Tag: Hill House
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The Others Offers a Different Take on the Haunted House Flick
Haunted house flicks are prolific. From the age of classical Hollywood (Robert Wise’s The Haunting) through to schlocky-yet-underrated ’70s yarns such as The Amityville Horror, franchise fan favorite The Conjuring to more cerebral fare like The Shining and The Haunting of Hill House, the ghost story is a tireless movie-making springboard. It’s a genre that…
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Mike Flanagan Went To The Mat To Keep One Of His Favorite Haunting Of Hill House Moments Intact
Approaching “The Haunting of Hill House” like a marathon feature film, writer-director Mike Flanagan aimed to retain as much of Shirley Jackson’s bestselling story as much as possible, while expanding material — the queer identity of Theodora, for example, could be more explicit than it could in 1959. But as with any Flanagan tale, every…
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The Fall Of The House Of Usher Adds Willa Fitzgerald To The Cast
Mike Flanagan’s latest creepy Netflix project is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” his third “scary houses” series following “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.” Flanagan has teased that “Usher” is going to be tonally different from his previous efforts. During a recent appearance on the wonderful, most perfect podcast…
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‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’: Mike Flanagan Says There Are No Current Plans To Follow-Up The ‘Haunting’ Franchise
Despite its water cooler-like success on social media, with critics and audiences, it appears filmmaker Mike Flanagan won’t be expanding on his “Haunting” franchise series at Netflix anytime soon. The series creator took to Twitter to respond to a fan asking if he would be making a third chapter after working on “The Haunting of…
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‘Haunting Of Bly Manor’: Mike Flanagan Returns To Ruin Your Sleep In Creepy ‘Hill House’ Followup [Review]
Mike Flanagan is back to ruin your sleep this October. The director of Netflix hits like “Gerald’s Game” and “The Haunting of Hill House” has returned with his most ambitious piece to date, a textured mini-series that weaves multiple stories by Henry James into a tale of possession and how people can have a hold…
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‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Release Date Trailer Will Leave You Thoroughly Spooked
Netflix welcomes you to The Haunting of Bly Manor with a downright spooky first teaser trailer. Bly Manor is the follow-up season to The Haunting of Hill House, with returning director Mike Flanagan adapting a new work of horror-tinged drama — Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw” — and sourcing some Hill House…
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‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ First Trailer: Netflix’s ‘Hill House’ Sequel Aims to Terrify This October
Creepy dolls and floating bodies abound in the first trailer for Netflix’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” the streaming giant’s highly anticipated sequel series to 2018’s word-of-mouth sensation “The Haunting of Hill House.” “Hill House” showrunner and director Mike Flanagan is back for a second go around after helming Warner Bros.’ “Shining” sequel “Doctor Sleep.”…