like it isn't the appeal of everyone. The show peaked already, I'm not staying in Netflix to watch the The Haunting of the Cheap Single Bedroom Apartment
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"There are no plans for more chapters" of the "Haunting of..." series, according to Mike Flanagan
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They read the papers I wrote for Grad School on The Haunting of Hill House and The Turn of the Screw and have run out of ideas. I'll send them my paper on The Castle of Otranto asap. If you're tired of haunted manors and haunted estates, how about a giant suit of haunted armor?
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do I 'bruh" here or am I about to bite on double sarcasm
Odd. The formula could be easily applied to other classic horror novels.
I would have loved to see Lovecraft given the Haunting treatment; the tone of a Haunting series would give me something closer to what I was hoping to see from Lovecraft Country. That show is great for what it is, but I'm deep into the first season, and it's more of an adventure show than the stoic horror I was expecting. From the little I read prior to watching, I thought I was in for something more like Jordan Peele's US, but it actually reminds me a lot of Buffy. I was hoping for something with the tone of Cthulhu (2007), which is a deconstruction of The Shadow Over Innsmouth, but replacing Lovecraftian racial anxiety with a gay protagonist returning to his homophobic family. That film is amazing, and criminality underrated. People who hear "Lovecraft" and just want tentacles and Stewart Gordon movies hate it, but it's an easy recommendation for Haunting fans, or anyone who enjoys more cerebral horror.
But yeah, I suppose the Haunting creators just want to move on to other things. A real shame. I didn't enjoy Bly Manor as much as Hill House, but I massively appreciated what the writers were doing, and I was excited to see such a grounded show deliver single-season horror with a less bombastic tone than AHS or Slasher.
I would have loved to see Lovecraft given the Haunting treatment; the tone of a Haunting series would give me something closer to what I was hoping to see from Lovecraft Country. That show is great for what it is, but I'm deep into the first season, and it's more of an adventure show than the stoic horror I was expecting. From the little I read prior to watching, I thought I was in for something more like Jordan Peele's US, but it actually reminds me a lot of Buffy. I was hoping for something with the tone of Cthulhu (2007), which is a deconstruction of The Shadow Over Innsmouth, but replacing Lovecraftian racial anxiety with a gay protagonist returning to his homophobic family. That film is amazing, and criminality underrated. People who hear "Lovecraft" and just want tentacles and Stewart Gordon movies hate it, but it's an easy recommendation for Haunting fans, or anyone who enjoys more cerebral horror.
But yeah, I suppose the Haunting creators just want to move on to other things. A real shame. I didn't enjoy Bly Manor as much as Hill House, but I massively appreciated what the writers were doing, and I was excited to see such a grounded show deliver single-season horror with a less bombastic tone than AHS or Slasher.
Alright alright I got got, I get it lol
I know the majority of people did not like season 2 but I really enjoyed it and would have loved for the series to continue.
Seems more like an excuse for Netflix not wanting to make more or even Flanagan not wanting to. Strength of this series has always been the emotional stories around a family of characters. At this point who cares if its scary. Some spooky atmosphere and creepy locations is more than enough to make an entertaining October release. Both seasons were great. Sad to see it go.
It cold be something like a haunted hotel, a haunted prison, a haunted forest, a haunted abandoned village or city, etc.
I didn't know that some people disliked S2, I saw some that thought it was inferior to S1 but just that, I enjoyed a lot, I wish they continue it one day, yes, in a fucking castle.
Haunted hotel? What is this? My grandma's horror novel. Bo ring.
Haunting of Sea World.
Haunted sea world. What is this? A Disney Channel TV movie? Bo ring.
You fucking say that when a killer whale is calling your home at fucking midnight. It's got killer right in its name
Aw that's a damn shame, legit loved the second season. I hope Victoria Pedretti gets more horror roles.
Honestly, after Bly I'm okay with this. I didn't hate it, but it didn't really do much for me. I'd rather Flanagan and team make new shows and movies that aren't constrained by a single key location.
That's fine, I'm sure he can come up with something else for Carla Gugino and Kate Siegel to star in.
but
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the queen doesn't even live in a castle (most of the time).
there's also like
so many castles
so many
and most aren't affiliated with royalty and most aren't even in England
this post confuses me so much
I loved that s2 was such a narrative departure but it was clear a lot of audience expectations were boxing in the storytelling. The ghosts hiding around was pretty goofy this time. Just tell another supernatural story with a new name and give the writers more wiggleroom. Still, I'm glad they took the huge hype from s1 and told an exceptionally tender love story. It was a good swing.
I enjoyed both seasons, the show felt somewhat different to most of the current horror based shows on TV currently as it was more about the relationships of the people involved then it was about the jump scares and gore. I figured they might continue to adapt other books around the same premise, lord knows there is plenty of material out there for this kind of thing.
the help-desk guy spends the entire series unfazed because he's already seen the worst a call center can do to him and the demon doesn't measure up?
If anyone would have done The Navidson Records portion of The House of Leaves justice, it'd been this guy.
Hell, I'd even expect he'd handle translating The House of Leaves as a whole into a series with decent success.
Maybe it could still happen but not part of this series?
Hell, I'd even expect he'd handle translating The House of Leaves as a whole into a series with decent success.
Maybe it could still happen but not part of this series?
I hate to say this, but good. Unless he's going to be as hands-on as he was with Hill House I don't want anymore haunting stuff. The first was some of the best stuff I've ever seen and the second series was a boring turd.
And this is coming from someone starved of good horror content.
And this is coming from someone starved of good horror content.
I'd honestly be ok if it didn't continue. I like his movie work a lot better, Hill House had a good story but failed the ending and Bly had a bad story with a fantastic ending. I'd really prefer if he just worked on smaller films instead.
Some of the "reveal" scenes near the end of Bly Manor are just embarrassingly bad.