Did you get that the children were the stages of grief in order of birth?
I did catch that.
I expected this to be a really craptastic series based on the garbage Hill House movie from the late 90's/early 2000's. Was expecting it to be more goofy Netflix full of political commentary and terrible acting.
Wow. Couldn't have been more wrong. Acting, direction, story all were excellent. About 4-5 eps in I thought "this had to be a woman that wrote this." I looked it up and apparently is considered one of the best horror novels of all time.
How the fuck did I never hear of this?
Why can't Hollywood adapt material like this? Mostly true to the story and keeping the heart intact?
I have to read the book now.
And if ever there was a point they really get across it's "you can't really understand until you've lived it yourself." They use a mother being pregnant, a drug addict, the token psychic kid, ghosts, death of a child, etc to get the point home. There's some situation everyone can relate to in here.
This is, by far, my favorite horror series/mini-series ever. It borders on moments you think "oh damn, now it's going to get cheesy" and instead hits you with some really powerful moments. Some real "fuck man, I don't want to think about that" moments.
In fact when it was over me and my wife sat and talked for 2 hours, in quiet, about things we have never shared with each other. And we've been together for 20 years.
And the "re-watch" factor only goes up when you can pay really close attention the 2nd time through and look for all the ghosts. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sure-Oz:
Final episode didn't explain why the house was that way. Still enjoyed the show. I wonder if they'll do a season 2.
Spoiler!
I took it to be patterns that repeat. Or just an anomaly that in a way allows the dead to linger. The way some think that ghosts are just echoes of extremely emotional moments that linger in a house like cigarette smoke.
I took it to be patterns that repeat. Or just an anomaly that in a way allows the dead to linger. The way some think that ghosts are just echoes of extremely emotional moments that linger in a house like cigarette smoke.
Sounds solid to me. Man I hope there is more [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sure-Oz:
Sounds solid to me. Man I hope there is more
This was such a great show and so well written I really hope they leave it alone.
If people want to promote interesting and deep female characters this show is a great example. Every character in this series is important to the story and they all have character arcs. God bless them for adding background hints and details instead of contrived jump scares every ten minutes.
I'm worried if they go for a season 2 they'll just infuse it with politics or ruin it with terrible writing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rausch:
This was such a great show and so well written I really hope they leave it alone.
If people want to promote interesting and deep female characters this show is a great example. Every character in this series is important to the story and they all have character arcs. God bless them for adding background hints and details instead of contrived jump scares every ten minutes.
I'm worried if they go for a season 2 they'll just infuse it with politics or ruin it with terrible writing.
I've heard rumors there will be a s2 but i think this story is over or almost everyone involved won't be in it. Unsure though. I kindve feel that way now. It was great as-is. [Reply]