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The Haunting of Bly Manor - Friday, October 9 on Netflix
- Thread starter RatskyWatsky
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Hill House remains one of the better horror projects of recent years. Hearing this is more Henry James inspired than Shirley Jackson sets some different reasonable expectations.
I knew this was gonna be divisive just from the reviews. I'll still give it a go but won't lie, I'm worried I'll get bored. But we shall see. Will start tomorrow though.
judging from the "I look at my phone while watching something" or "I watch something / listen to podcasts at 1.5X speed" comments I read all the time these days, a lot of the reactions I'm seeing don't surprise me at all. That's not even a critisism btw, just what I said, it doesn't surprise me. Like I said before, it IS super slow and like Stuckmann's review pointed out, more gothic romance than actual horror.
Loving it so far. Flanagan has a style and if it hasn't worked for you before, it certainly won't now, but I dig it.
kids are the creepiest things on earth lol. second episode definitely upped the suspense for sure
Much better. The first half of the first episode is rough. Stick it out to the end and, if it still isn't working, it might not be for you. Flanagan has thing for slow-pacing, table-setting, and corny/flowery dialogue, and the worst aspects of those traits are all over the very beginning of the episode.
Thanks I actually loved Haunting of Hill House. But the premise for this one seemed so incredibly predictable and...rehashed. I will give this another shot tomorrow.
Well, thats not accurate. The plague doctor in the first episode that appeared in like 30 shots had a distinct visual cue and then the next episode there was a doll with an obvious cue. Anyway, there are ghosts in the show for anyone wondering.
But yeah, this show is more interested right now in telling a dramatic tragedy story, but it's also a really good one, so im really enjoying it 4 episodes in.
only finished episode 1 so far. this reminds me a bit of the innocents with deborah kerr.
bit of a slow start, but i'm interested to see how the story plays out. i keep peeping the background of shots, and it seems like mike flanagan doubled up on hidden ghosts thing haha there were a handful shots with the
bit of a slow start, but i'm interested to see how the story plays out. i keep peeping the background of shots, and it seems like mike flanagan doubled up on hidden ghosts thing haha there were a handful shots with the
coat and hat figure.
finished it and while its different, I personally loved it. Season one is better paced and has a better overall chemistry between all the kids, but I think its worth sticking to it to the end. Its a great story and you will def see more ghosts and silhouettes scattered around as you progress trough the episodes.
I do prefer the first episode of season one as it kind of throws you in and keeps your attention until the last episode, while the first episode of season 2 is a very slow start and classic introduction that works better in a movie, but stick with it!
I really like to see a season 3 now since I am loving this style of show and I hope they can maintain the quality of it.
I do prefer the first episode of season one as it kind of throws you in and keeps your attention until the last episode, while the first episode of season 2 is a very slow start and classic introduction that works better in a movie, but stick with it!
I really like to see a season 3 now since I am loving this style of show and I hope they can maintain the quality of it.
I'll have to go back and watch, what I liked about the first season was they didn't call attention to the hauntings mostly, they were just there and if you missed them you missed them, here it seems more like "we're gonna do a sound effect or have lightning or do something to make sure you don't miss it"
That is the most exact description of this season so far lol. Be on the lookout for a plague doctor with a long 'beak', a soldier, and child in the first 4 episodes. They call attention to 2 of those in one scene each. Im just starting eps 5.
Incredibly slow start but glad I stuck with it as t'was a pretty good season. The father of the kids looks a lot like Garth Marenghi.
Matthew Holness was actually Dominic Wingrave in one of the episodes, I believe!
Thank You. For some reason neither his IMDB nor Wikipedia page had this show listed, which I wasn't certain it was him.
Oh! I did see the plague doctor a bunch googling it but I thought it was just like wardrobe or part of the background lol, I totally missed that.
I really like this so far. Sure it's a slower burn then season one, but man, the acting has been really good. I am super impressed with the kid who is playing Miles. I'm really enjoying it. Haven't seen too many ghosts in the background aside from a few obvious ones. I loved that aspect of season 1 so I hope we get some of that in later episodes
three episodes in, loving it. i don't personally feel it's overly slow, the writing and acting are strong enough to keep me engaged. definitely less scary than Hill House, but i'm finding the story more engaging
Well i just watched episode 5, im drunk, dont know what the fuck, did a google search, and half spoiled myself, i think..
so i assumed Hannah Grose somehow died in the well because Peter the possesed boy killed her but yet i was very confused how everyone treated her as real the whole seasone etc etc? ugh
I watched the first two and will watch some more tomorrow, I really like it but the "slow and only medium scary" is a big part of what I liked about the first season. This kind of suspenseful horror is pretty effective on me as opposed to the CG-Ultra gore a lot of shows do, which is cool too.
I was the opposite! I thought Hill House's first episode was good, but had very little suspense or scares in it. This opening episode has a lot of long hall shots, some great tense acting, and of course the kids aren't the protags but the creepers themselves in a way. Kids are always creepy.
As I understand, he got help writing Hill House to focus on directing, but wrote alone Bly Manor in its entirety while directing only the first episode.
While I agree it has pace issues, series is what gives plenty more depth to characters in the end. There are no bad or evil to the bone protagonists as opposed to your usually demon nun from hell. Yeah, coming to see Bly Manor for the thrill is not gonna make it.
Yup it's confusing on purpose but plenty of signs prior about that character acting suspicious. And maybe a nod to The Sixth Sense. As with Hill House, a second viewing might be interesting while you know everything.
Fucking hell.....again?! I thought maybe after last season it would be quicker to get off the mark this time around. Guess I'll give it a miss then.
I see, thanks. I'll keep my expectations for the rest of the series in check, then.
Just finished it.
Full series spoilers:
Full series spoilers:
I thought it was really good, one thing that bothered me was the changing of adult actors at the end. I guess it would have spoiled the twist they were going for but I wished they had just aged the actors with makeup or something. I'm not sure how old the actor that played older Owen is, but I didn't think he looked drastically older than Rahul Kohli did, but they gave Carla Gugino grey hair.
Slow burn is an understatement. There are glaciers that move quicker than this show.
