If there’s only one horror series to watch this year, it’s this one: unanimously acclaimed, it is both terrifying and upsetting.
It’s time to prepare for Halloween and settle down under a blanket, turn off the lights, and immerse yourself in horror series to play at scaring yourself. And if there is a horror series that you absolutely must see during this period, it is this program in just 10 episodes. Available on Netflix, it horrified but also upset subscribers who have already discovered it.
The Haunting of Hill House talks about intergenerational trauma and grief through the story of the Crain family. In 1992, a couple and their five children moved into an old mansion, in the middle of nowhere, with the intention of renovating it before selling it. But obviously, nothing is going to go as planned: several paranormal entities appear during their stay, until the situation degenerates one evening.
Without knowing what really happened, the Crain children discovered the next morning that they had fled the mansion with their father and that their mother had committed suicide. Twenty-five years later, while the children cannot move past this tragedy, a new tragedy brings them back to the manor. They will finally discover what happened during their childhood, for better and for worse.
The Haunting of Hill House is the first creation in several episodes by Mike Flanagan for the streaming platform, to whom we owe in particular the sequel to Shining, but also the excellent horror series The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Sermonsor the least successful but still entertaining The Fall of House Usher And The Midnight Club.
In the casting of the one who is often nicknamed Hill Housewe find familiar faces from the public: Victoria Pedretti (You), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Invisible Man, Wilderness), Henry Thomas (the little boy in AND), Carla Gugino (Spy Kids, Sin City), Kate Spiegel (Not a sound), Michiel Huisman (Game f Thrones) or Elizabeth Reaser (Twilight) form the Crain family.
The Haunting of Hill House is a nugget of horror that will convince even those who are not comfortable with this genre. By playing with the codes of horror, Mike Flanagan weaves a story as moving as it is complex about family relationships and the legacy of trauma. We emerge deeply shaken and moved by the journey of the Crains, while remaining haunted by the horrific manifestations of Hill House. All ten episodes are available on Netflix, as are the rest of Mike Flanagan’s series.