haunting you is a real and useful technique in therapy, and her therapist had no way of knowing that her childhood home was literally haunted by the ghost of her mother who wanted to kill her, so he couldn’t have anticipated what happened 😅
I remember the first time I watched that episode! I was blown away by how incredible it was. About 10 minutes in and I was fascinated, and I specifically payed attention to try and look for cuts. I only saw one or two that were noticeable to a watchful eye, but the entire episode was actually filmed in about five or six takes according to behind the scenes commentary. They were just so masterfully stitched together most people don't notice. Truly masterful work of the director and crew.
The scariest part is when nell and luke talk to olivia in her dream literally about what happens to them in their futures. It was such a soft, gentle, calm scene, which is where the horror really get implied.
The way Luke describes his future drug addiction and Nell describes her future depression in ways that sound like children describing something they don’t quite understand but they know is terrifying, that gave me chills
Makes you wonder what Mike Flanagan has more in store. Even after this and Doctor Sleep, I would love to sit down with this man and just learn what he sees when he screenwrites these things.
Absolutely broke my heart at the end where you see her ghost is watching everyone argue and it calls back to “I was yelling and screaming for you but you couldn’t see me.”
I cryed at the end of the season and then texted my sister's saying i love them. I believe this show can be a substitute for family therapy and could make a family whole.
@@parisphan22 Sure, there's that guy, but there are ghosts in the background of many scenes throughout the whole series. ua-cam.com/video/xEW6Yg6_bCE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=ScreenRant
@@merlaak please use anyone besides Screenrant. They steal from every small UA-cam channel to painful degrees. You can see copying to the point they remove the video and it’s a real problem.
What I found clever was nells ghost and how that ghost that terrified her since childhood was actually her older self taking a glimpse back through every day in her life, now that was incredibly well written and thought out.
I am actually not a huge fan of horror films/shows, but The Haunting of Hill House really captured me in a way that few horror shows do. It was more Gothic Horror like Crimsom Peak: the ghosts are real, of course they are real, but the things truely haunting the characters and, even the house itself, are the lived experiences of human beings: fear, guilt, trauma, secrets, loneliness, a longing for comfort... I feel like too many stories about hauntings focus on the terror and not on the inherent melancholy of ghosts. I read a book once about the history of ghost stories in America. It was kind of a terrible book, but there was always one thing that stuck with me: the fact the ghost stories only became popular in the USA after a war that caused, for the first time, people's bodies not being about to be brought back to the homestead and buried and so people never got to say goodbye. The ghost stories weren't a horror, they were a comfort. 'The first ghost stories were about coming home.' Haunting of Hill House is one of the first horror shows I have ever seen that captures the feeling of that idea.
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the last time I saw a horror miniserie as good as this was Rose Red; very similar in the terms of a haunted house and characters that are flawed colliding with each other while they have a type of excursion about the haunted house. Wouldn't surprise me if that was part of the inspiration to The Haunting of Hill House.
That's an amazing comment and great information, thank you for sharing. Would you have a recommendation for another movie/series that got you feeling similar things?
For a person suffering with clinical depression, Nell's storyline really spoke to me :(. I was diagnosed when I was 11 and I was so young it was difficult for me to express how horrible it could get. It portrays what it is like living with this mental illness..feeling invisible..screaming at the top of your lungs, yet nobody's hearing you literally crying for help ;(. It is why I love the series so, so, sooo much. It shows the effects of living like this.. and how isolated you could feel at times.. To anyone reading this- please be kind! Sometimes a simple act of empathy can save a life! If you see any warning signs in your friends or loved ones- reach out, cause most of the time we can not even begin to explain what is wrong with us! Sorry if this comes out as preachy, it is very important though.. Take care!! Also- amazing video! So glad people are understanding the message
yeah I’m 13 I got diagnosed a couple months ago after over dosing but I’ve been taking Prozac for a little while and it’s been making me worse, I can’t tell my mum she’ll lose her mind she doesn’t know what to do anymore
@@eabhashortt9283 ask for help!!! Do NOT stop asking for help! This is so important!! I know what you are going through, I really do. I used to hide it from everyone because I didn’t wanna worry anybody and trust me- NOTHING GOOD CAME OUT OF IT! It takes time, it takes so much energy and above all- it takes a lot of patience with yourself. Trust me- it gets easier to deal with eventually! Please keep your up and when you feel alone and misunderstood or not understood at all know that you are not! ASK.FOR.HELP! Always ask for help! I love you for sharing this- I wish you peace and calmness!
Nia Lynx you don’t know how much this means to me, I’m kind of trapped in a pretty toxic friend group but half of them are fine it’s hard to explain so when I talk to people rumors spread and people say I’m attention seeking and faking it which kind of hurts a lot but I’ll try, thank you so much x
I think they messed it up. The dead chick she sees hovering above here in the bed ends up being her. This was a bit of a letdown. Also the time mix up introduces scifi which does not go well with horror for me at least. Too much character building and the whole all in one take filming is supposed to impress you well thats not the point, the director's ego ruins it. I dont need to be impressed by good filming. I need to be terrified and they messed it up.
Horror drama come on. Rubbish. 10 hours of wasted time I will never get back. I dont want to see ghosts sad dogging me. I prefer malevolent spirits that intend to cause harm. Amd whats the deal with the ghost being the ghost of a living person from the future.oooohh scary. Not.
I watched that at 11 years old when I was just getting into not thinking horror movies are scary, but actually entertaining. But no, this Tv-Show was AMAZING AND I DIED OF FEAR LOL. Amazing, can't wait to completely forget it so I can watch it again with a friend.
9:26 I like how the sleeves on Nell's wedding dress almost look like angel wings, as she lifts her arms up to embrace him. Almost tragically symbolic that she'll become the family's savior, then guardian of their souls after her own death.
There's been a lot of hate for BM because people walked into it expecting more of the same or a direct sequel. How boring and predictable that would be. Instead, we're given an entirely different story that still manages to tug at our heartstrings while still chilling us. Flanagan is a master storyteller and knows what true creeping dread feels like in his direction. People often ask what my favorite horror story/film is and it's nearly impossible to answer. Hill House has changed that and taken it's place firmly at the top of my list. Bly Manor is a definite second and I cannot wait to see what Flanagan has in store next.
It wasn’t as in your face spooky as hill house BUT it was a beautiful puzzle that had your mind working the whole time! Beautiful, heart breaking, I loved it
I did like the ending. Story understood the duality aspect of haunting. Some ghost are traumas and keep hurting you. But sometimes you want to be haunted. All those good and precious memories. You do not want to let go off. Only guessing now, but many people might have both.
This show is a great horror masterpiece, for many reasons but I think it’s greatest strength is that the entire cast absolutely nailed the dynamic of a messed-up family that loves each other but is also over each other.
I loved this series, it's a great horror but it's an even better character/family drama and that coupled with the stunning cinematography and the complex story telling is really what makes this series a masterpiece. More than anything though, it makes you feel something. We shouldn't underestimate how important that is, specially in a horror. If it stays with you then you know it's good, and in my case I haven't slept properly in 4 days because I just _can't_ get it out of my head. 10/10 for sure.
Who the hell doesn't like the ending of Hill House? It's poignant, it leaves you with a good feeling (even as Steven was leaving the house surrounded by the ghostly residents, I was no longer in scared mode, but acceptance and melancholy) and not everyone made it out alive so there were certainly stakes. Fucking love this show.
Same, and I thought I was hardened to everything. I'm 54, love this genre, and wasn't expecting this to scare me anymore than anything else I've seen. However, the floating man will live in my minds eye forever...unfortunately!
My son and I watched it together. He was saying what makes it scary and even uncomfortable Is that you really feel like you are apart of the family, almost intruding on the funeral. It was so realistic that is uncomfortable, yet incredibly beautiful.
Hill House definitely scarier than Bly Manor, but I loved them both. Bly is heart wrenching as you discover which characters are actually dead and have missed their chance at a happy life.
When I was young, my family lived in an old house. 2 parents, me and 4 siblings. 4 out of 5 siblings and my parents are sure there was something wrong with the house. So many unexplained events, sightings, sounds and stuff that have never happened after we moved out of there. This show hit me hard and I loved it.
When I was very young my family also lived in a haunted house. Everybody that lived there agrees it was haunted. My mom, my older brother, my mom's best friend and her son as well. I was the youngest so I was like Luke basically, and my memories are a little foggy about what was real and what was a dream, but everybody agrees it was haunted.
@@Defender888888 Yeah it was two families living there out of a financial need. We didn't have anywhere else to go at that time but we definitely didn't stay long.
i think this show is that much more terrifying because it's so human. typically when you watch a cliché horror film/show, you can take yourself out of the world it's based on and remind yourself that it's not real because it's all so fantastical. however, the characterisation and real issues presented to the audience over the course of this show made it resonate with a lot of people and that, in turn, is so much more terrifying as it's a wake up call for a lot of people. it's the epiphany that you can't escape the humanity and truth of the show that scares us and i think that's beautiful in a horrifying way (just like the show).
Excellent thought out review. I've seen a three different ghosts. All three while I worked night time security at a retirement village. I was never a believer until then. Now I am.
This is the only piece of horror (or really story telling in general) that has certain spots that give ke goosebumps and real tears no matter how many times i watch it. The revelation that Nell is the Bent Neck lady, the part at the funeral home where shes standing in front of her casket while hsr child self is saying nobody ever sees her, and the speech/forgiveness inside the red room in the finale. This show us just a magnificent piece of art
I've watched dozens of video essays on The Haunting of Hill House and yours is the best. You really explained all I was feeling in a much more eloquent way that I ever could. Dunno if you are still uploading videos but I think you are really good at this. Your style is just as good if not better than most other channels of this type and I love your voice, it's very pleasant to listen to - which is really important in these kind of video essay channels imo. Have a like and a new sub, can't wait to see what you'll upload next!
This show is perfect, true horror fans will love this. I was so mesmerized by it, the shots, the fact that they all represent a feeling, the fact that we get to see the story back ways (we start with the ending and finish with the start). Absolutely loved it
Hands down, this is one of the best shows ever. People must realise that horror is more than the jumps and scares. Go beyond the demons, for god sakes. Have a story! Hill House is definitely a masterpiece.
I was able to watch Midsommar late at night and then go to bed and sleep like a baby. This video is already reminding me why I have forbidden myself from watching Hill House after dark, and I've just started it! I love this series.
This is the best show ever made on Netflix. I know people will say no but the directing and acting was incredible. This is one of my favorite tv shows ever.
For me this was more emotional than scary. Especially the first 5 episodes were a literal heartbreak with Nelle and everything around her. Even towards the end with their fathers sacrifice to save the kids.
Two Storms was a long shot theatre play man where all characters are reunited....the family doesn't know how to express grief, someone's drinking, Someone's in denial, Someone's disgusted, Someone's confident but completely breaks down after seeing the body and all saying random lines from their past is one of the most realistic and remarkable portrayals of grief by the passing of a loved one 🙏
@Antônia L. Suarez There is no 'right' use of a jumpscare. they are cheap. It is just what bad writers do when they make horror but don't understand horror.
Great character development. Plot twists at every corner. U thought u figured out the film direction and characters' decisions just to find yourself lost yet u kept craving for more. The emotion and empathy u invested on the characters gave such an immersive watching experience u'd see what they see, feel what they feel, and believe in what they believe in: ghosts from their past and the ghosts of themselves. Subtle yet powerful and meaningful ghostly apparitions. All this puts the haunting in The Haunting of Hill House.
I always said I didn't like horror movies, but watching Hill House I realized I just didn't enjoy those empty stories with cheap jump scares. I loved how Hill House really made me feel the ghost stories aka stories about grief. I watched the series to see what people were talking about, expecting to be scared and I ended up crying my heart out.
Slasher movies have never really got to me. I was like.....just kill the dude. Problem solved. That will be $8 million dollars. Ghost movies on the other hand.....how do you kill something that is already dead? They're playing on a completely different field. I guess....you just run.
Idk slasher movies do kind of scare me because they’re a living human like us, but yet they chose to be monsters. That’s so scary to me, that a human can do that to other people.
I watched A LOT of Hill House video essays and I don’t remember which one but it mentioned a fan theory that believes they are still in the house and it’s in fact not a happy ending. I love that it’s open to interpretation but still gives a solid ending for those who want it. Mike Flanagan is a genius.
I haven't watch it yet. I like scary movies but not war/dissaster/realistic movies about things that happened. Those really scare me and make me sad cause they always show the worst of humans and you know that they depict things that happened or are happening somewhere
@@spendingtimetogether8428 Chernobyl is terrifying because we got a glimpse behind the curtain to just how little the people in charge of us care. The secrets they keep and decisions they make to protect their own asses, even if it costs millions of lives. Absolute corruption. Granted, It was the Soviet Union but many countries are now expanding their governments and becoming more communistic in their leadership all the time. We saw something similar play out in China at the onset of the Coronavirus. Doctors who tried to warn people vanished and the government told people it was just pneumonia.
@@KHH595 Yes, it's scary how incompetence leads to disaster. However, it's not what I'm looking for in a tv series, unfortunately. As for the China issue, it's more scary people are buying into that when the real culprit is the US letting the virus spread, but everyone is brainwashed into thinking China is evil. Many ppl can't really use their brains to question things or be objective.
Excellent analysis. I have watched it easily a half dozen times. It never gets old because of the top notch storytelling and the excellence of the actors, young and adult.
Because of this show when I hear "if I go, im going" my freakin eyes swell up with tears lol and I didn't even cry in the saddest movies ... that series just hit a nerve and that song is equally as haunting as the series
Scary? Oh, yes, absolutely. But really touching and beautiful as well. Wonderful performances by a powerhouse cast. Great lighting, effects, and direction. My all-time favorite of the "horror" genre.
The best thing about Hill House is that it utilizes the slow burn to not just make it a horror, but also an intriguing mystery. Like you said they have 10 episodes around an hour each. We have so many questions, in addition to the spookiness, that keep us watching. We get invested in the characters lives while the heat is slowly turned up episode by episode until the finale when the audience genuinely has no idea what will happen, whereas in the flashbacks at the beginning, the audience had the security of knowing the children would be physically okay. Films have to rely on slowly adding in more and more scares even though the audience knows that most/all characters will be okay at the end (especially the conjuring movies). But Hill House gives us questions that we’re desperate to have answers to, and forces us to live the traumas of the characters in order to get those answers. Definitely the best show I’ve seen in a minute
Me and my friend are horror junkies and saw this when it first came out and this year we told another friend to watch it since she wanted to see some suspense movies with no lazy jumpscares (mostly because she’s actually scared to death of them 😅). She wanted us to watch with her and we gladly did again but reassuring her it didn’t had many - if any - jumpscares, that it wasn’t that type of horror, so for her to not worry about it. The thing is... it _has_ quite a few jumpscares, but interestingly enough the two of us genuinely completely forgot about them because this wasn’t what stuck with us while watching the series. It was how absolutely and uncharacteristically frightened the both of us were, how smart the fear was delivered and how much we deeply cared about the characters and wanted to watch it again for them (and the photography/camera work), not really the terror (that it IS very much there constantly)
I am glad you included the emotional aspect. This was a horror show but more often than not the episodes left me raw with sadness and emotions and sometimes in tears.
No other horror story has made me feel empathy for the characters. Like I never even thought about that but you said it well, characters in your typical horror movie are just horror material, just to watch them die and suffer like grotesque puppets. What I loved about this series is that it made mental illness tangible. It gave depression a face, so to speak , and actually made it less scary for me to confront my own state of mind when I was diagnosed with depression a couple of years back.
As long as The Haunting Of Hill House doesn't go down the same route as The Walking Dead or Attack On Titan then we can enjoy the series. The first season works as its own standalone story a lot like another Netflix show that came out around the same time Maniac. Hill House honestly feels a lot more cinematic than most recent ghost movies especially the Blumhouse ones.
Honestly I'm not even really interested in a second season. I think it should be left alone as a 10 episode series. But I will be curious to see what the second season is about, and if it's going to be made, I hope it's good.
@@IntrospectiveEntertainment What could they do for a second season. I feel this should be a mini-series like Maniac. Again it would be okay as long as they don't go down the same route The Walking Dead, Attack On Titan and especially American Horror Story went.
@@burningexeter4365 I have no idea what they could do for a second season. Unlike AHS, this series is very specific, so every story has to involve the titular Hill House in some way. Other than going back to the past (which isn't very interesting in my opinion), what other story is there to tell?
I don't do horror movies although I have read and watched a lot of Stephen King. Be that as it may, when my son introduced me to The Haunting of Hill House, I couldn't stop watching. I love it still and am looking forward to the "sequel", plus I fell in love with Kate Siegel.
Also if you think about it you can consider bent neck lady as a reminder of death in general. The quote from One Day (I don’t remember the actual source) that we live our death day every year without even knowing. It reminds me of that concept for some reason.
I saw this show back when it came out and I've watched it several times since then. Yesterday night was Halloween and I was home alone. About 2 episodes in my parents came home and my mom, who hates scary things, told me to turn it off. Naturally I didn't. My dad seemed to be completely on board by the end of Theo's episode. We ended up watching all the way up to episode 9 before going to bed because by then it was 2am. Only an hour or so after we had all woken up the next day my mom says "well let's watch the last one since we're right there"... My mom, who hates scary things, wanted to keep watching. That's how I knew this show was really special. (not that I didn't before, but you know what I mean)
The first ghost I really experienced was in a rental house when I was about eight or nine years old. My mom’s second husband was an abusive alcoholic. One night, after a particularly bad tantrum where he threw a vase two inches away from my little brother, mom finally decided enough was enough and left with us kids. We left most of our toys and things behind. My brother and I stayed at our dad’s house, and mom with our sister bounced between friends’ houses until she could get control of her finances and get a rental house. Right from when we first moved in, I was convinced the upstairs floor was haunted. My brother and I were alone upstairs, the other bedrooms were downstairs, and I was so paranoid that I could see shadows moving around in the corner of my eye. I had my own room but I refused to sleep alone in my room. I bunked with my brother (he had a bunk bed for when friends came over) for most of the time that we lived in that house. Anytime I was upstairs, I had to yell out to make sure there was someone else up there, otherwise I’d freak out. I did not want to be alone upstairs at all. I can’t tell you what the ghost looked like or sounded like. I just remember feeling something like a hand tapping on my shoulder, or a man’s voice mumbling something from the hallway. I was terrified to use the upstairs bathroom because I KNEW that there would be something in the mirror that didn’t belong. That house probably wasn’t haunted. Nobody else saw or felt anything. It was probably just a nervous reaction, something that would eventually bloom into a full-blown anxiety disorder in my late teens. But maybe Hill House is right, ghosts aren’t necessarily the spirits of the dead, but remnants of emotion and trauma and memories. And that rings more true to me than anything else I’ve heard about ghosts.
@@footballhd9670 I didn’t find Bly Manor (BM) anywhere near as good as Hill House (HH), not the story, the cinematography or the music. Sure in it’s own way it is interesting and ‘creepy’ but I I feel like why I, as well as many other people think Hill House is better is because of it’s gut-punching, real-hitting story. Every character, every scenario in Hill House is relatable in one way or another to the viewer’s life. Depression, anxiety, addiction, relationships, family etc. Atleast one of those issues people have dealt with at one point in their lives. It’s human. Whereas, in Bly Manor, the story takes much more of a fantasy path with all the dream-hopping and the possession of people etc, there was no gut-punching moment that people could relate to, the ghosts weren’t scary, I mean damn, if I recall when I watched Bly Manor, I don’t think I was scared once, atleast not like I was when I first watched Hill House. The plot-twists in episode 5 of HH was better than that of episode 5 of BM, too (obv in my opinion). There was just something lacking in BM that left me feeling void of satisfaction after watching it.
Aedriian i mean if you watch BM and you except to be as good as HH thats the first mistake, where would be all the fun if BM had the same story as HH, they both good in their own way. HH is miles better than BM we can all agree 🤝
Mike Flanagan only directed episode 1 of bly manor. I think he is the direct reason hill house is a masterpiece. Bly manor is good. But nowhere near hill house. I think hill house is a perfect series
@@adethesuffix funny, my favorite episode of Bly Manor is that one flash back black and white "lady of the lake" episode. It just spoke to me greater than the rest of the season!
Great analysis. Hill House took me by surprise and has drawn me back in more than once. The episode "Two Storms" in particular was very gripping with amazing camera work and acting. It isn't a film, but it is my favorite bit of horror media.
Comment if you've ever seen a ghost!
I've only just recently discovered your channel and I'm already hooked. I'm subscribed to a number of other similar video essay channels and the quality in writing and analysis from your channel is on par with any one of them. If anything you connect more to your audience than most other. Once you tie down a signature presentation('written and directed by' is meh) you'll have the perfect package.
Me an my Mom lived with an old woman named Helma Gordon when I was a child.Her house was an old Antebellum house.She took us to like a secret room one day, I was like 4-5.All I remember is it was really dark an there was some glowing red eyes comin right at us.She would start reciting things from the bible, antagonizing it an it never got to us.But lights would cut on by themselves, books would be on the floor, an it was like somthin was always moving around in that house.I wouldn't argue that someone might've snuck in at times, cause it was a bad part of town.But I know somthin else was in that house.Thank you for your time. This is the first I've ever spoke about this.I jus turned 28...
Hahaha, so my friend had been BEGGING me to watch this show because she knew I’d connect with it.
Idk how to explain these events (in my own head) but I’ll never forget them. When I was around 12 years old I lived with my mom, dad and brother. They all played on a volleyball team every Thursday night, so they’d leave me home alone (not a big deal at the time) so I can watch my bro’s puppy and my kitten. So I scooped them and put them in the same room with me, for whatever reason I chose to sit in my brothers room. I would always shut doors behind me when I was younger, so I shut his door too. Not 10 min into them being gone I heard someone re-enter my home and I figured it was just one of them who forgot something, so I called out from my brothers room... but no one responded. I left the room and saw my front door was actually ajar. So at this point I figured someone was breaking in and I locked myself in my bathroom and listened for more sounds while readying to call my parents w/ my phone. Now, I couldn’t see anything but I heard someone running their hand across the walls as they made their way through my house, I could hear the sound clear as day when they passed the bathroom. Under the door I saw no feet. Then I heard a BANG followed by a crash, big enough for me to feel the floor rumble, and it was so loud that I yelped and jumped back away from the door. I never liked losing “control” of these kinds of situations so I whipped the door open, eager to see what was happening but of course I found nothing. Just my empty family room. I’m sure I panicked longer but I eventually returned to my brothers room to check the puppy and kitten and every single picture in the room, some nailed in the wall, some on a dresser, some on the top of his bed frame, but they were ALL knocked down to the floor, some of them even had the glass shattered.
I’ve had several instances like that throughout my lifetime (23 currently) and I related to Theo in this show SO much because I always knew the reality of it. I always knew how real and present that energy in my home was. My father was also a little like (past) Hue; he simply doesn’t believe. He will come up with a million explanations, he’ll even accuse me of smashing the pictures in myself before even considering something like what I know happened.
VERY LONG WINDED, my apologies. This show just really, really, hit home with me in a number of ways.
Multiple times!
In the house I grew up in and several in my college dorm building.
(Including a cat who was sweet, but super annoying: it tended to wind around your feet and make you trip.)
Grew up in a haunted house. Heard and saw a lot
The scariest notion ever: the epiphany of the bent-neck lady
Literal chills. Ill never forget the bent neck lady.
It reminded me of That One Scene from Lake Mongo in all the best ways possible.
I watched this series over a year ago, and that horrifying scream of hers while she was standing by her own childhood bed is still imprinted into my brain.
@@maddu8437 My brain screamed at that scene, and my eyes stung with unbidden tears from the sheer eerieness of that moment. Even though I remained silent.
The Sphider yeah I also cried, I honestly felt shocked and sad more than anything else.
That episode when Nell kept saying she was right there and no one saw her and then it showed her standing in front of her coffin really killed me
Which correlated to what really killed her: Being alone and ignored.
In her final moment, she had no one and she came back to the house to seek answers....Well technically, her therapist killed her with the "Confront your past" and "It's just a house" all that shit.
Kinda wanna drag that dude and lock him up in the house for one night and see what turn out of him
While I love being swept up by media emotionally, I only physically start crying when something REALLY gets me to my core. That scene (and the ending of the book I'm Thinking Of Ending Things) was one of them, it's just so unfair and tragic while also being relevant to her death and real life events.
@Geassmaster55Nell was the bent neck lady but I think it's unfair to say she did it to herself. She did but only literally. The house did it to her. If they grew up anywhere else none of that would've happened.
@@vond5829I mean, to be fair, facing the thing that is metaphorically haunting you is a real and useful technique in therapy, and her therapist had no way of knowing that her childhood home was literally haunted by the ghost of her mother who wanted to kill her, so he couldn’t have anticipated what happened 😅
Let’s not forget that the “two storms” episode was practically shot in one take!!! That’s genius. This show really was a remarkable masterpiece.
I remember the first time I watched that episode! I was blown away by how incredible it was. About 10 minutes in and I was fascinated, and I specifically payed attention to try and look for cuts. I only saw one or two that were noticeable to a watchful eye, but the entire episode was actually filmed in about five or six takes according to behind the scenes commentary. They were just so masterfully stitched together most people don't notice. Truly masterful work of the director and crew.
It's one of my favorite single episodes of television.
THIS, that episode is my favorite and may be one of my favorites of all media ever, just how amaizing it was.
From my understanding, it was filmed in 5 separate one shot takes! The longest was around 17 mins I believe.
The scariest part is when nell and luke talk to olivia in her dream literally about what happens to them in their futures. It was such a soft, gentle, calm scene, which is where the horror really get implied.
The way Luke describes his future drug addiction and Nell describes her future depression in ways that sound like children describing something they don’t quite understand but they know is terrifying, that gave me chills
that trailer was what convinced me this show was gonna be GOOD
I had to pause the episode in that part because I couldn't stop crying at the inevitable tragedy
nah the jump scare in the car in ep 8 was the scariest thing ive ever seen it was so unexpected
The thing I love most is how it is a deeply moral horror story. That is rare. It gives us a good example with relatable characters that we care about.
Yep. There's a lesson to learned beyond the scares, and it's not the least bit cynical.
Classic horror films have morals. The virgins usually live 🙄😂🤦♂️
Its so rare that I have yet to find another show or movie doing it this perfectly like Hill House did.
Makes you wonder what Mike Flanagan has more in store. Even after this and Doctor Sleep, I would love to sit down with this man and just learn what he sees when he screenwrites these things.
I cried when Nelly was surprised and teary eyed when she saw her late husband and they just danced peacefully.
That part made me tear up too!
That whole episode is an emotional roller coaster
Absolutely broke my heart at the end where you see her ghost is watching everyone argue and it calls back to “I was yelling and screaming for you but you couldn’t see me.”
I cryed at the end of the season and then texted my sister's saying i love them. I believe this show can be a substitute for family therapy and could make a family whole.
Same!
“I was there the whole time, and none of you could see me”...CRIES UGLY FACE realizes the message about suicide and feeling isolated
Let's not forget there's hidden ghosts in the background of a LOT of scenes inside Hill house
Yes the man fixing the grandfather clock is a ghost
@@parisphan22 Sure, there's that guy, but there are ghosts in the background of many scenes throughout the whole series. ua-cam.com/video/xEW6Yg6_bCE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=ScreenRant
No one covers a series better than Ladyknightbrave covered this series 🙌ua-cam.com/video/lSZVIW6zM9I/v-deo.html
@@merlaak please use anyone besides Screenrant. They steal from every small UA-cam channel to painful degrees. You can see copying to the point they remove the video and it’s a real problem.
yes
I wasn’t expecting to cry while watching this show, but man, I cried a lot. It just got to me. And nellies “confetti” speech, wow, that made me bawl
The 6th episode ending still gives me goosebumps and tears. "I was just here but no one could see me'
@@rohithkumarsp “Go on without me”.
“How could we”. Always breaks me down too.
“I loved you completely and you loved me the same” 😭😭😭😭😭
@@zarabee2880 “That’s all”, “The rest is confetti” 😭😭😭
You should watch the second season lol
What I found clever was nells ghost and how that ghost that terrified her since childhood was actually her older self taking a glimpse back through every day in her life, now that was incredibly well written and thought out.
I think that was the best plot twist since 6th sense
I am actually not a huge fan of horror films/shows, but The Haunting of Hill House really captured me in a way that few horror shows do.
It was more Gothic Horror like Crimsom Peak: the ghosts are real, of course they are real, but the things truely haunting the characters and, even the house itself, are the lived experiences of human beings: fear, guilt, trauma, secrets, loneliness, a longing for comfort...
I feel like too many stories about hauntings focus on the terror and not on the inherent melancholy of ghosts.
I read a book once about the history of ghost stories in America. It was kind of a terrible book, but there was always one thing that stuck with me: the fact the ghost stories only became popular in the USA after a war that caused, for the first time, people's bodies not being about to be brought back to the homestead and buried and so people never got to say goodbye.
The ghost stories weren't a horror, they were a comfort.
'The first ghost stories were about coming home.'
Haunting of Hill House is one of the first horror shows I have ever seen that captures the feeling of that idea.
the last time I saw a horror miniserie as good as this was Rose Red; very similar in the terms of a haunted house and characters that are flawed colliding with each other while they have a type of excursion about the haunted house. Wouldn't surprise me if that was part of the inspiration to The Haunting of Hill House.
Ah, now I understand better why in Bly Manor they compare a ghost story with a love story.
That's an amazing comment and great information, thank you for sharing. Would you have a recommendation for another movie/series that got you feeling similar things?
Nell's speech about "how time is not like a line, but rather like confetti" still resonates with me. I haven't been the same since I heard that line.
For a person suffering with clinical depression, Nell's storyline really spoke to me :(. I was diagnosed when I was 11 and I was so young it was difficult for me to express how horrible it could get. It portrays what it is like living with this mental illness..feeling invisible..screaming at the top of your lungs, yet nobody's hearing you literally crying for help ;(. It is why I love the series so, so, sooo much. It shows the effects of living like this.. and how isolated you could feel at times.. To anyone reading this- please be kind! Sometimes a simple act of empathy can save a life! If you see any warning signs in your friends or loved ones- reach out, cause most of the time we can not even begin to explain what is wrong with us! Sorry if this comes out as preachy, it is very important though.. Take care!!
Also- amazing video! So glad people are understanding the message
thank you for sharing this, it takes a lot of courage. lots of love
@@karishmachaudhary9953 It needs to be talked about!! Takes a lot to be this vocal about it..but it needs to be done!! Thank you, love
yeah I’m 13 I got diagnosed a couple months ago after over dosing but I’ve been taking Prozac for a little while and it’s been making me worse, I can’t tell my mum she’ll lose her mind she doesn’t know what to do anymore
@@eabhashortt9283 ask for help!!! Do NOT stop asking for help! This is so important!! I know what you are going through, I really do. I used to hide it from everyone because I didn’t wanna worry anybody and trust me- NOTHING GOOD CAME OUT OF IT! It takes time, it takes so much energy and above all- it takes a lot of patience with yourself. Trust me- it gets easier to deal with eventually! Please keep your up and when you feel alone and misunderstood or not understood at all know that you are not! ASK.FOR.HELP! Always ask for help! I love you for sharing this- I wish you peace and calmness!
Nia Lynx you don’t know how much this means to me, I’m kind of trapped in a pretty toxic friend group but half of them are fine it’s hard to explain so when I talk to people rumors spread and people say I’m attention seeking and faking it which kind of hurts a lot but I’ll try, thank you so much x
Definately a masterpiece in horror nothing has ever scared me the way this has
Same. I ended having a nightmare about this show and that hasn’t happened since I was a kid.
100 percent agree.
I think they messed it up. The dead chick she sees hovering above here in the bed ends up being her. This was a bit of a letdown. Also the time mix up introduces scifi which does not go well with horror for me at least. Too much character building and the whole all in one take filming is supposed to impress you well thats not the point, the director's ego ruins it. I dont need to be impressed by good filming. I need to be terrified and they messed it up.
Horror drama come on. Rubbish. 10 hours of wasted time I will never get back. I dont want to see ghosts sad dogging me. I prefer malevolent spirits that intend to cause harm. Amd whats the deal with the ghost being the ghost of a living person from the future.oooohh scary. Not.
I watched that at 11 years old when I was just getting into not thinking horror movies are scary, but actually entertaining. But no, this Tv-Show was AMAZING AND I DIED OF FEAR LOL. Amazing, can't wait to completely forget it so I can watch it again with a friend.
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I like how the sleeves on Nell's wedding dress almost look like angel wings, as she lifts her arms up to embrace him.
Almost tragically symbolic that she'll become the family's savior, then guardian of their souls after her own death.
Who is here in 2020 after watching thru Bly Manor?
Literally me! Just finished the binge watching yesterday. bly manor reminded me how much I loved hill house, I’m thinking of watching hh again ✨🤗
@@RitaFindsDoesTrys same. I'm gonna watch Hill House to remember the standard Mike Flanagan set
I loved Bly Manor.
There's been a lot of hate for BM because people walked into it expecting more of the same or a direct sequel. How boring and predictable that would be. Instead, we're given an entirely different story that still manages to tug at our heartstrings while still chilling us. Flanagan is a master storyteller and knows what true creeping dread feels like in his direction. People often ask what my favorite horror story/film is and it's nearly impossible to answer. Hill House has changed that and taken it's place firmly at the top of my list. Bly Manor is a definite second and I cannot wait to see what Flanagan has in store next.
yes! in my opinion haunting of hill house is way more unique and just has a better story!
i can't stop wanting to rewatch this show, it is literal art
Bly manor is releasing tomorrow.. though some reviews say that it is not as scary as this one :-(
@@sarthaks5 it wasn't as scary but it was still amazing
Sarthak wasn’t scary but the story was beautiful
@@sarthaks5 Just finished it, wasn't as "scary" but it was a very, very beautiful story
It wasn’t as in your face spooky as hill house BUT it was a beautiful puzzle that had your mind working the whole time! Beautiful, heart breaking, I loved it
“Most times, a ghost can be a wish.”
That line is 👍🏻
This is honestly my favorite show of all time.
I did like the ending. Story understood the duality aspect of haunting. Some ghost are traumas and keep hurting you. But sometimes you want to be haunted. All those good and precious memories. You do not want to let go off. Only guessing now, but many people might have both.
This show is a great horror masterpiece, for many reasons but I think it’s greatest strength is that the entire cast absolutely nailed the dynamic of a messed-up family that loves each other but is also over each other.
I loved this series, it's a great horror but it's an even better character/family drama and that coupled with the stunning cinematography and the complex story telling is really what makes this series a masterpiece.
More than anything though, it makes you feel something. We shouldn't underestimate how important that is, specially in a horror. If it stays with you then you know it's good, and in my case I haven't slept properly in 4 days because I just _can't_ get it out of my head. 10/10 for sure.
This is Netflix's absolute best work in my opinion
Who the hell doesn't like the ending of Hill House? It's poignant, it leaves you with a good feeling (even as Steven was leaving the house surrounded by the ghostly residents, I was no longer in scared mode, but acceptance and melancholy) and not everyone made it out alive so there were certainly stakes. Fucking love this show.
Nothing has ever scared me as much as that freaking hovering tall ghost that haunted Luke.
Same, and I thought I was hardened to everything. I'm 54, love this genre, and wasn't expecting this to scare me anymore than anything else I've seen. However, the floating man will live in my minds eye forever...unfortunately!
When he floated up behind him I actually had to cover my eyes,have not done that since I was a kid, a trully terrifying scene,unforgettable
Kalliopi Galanou I’m 26 and I was literally hiding under my covers with my blanket tucked under my feet with goosebumps
My son and I watched it together. He was saying what makes it scary and even uncomfortable Is that you really feel like you are apart of the family, almost intruding on the funeral. It was so realistic that is uncomfortable, yet incredibly beautiful.
Hill House definitely scarier than Bly Manor, but I loved them both. Bly is heart wrenching as you discover which characters are actually dead and have missed their chance at a happy life.
spoiler :/
I loved Bly Manor.
The camera work and the absence of jump scares... it did such a TERRIFIC job of mortifying me with atmosphere
The thing that drew me most to this was its depiction of grief. It was gorgeous.
I was honestly super happy they had a nice ending. Not everything needs to be unrelentingly dark.
Scariest part was when Abigail drank the tea. Poor baby
You are one of the most underrated people on this platform.
That's so nice of you to say, thank you!
When I was young, my family lived in an old house. 2 parents, me and 4 siblings. 4 out of 5 siblings and my parents are sure there was something wrong with the house. So many unexplained events, sightings, sounds and stuff that have never happened after we moved out of there. This show hit me hard and I loved it.
When I was very young my family also lived in a haunted house. Everybody that lived there agrees it was haunted. My mom, my older brother, my mom's best friend and her son as well. I was the youngest so I was like Luke basically, and my memories are a little foggy about what was real and what was a dream, but everybody agrees it was haunted.
@@chrisredfield6274 why did your family stay there? was it due to finances?
@@Defender888888 Yeah it was two families living there out of a financial need. We didn't have anywhere else to go at that time but we definitely didn't stay long.
Bro i keep recommending this show to everyone. This show is definatley unmatched.
i think this show is that much more terrifying because it's so human. typically when you watch a cliché horror film/show, you can take yourself out of the world it's based on and remind yourself that it's not real because it's all so fantastical. however, the characterisation and real issues presented to the audience over the course of this show made it resonate with a lot of people and that, in turn, is so much more terrifying as it's a wake up call for a lot of people. it's the epiphany that you can't escape the humanity and truth of the show that scares us and i think that's beautiful in a horrifying way (just like the show).
Excellent thought out review. I've seen a three different ghosts. All three while I worked night time security at a retirement village. I was never a believer until then. Now I am.
What did they look like?
@@thebipedCentaur like caspers granddad probably?
This is the only piece of horror (or really story telling in general) that has certain spots that give ke goosebumps and real tears no matter how many times i watch it. The revelation that Nell is the Bent Neck lady, the part at the funeral home where shes standing in front of her casket while hsr child self is saying nobody ever sees her, and the speech/forgiveness inside the red room in the finale. This show us just a magnificent piece of art
I've watched dozens of video essays on The Haunting of Hill House and yours is the best. You really explained all I was feeling in a much more eloquent way that I ever could. Dunno if you are still uploading videos but I think you are really good at this. Your style is just as good if not better than most other channels of this type and I love your voice, it's very pleasant to listen to - which is really important in these kind of video essay channels imo.
Have a like and a new sub, can't wait to see what you'll upload next!
This show is perfect, true horror fans will love this. I was so mesmerized by it, the shots, the fact that they all represent a feeling, the fact that we get to see the story back ways (we start with the ending and finish with the start). Absolutely loved it
Hands down, this is one of the best shows ever. People must realise that horror is more than the jumps and scares. Go beyond the demons, for god sakes. Have a story! Hill House is definitely a masterpiece.
I will say this until the day I die. This is the best series I have ever watched.
I feel like this show was made by someone who has actually seen/ experienced a ghost before
I was able to watch Midsommar late at night and then go to bed and sleep like a baby. This video is already reminding me why I have forbidden myself from watching Hill House after dark, and I've just started it! I love this series.
This is the best show ever made on Netflix. I know people will say no but the directing and acting was incredible. This is one of my favorite tv shows ever.
This show helped me deal with my own grief after a death in the family. This analysis beautifully explains why - awesome job!
For me this was more emotional than scary. Especially the first 5 episodes were a literal heartbreak with Nelle and everything around her. Even towards the end with their fathers sacrifice to save the kids.
Two Storms was a long shot theatre play man where all characters are reunited....the family doesn't know how to express grief, someone's drinking, Someone's in denial, Someone's disgusted, Someone's confident but completely breaks down after seeing the body and all saying random lines from their past is one of the most realistic and remarkable portrayals of grief by the passing of a loved one 🙏
Bunch of bad jump scares and I flinched at literally every one...I’m a grown ass man
because jumpscares aren’t real fear lol. they’re cheap and startling. anyone will flinch at a loud noise
@Antônia L. Suarez There is no 'right' use of a jumpscare. they are cheap. It is just what bad writers do when they make horror but don't understand horror.
Color Bars not all jumpscares are cheap, most are but not all of them.
Let’s not forget it has the best jump scare in motion picture history
Great character development. Plot twists at every corner. U thought u figured out the film direction and characters' decisions just to find yourself lost yet u kept craving for more. The emotion and empathy u invested on the characters gave such an immersive watching experience u'd see what they see, feel what they feel, and believe in what they believe in: ghosts from their past and the ghosts of themselves. Subtle yet powerful and meaningful ghostly apparitions. All this puts the haunting in The Haunting of Hill House.
It uses classic and well known tropes so good, that they feel fresh and interesting
The script is so perfect. I don't think there'll ever be another horror like this.
my wife loves horror movies, and she won't stop talking about this show, and watched the full series 2 or 3 times in full, so it must be good.
It definitely is .
The Haunting of Hill House is a masterpiece.
no series have ever intrigued me so much, I literally could not look away while watching. Definitely an amazing show.
The scene where Steve learns the man he saw fixing the grandfather clock was a ghost lives in my head rent free
I always said I didn't like horror movies, but watching Hill House I realized I just didn't enjoy those empty stories with cheap jump scares. I loved how Hill House really made me feel the ghost stories aka stories about grief.
I watched the series to see what people were talking about, expecting to be scared and I ended up crying my heart out.
Slasher movies have never really got to me.
I was like.....just kill the dude. Problem solved.
That will be $8 million dollars.
Ghost movies on the other hand.....how do you kill something that is already dead? They're playing on a completely different field.
I guess....you just run.
Idk slasher movies do kind of scare me because they’re a living human like us, but yet they chose to be monsters. That’s so scary to me, that a human can do that to other people.
The last Nell speech in the Red Room is breathtaking! My favorite series of all time!
I watched A LOT of Hill House video essays and I don’t remember which one but it mentioned a fan theory that believes they are still in the house and it’s in fact not a happy ending. I love that it’s open to interpretation but still gives a solid ending for those who want it. Mike Flanagan is a genius.
Hill House is incredible.
But Chernobyl gets the crown when it comes to making me curl in a corner out of fear.
I'm genuinely curious, how so, since one is non-fiction and you know what's going to happen?
I haven't watch it yet. I like scary movies but not war/dissaster/realistic movies about things that happened. Those really scare me and make me sad cause they always show the worst of humans and you know that they depict things that happened or are happening somewhere
@@spendingtimetogether8428 Chernobyl is terrifying because we got a glimpse behind the curtain to just how little the people in charge of us care. The secrets they keep and decisions they make to protect their own asses, even if it costs millions of lives. Absolute corruption. Granted, It was the Soviet Union but many countries are now expanding their governments and becoming more communistic in their leadership all the time. We saw something similar play out in China at the onset of the Coronavirus. Doctors who tried to warn people vanished and the government told people it was just pneumonia.
@@KHH595 Yes, it's scary how incompetence leads to disaster. However, it's not what I'm looking for in a tv series, unfortunately.
As for the China issue, it's more scary people are buying into that when the real culprit is the US letting the virus spread, but everyone is brainwashed into thinking China is evil. Many ppl can't really use their brains to question things or be objective.
Masterpiece indeed
Excellent analysis. I have watched it easily a half dozen times. It never gets old because of the top notch storytelling and the excellence of the actors, young and adult.
Because of this show when I hear "if I go, im going" my freakin eyes swell up with tears lol and I didn't even cry in the saddest movies ... that series just hit a nerve and that song is equally as haunting as the series
Scary? Oh, yes, absolutely. But really touching and beautiful as well. Wonderful performances by a powerhouse cast. Great lighting, effects, and direction. My all-time favorite of the "horror" genre.
The best thing about Hill House is that it utilizes the slow burn to not just make it a horror, but also an intriguing mystery. Like you said they have 10 episodes around an hour each. We have so many questions, in addition to the spookiness, that keep us watching. We get invested in the characters lives while the heat is slowly turned up episode by episode until the finale when the audience genuinely has no idea what will happen, whereas in the flashbacks at the beginning, the audience had the security of knowing the children would be physically okay. Films have to rely on slowly adding in more and more scares even though the audience knows that most/all characters will be okay at the end (especially the conjuring movies). But Hill House gives us questions that we’re desperate to have answers to, and forces us to live the traumas of the characters in order to get those answers. Definitely the best show I’ve seen in a minute
Me and my friend are horror junkies and saw this when it first came out and this year we told another friend to watch it since she wanted to see some suspense movies with no lazy jumpscares (mostly because she’s actually scared to death of them 😅). She wanted us to watch with her and we gladly did again but reassuring her it didn’t had many - if any - jumpscares, that it wasn’t that type of horror, so for her to not worry about it.
The thing is... it _has_ quite a few jumpscares, but interestingly enough the two of us genuinely completely forgot about them because this wasn’t what stuck with us while watching the series. It was how absolutely and uncharacteristically frightened the both of us were, how smart the fear was delivered and how much we deeply cared about the characters and wanted to watch it again for them (and the photography/camera work), not really the terror (that it IS very much there constantly)
I am glad you included the emotional aspect. This was a horror show but more often than not the episodes left me raw with sadness and emotions and sometimes in tears.
You know who's actually the real scared victims? The ghosts and demons, whenever an unsuspecting family buys their house.
True. They must be like "crap..here we go again! these freaks gonna be running around screaming shortly.."
hill house is so tragic and so beautiful yet so deeply troubling and disturbing.
Superb review of a show that is indeed a masterpiece - at least in my opinion.
Also the part with Timothy Hutton when that woman tells him the story about the Grattan family.
Amazing
No other horror story has made me feel empathy for the characters. Like I never even thought about that but you said it well, characters in your typical horror movie are just horror material, just to watch them die and suffer like grotesque puppets. What I loved about this series is that it made mental illness tangible. It gave depression a face, so to speak , and actually made it less scary for me to confront my own state of mind when I was diagnosed with depression a couple of years back.
Great essay!
100% agree with all of this. This show succeeds in scaring you with the silences instead of the screams
I couldn’t agree with this more. I’m generally not a big fan of horror, but this show, well, it . . . moved me.
As long as The Haunting Of Hill House doesn't go down the same route as The Walking Dead or Attack On Titan then we can enjoy the series. The first season works as its own standalone story a lot like another Netflix show that came out around the same time Maniac. Hill House honestly feels a lot more cinematic than most recent ghost movies especially the Blumhouse ones.
Honestly I'm not even really interested in a second season. I think it should be left alone as a 10 episode series. But I will be curious to see what the second season is about, and if it's going to be made, I hope it's good.
@@IntrospectiveEntertainment What could they do for a second season. I feel this should be a mini-series like Maniac. Again it would be okay as long as they don't go down the same route The Walking Dead, Attack On Titan and especially American Horror Story went.
@@burningexeter4365 I have no idea what they could do for a second season. Unlike AHS, this series is very specific, so every story has to involve the titular Hill House in some way. Other than going back to the past (which isn't very interesting in my opinion), what other story is there to tell?
@@IntrospectiveEntertainment Let's pray it won't go down the Walking Dead route. Actually I would watch a Season 2 if Frank Darabont is involved
attack on titan??? why?
The ending of episode one where Steve sees dead Nell gave me literal chills. The bent neck lady montage made me not sleep for 2 days :)
What i love the most is the story line. This is one of the best story lines ive seen
I don't do horror movies although I have read and watched a lot of Stephen King. Be that as it may, when my son introduced me to The Haunting of Hill House, I couldn't stop watching. I love it still and am looking forward to the "sequel", plus I fell in love with Kate Siegel.
It was definitely scary but it was also a beautiful and very moving story.
Also if you think about it you can consider bent neck lady as a reminder of death in general. The quote from One Day (I don’t remember the actual source) that we live our death day every year without even knowing. It reminds me of that concept for some reason.
James wan is the king of modern day horror... same could argue he paved the way for shows like hill house.
Your psychological approach to this review/analysis was excellent 👏🏼
And it’s the fact that they willingly went back to the house really made me feel hopeless
I saw this show back when it came out and I've watched it several times since then. Yesterday night was Halloween and I was home alone. About 2 episodes in my parents came home and my mom, who hates scary things, told me to turn it off. Naturally I didn't. My dad seemed to be completely on board by the end of Theo's episode. We ended up watching all the way up to episode 9 before going to bed because by then it was 2am. Only an hour or so after we had all woken up the next day my mom says "well let's watch the last one since we're right there"... My mom, who hates scary things, wanted to keep watching. That's how I knew this show was really special. (not that I didn't before, but you know what I mean)
I agree 100% It's well written and fantasticaly directed !!
hmmmm i do hope with this series the more subtle horror will come back
I watched the series last November of 2022 or December I think. Till today I can feel the ghosts behind me everytime I go to sleep.
Mike Flanagan is a gifted genius! Haunting of Hill House is one of if not the very best thing I have ever watched!
The first ghost I really experienced was in a rental house when I was about eight or nine years old.
My mom’s second husband was an abusive alcoholic. One night, after a particularly bad tantrum where he threw a vase two inches away from my little brother, mom finally decided enough was enough and left with us kids. We left most of our toys and things behind. My brother and I stayed at our dad’s house, and mom with our sister bounced between friends’ houses until she could get control of her finances and get a rental house.
Right from when we first moved in, I was convinced the upstairs floor was haunted. My brother and I were alone upstairs, the other bedrooms were downstairs, and I was so paranoid that I could see shadows moving around in the corner of my eye. I had my own room but I refused to sleep alone in my room. I bunked with my brother (he had a bunk bed for when friends came over) for most of the time that we lived in that house. Anytime I was upstairs, I had to yell out to make sure there was someone else up there, otherwise I’d freak out. I did not want to be alone upstairs at all.
I can’t tell you what the ghost looked like or sounded like. I just remember feeling something like a hand tapping on my shoulder, or a man’s voice mumbling something from the hallway. I was terrified to use the upstairs bathroom because I KNEW that there would be something in the mirror that didn’t belong.
That house probably wasn’t haunted. Nobody else saw or felt anything. It was probably just a nervous reaction, something that would eventually bloom into a full-blown anxiety disorder in my late teens. But maybe Hill House is right, ghosts aren’t necessarily the spirits of the dead, but remnants of emotion and trauma and memories. And that rings more true to me than anything else I’ve heard about ghosts.
the family each represent the stages of loss. so cool.
I need explanation on Bly Manor..so far its not as interesting as Hill House
Bly manor is almost as good as this
@@footballhd9670 I didn’t find Bly Manor (BM) anywhere near as good as Hill House (HH), not the story, the cinematography or the music. Sure in it’s own way it is interesting and ‘creepy’ but I I feel like why I, as well as many other people think Hill House is better is because of it’s gut-punching, real-hitting story. Every character, every scenario in Hill House is relatable in one way or another to the viewer’s life. Depression, anxiety, addiction, relationships, family etc. Atleast one of those issues people have dealt with at one point in their lives. It’s human. Whereas, in Bly Manor, the story takes much more of a fantasy path with all the dream-hopping and the possession of people etc, there was no gut-punching moment that people could relate to, the ghosts weren’t scary, I mean damn, if I recall when I watched Bly Manor, I don’t think I was scared once, atleast not like I was when I first watched Hill House. The plot-twists in episode 5 of HH was better than that of episode 5 of BM, too (obv in my opinion). There was just something lacking in BM that left me feeling void of satisfaction after watching it.
Aedriian i mean if you watch BM and you except to be as good as HH thats the first mistake, where would be all the fun if BM had the same story as HH, they both good in their own way. HH is miles better than BM we can all agree 🤝
Mike Flanagan only directed episode 1 of bly manor. I think he is the direct reason hill house is a masterpiece. Bly manor is good. But nowhere near hill house. I think hill house is a perfect series
@@adethesuffix funny, my favorite episode of Bly Manor is that one flash back black and white "lady of the lake" episode. It just spoke to me greater than the rest of the season!
Masterpiece at the same level of the book in its own art form!!!!
That excorcist clip caught me by surprise. My heart stopped for a second.
Great analysis. Hill House took me by surprise and has drawn me back in more than once. The episode "Two Storms" in particular was very gripping with amazing camera work and acting. It isn't a film, but it is my favorite bit of horror media.
I'm just glad it doesn't end like a Goosebumps book.
Right on point. Thank ypu. Have already rewatched the season 4-5 times.
I loved the show so much that I even made my family watch it. I also plan on watching the next show by the same director “The haunting of Bly Manor”
Yesssss!!! It premieres in 3 DAYS‼