Finished it last night and while it had some great elements and set pieces, it largely felt like someone had a lot of good ideas but no real plan for how to put them together. I found myself utterly bored through large sections of it. And while it was creepy at times, I only actually jumped once. The ending felt like they thought they had a 13 episode order, then realised it was only 10 and shit the bed. Oh well.
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My arse left my chair and I don't know how to describe the noise that came out of me.Episode 8 has the worst jump scare I have ever seen in my life. I seriously thought I had a heart attack and actually had a tear in my left eyeball
I'd let me guard down, most of the time it was obvious one was coming and I was ready for it, this one came out of nowhere
In the last episode when the dad takes Steve to the house and gets him to open his eyes a bit I think shows that all the children have the same feelings but some of them i.e. Steve and Shirley, deny them and put it down to mental illness. I was convinced that Olivia was actually alive and that the mould had affected Hugh who had killed himself and the children and the house was a construct for Olivia's mind and her way of dealing with the loss of her family. I thought the red room represented her heart which was closed due to the pain and that we were basically inside her breakdown. I thought the ending was a bit dodge. Keep the house there so all could remain. I wouldn't wanna remain with a few psychos and the Dudleys! If I were Steve I'd burn the place down!
The one that caught me wasn't actually a jump scare, I think it was episode 8...
The episode where the whole family is gathered for Nell's funeral. When the father and others are speaking at the coffin for a while, ghost Nell is in the background the whole time out of focus. Scared the life out of me when I noticed her. Rewound and she was actually there for ages.
There’s a long and pretty interesting twitter thread from the creator about the conception and production of episode six, that’s both fascinating, and also kinda part of my (admittedly small) problem with the show..
I mean, from an artistic POV it’s really impressive, but it’s also very evident that they based a lot of their creative decisions for the show as a whole around this one stunt ep (including one of my main bugbears, casting two similarly aged and different looking men as the same character 26 years apart) and while there’s nothing necessarily wrong with cool art for cool arts sake, a part of me can’t help but think, was it really worth it? The show definitely peaked at that point, and got messier after, and the ep in question wasn’t even presented as one continuous shot (which was evidently the initial pitch) so I can’t help but think it’s not really such a brilliant idea to build a whole 10 episode series around one technical mid point showpiece...
Could just be me though.
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I mean, from an artistic POV it’s really impressive, but it’s also very evident that they based a lot of their creative decisions for the show as a whole around this one stunt ep (including one of my main bugbears, casting two similarly aged and different looking men as the same character 26 years apart) and while there’s nothing necessarily wrong with cool art for cool arts sake, a part of me can’t help but think, was it really worth it? The show definitely peaked at that point, and got messier after, and the ep in question wasn’t even presented as one continuous shot (which was evidently the initial pitch) so I can’t help but think it’s not really such a brilliant idea to build a whole 10 episode series around one technical mid point showpiece...
Could just be me though.
I've been following the thread waiting for this answer too because the film is like the perfect haunted house film for my fragile sensibilites, high quality, lots of really creepy scenes, great characters and only really one jumpy moment. So far after reading reviews the most common feelings towards the show seem to be it's not jump scary with only jump scares, not scary but creepy and scary, boring and interesting and like the film but completely different.I was hoping someone else had watched both, and then tell me how the new series compares in term of quality.
I enjoyed the story more than I was scared at any point, bar the jump scare everyone is talking about.
Same here. It’s a mystery story to me more than a terror/horror one. Really enjoyed it though.
Yeah definitely, don't take it too seriously and it's a good watch.
I’m not sure I understand why it was necessary to cast two similarly aged men to play the dad. Can you explain that?
Finally finished. It was decent. Ending was a bit cheesy but it all made sense, which is kinda rare tbh. Most of the time I'm left thinking wtf at the end of ghost stories nowadays. This one was well thought out, and played with themes and things like time, to mix it up. Yea, I think I liked it...
Help (please)!
1. How much is Netflix per month?
2. Is there a way for me to view a list of their content before deciding whether to subscribe or not?
1. How much is Netflix per month?
2. Is there a way for me to view a list of their content before deciding whether to subscribe or not?
Seemingly just so one of them could walk into a room just as his past self was also coming down a staircase, and... not much else?
1. Around £7.99 a month i think (or for free if you can con someones password off them)
2.https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/uk/
https://uk.newonnetflix.info/catalogue
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I'm kind of with this one too, finished it last night. I like the way the story ended overall, just not the way they did it with all that touchy feelings nonsense of the individual dreams because they had very minimal impact and in Theo's case completely pointless (much like her 'power').
As for that single shot episode, I had no idea it was supposed to be that so it really didn't work at all. I usually love episodes like that too, but they kind of screwed it up with all the cutaways.
Episode 6, they built the sets close to do it as a single shot, but did it in 5 in the end which explains why I didn't clock it until mockers mentioned it
Thought the single shot scene was quite obvious, and pretty well done even if it did make me a little dizzy.
I found episode one painfully boring.
I got 5 episodes in then Red Dead came out so naturally any spare second of my day goes into that.
Is it worth me carrying on the series ? I was really enjoying it up until my spare time went out the window.
Is it worth me carrying on the series ? I was really enjoying it up until my spare time went out the window.
Just watch it.
Thanks verymuch, @jymufc20
It really picked up in the Bent Neck Lady episode. Still got the remaining five to go but I'll probably finish it at the weekend. It's quite good so far.
It's overall a really good series. I finished this yesterday and would recommend it to anyone. It's not just a 'jumpy, scary horror', it actually has a really good story line to it and is an interesting watch throughout. That being said however, it does have a LOT of creepy/jumpy moments so beware!
Episode 4 - Man in the Hat!
Yeah, I really liked how they did that.
I loved it. It's not scary, but it's a real good drama show.
Fair enough , I enjoyed it.Agreed. Great mystery
Just come home from work and my mum's watching this show now. Just noticed the door/flap to the treehouse is red.
And when the eldest suggests looking for Luke in the treehouse, Gugino says "Very funny." Because there is no treehouse.
Nice touches, and I'm sure there are plenty when you rewatch.
And when the eldest suggests looking for Luke in the treehouse, Gugino says "Very funny." Because there is no treehouse.
Nice touches, and I'm sure there are plenty when you rewatch.
Luke's drug free happy ending may not have actually happened:
https://screenrant.com/haunting-hill-house-ending-red-room-luke-dream-theory/
https://screenrant.com/haunting-hill-house-ending-red-room-luke-dream-theory/
Watched it with the missus over the Christmas break and loved it. Be interesting to see where they go with the next series.
There's going to be a next series? I thought that'd be it
Hopefully they go the anthology route. No point carrying on this story, it's done.
I saw the producer say they could go the anthology route, they did say they won't carry on this story.
This story is finished.
Surely they have to rename it then no?
Not necessarily. "The haunting of XYZ," "The haunting: XYZ" etc