Some evidence that there was someone else near the lake at the time
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The Haunting of Bly Manor - Friday, October 9 on Netflix
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I really enjoyed it, but it definitely had its flaws.
First off, like others said, this is not a horror show and people should not look at it like that, it is gothic horror/romance. I think people have to stop thinking that this series is going to be something like The Conjuring.
I LOVE a slow burn, but this show could have easily been 5-6 episodes and been better for it, there are multiple parts where you are just saying "Okay, we get it" and it's enough to easily predict what's going to happen next 1 episode in advance. They beat you over the head with themes and foreshadowing way too many times.
Accents aside, performances have been great but writing could have been better, especially the romance scenes.
The ending was MUCH better than Hill House, but just like Hill House, they explain way too much towards the end, and it's explanations that we don't need.
Not everything has to always be explained 100%, that's how you lose the mysteriousness, and things are no longer as creepy when you understand everything 100%.
Semi-unrelated but I love how people make fun of the "HIDDEN GHOSTS" clickbait and here it is perfectly encapsulated on that thumbnail.
I'm surprised they don't have white outlines.
First off, like others said, this is not a horror show and people should not look at it like that, it is gothic horror/romance. I think people have to stop thinking that this series is going to be something like The Conjuring.
I LOVE a slow burn, but this show could have easily been 5-6 episodes and been better for it, there are multiple parts where you are just saying "Okay, we get it" and it's enough to easily predict what's going to happen next 1 episode in advance. They beat you over the head with themes and foreshadowing way too many times.
Accents aside, performances have been great but writing could have been better, especially the romance scenes.
The ending was MUCH better than Hill House, but just like Hill House, they explain way too much towards the end, and it's explanations that we don't need.
Not everything has to always be explained 100%, that's how you lose the mysteriousness, and things are no longer as creepy when you understand everything 100%.
Semi-unrelated but I love how people make fun of the "HIDDEN GHOSTS" clickbait and here it is perfectly encapsulated on that thumbnail.
I'm surprised they don't have white outlines.
3 episodes into Hill House and I feel like Bly Manor is in an entirely different league so far.
GF and I just finished this last night and good lord what a drop-off after episode 5. We were loving the first few episodes and felt it was even better than HH, then they spent the rest of the season explaining every little detail and creating plot lines that led nowhere. What a letdown
I must've enjoyed it enough since I got through all the episodes in a single weekend. I felt that after episode 4 I was a bit skeptic of it all in general. I'm surprised that people seem to like episode 5 so much. I was hoping for some subversion of my expectations since Hannah's fate seemed so obvious from the beginning but there wasn't.
Hill House felt very similar Oculus, and now some of the same tropes appear again and it just feels a bit tired.
Hill House felt very similar Oculus, and now some of the same tropes appear again and it just feels a bit tired.
Memory jumping and "you. me. us." stuff seemed half baked. Like it's just understood that saying this magic words makes it a special possession where you can leave the house? Doesn't really matter but it caused me to groan a bit. I don't want to complain too much either since this thread has that covered, but as a love story it isn't really that strong either.
Damn if your daughter could deal with the horror, general dread and underlying themes of Hill House, Bly will be a walk in the park. It's way, way less intense overall (but has an even more somber and generally sad tone.) .
She loves horror movies. Nothing scares her. It's more the adult content and sexual assault stuff I'm concerned with.
Bly has no sexual assault imo, more like emotional manipulation that leads to consensual sex. I don't know what you want you daughter to watch but I think Bly has more meaningful stuff to say about building relationships (and avoiding toxic ones) than you'd expect from something that is tagged "Horror".
It's not "Horror" anyway, Gothic romance would be a more fitting genre.
Personally enjoyed eps1-4, then found myself looking at my phone, bored, from 5-9. Also the general spookiness really drops off as well.
How did nobody bump into the lake ghost's pathing all that time when the family spent summer there. I mean she literally walks up to the parents bed every few weeks and they don't notice once?
just finished today.. really enjoyed it. definitely has peaks and valleys in terms of pace. i agree with everyone who says it probably could have been 6 episodes.
as someone who read the book, i find it funny all the people saying the jessel/quint stuff was boring
there is one scene where child abuse is implied, and a few scenes depicting domestic violence/abuse but nothing like Hill House
as someone who read the book, i find it funny all the people saying the jessel/quint stuff was boring
they're the only ghosts in the novella.
i hated all the explanation behind the dreams/possession. a ghost explaining how they're going to strategize their possession and use the magic words..would be so much better to just leave it out. even if a couple nerds on the internet would go crazy asking for technical logistics..
there is one scene where child abuse is implied, and a few scenes depicting domestic violence/abuse but nothing like Hill House
Just finished and I agree with most sentiments that's it starts well but then just descends into melodrama and over-explaining. It was alright but feels like it lacked ideas.
I didn't mind the over-explaning, my real issue was that after said things were fully explained, they tied back and were resolved in such an unsatisfying manner.
Man the music in both series is so good.
I really appreciated the weird timeless feeling this had, its something im missing in Hill House.
I really appreciated the weird timeless feeling this had, its something im missing in Hill House.
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I finished this the other day and I really enjoyed it. Definitely wish it had more scares of course, but the story was cleverly told, and it was really sweet. I hadn't read the book so it was all new to me. Agree about the music as well. Just a well told, appropriately styled, suitably scored story.
Never watched Hill House but caught this the other day and didnt think it was scary at all but rather depressing and kinda bizarre. I really didnt like that ending either.
I wonder if I should check out Hill House now, it seems much better based on what others are saying.
I wonder how many bodies/remains are in that little lake, maybe they should get a coroner dive team out there or something?.
Well, this awful kinda of a turd.
I guess I enjoyed
The script was really bad this time around, it basically had everything I didn't love of Hill House's final episode.
I found incredibly hilarious that in the final episode
I guess I enjoyed
The explanation behind the Manor's power, i.e. Viola's becoming curse itself and why and how people became trapped, even if that flashback ended up being just waaaaay too long. It was sorta neat in the sense that it made everything slot into place. I find pretty unrealistic that apparently the Wingraves never saw Viola's ghost for all the time they lived there?
The script was really bad this time around, it basically had everything I didn't love of Hill House's final episode.
I found incredibly hilarious that in the final episode
Everyone shows there and... they all accomplish nothing. You expect Hannah to make a stand, but she accomplishes... nothing?
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Hannah told Owen and Jamie where to find Dani, and where to find Henry too. Without that Henry would never have been resuscitated and Dani may have drowned after absorbing the lady and trying to swim out with Flora.
This had TOO many episodes.
You could have told the story you wanted in like half of the 9 episodes.
The first 4 episodes ran in place, Episode 5 was supposed to be a twist but everyone already figured it out, and then the last three or so really brought it together.
I mean I get WHY they think they needed 9 episodes, but you could have done it in 5/6 tops and it would have been just as strong if not stronger.
Re-edit this, trim it down, and it would easily be on the level of Hill House.
Not bad, but overly long.
You could have told the story you wanted in like half of the 9 episodes.
The first 4 episodes ran in place, Episode 5 was supposed to be a twist but everyone already figured it out, and then the last three or so really brought it together.
I mean I get WHY they think they needed 9 episodes, but you could have done it in 5/6 tops and it would have been just as strong if not stronger.
Re-edit this, trim it down, and it would easily be on the level of Hill House.
Not bad, but overly long.
Finished it tonight, thought it was a good story with some great performances but Hill House was waaaaay creepier - disappointed in that regard
This was been the first Netflix show I've watched from start to finish. Never watched last years show which was apparently in the same series, but this one didn't do anything for me. By the middle of the series I was losing interest and I really had to power through it.
The only episode that was mildly interesting was the origin of the story in episode 8.
The only episode that was mildly interesting was the origin of the story in episode 8.
Episode 7 and I am struggling to maintain interest. This show sucks compared to Hill House. Overblown melodramatic soap opera shit, endless teary monologues, not remotely creepy or scary anymore. The focus on
has totally killed whatever interest I had in the beginning.
The big reveals are telegraphed from a mile away and I don't remotely care for any of the characters.
This is supposed to be the peak episode and it's downhill from here? I can't picture it getting worse.
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The big reveals are telegraphed from a mile away and I don't remotely care for any of the characters.
This is supposed to be the peak episode and it's downhill from here? I can't picture it getting worse.
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Fuck me these English accents are horrific. Did they attend The Karl Urban school of English dialect?
I mean
she still fell for it after knowing the guy for like a week. It's just such a trope at this point.
I'm pretty sure we also see skeletons / bone remains in that shot.
I loved the tropeiness of it all. Some neat twists. As someone mentioned its more gothic horror/romance and the show itself mentioned this in the last episode. I enjoyed it until the last episode where it just falls off into soapy mess.
The soap opera-ness gets worse?! Ugh. I'm in to finish it because I'm watching it with my partner but at this point I'd rather just spoil the ending and save myself the trouble.
The last episode. I enjoyed it most until the last half of the last episode. It does get a little soppy and explainy at the end, you could stop watch then and lose little.
I enjoyed the back story flashbacks too. And the neat little ghost rules.
Finished Hill House,
Definitely preferred Bly.
Hill House doesn't have enough of the house for the story.
Bly goes a bit overboard but you really feel the legacy of it's haunted house throughout.
Definitely preferred Bly.
Hill House doesn't have enough of the house for the story.
Bly goes a bit overboard but you really feel the legacy of it's haunted house throughout.
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I loved it. Everything just clicked for me, I loved all of the characters (especially the house workers).
The ending nearly had me in tears. This was so much more thought provoking than Hill House and it sat with me for a while.
This totally sums it up for me. Much more enjoyable than Hill House.
The ending nearly had me in tears. This was so much more thought provoking than Hill House and it sat with me for a while.
This totally sums it up for me. Much more enjoyable than Hill House.
Her fiance was never a real ghost, it was a psychological ghost. Like Henry's alter ego. She was holding onto him and her guilt the entire time, and her burning the glasses was her way of finally saying goodbye and coming to terms with her guilt.
Huh...I guess that makes sense, but given the show was about ghosts and hauntings, I'm left disappointed.