Haunting of Hill House

[Pejorative Miscreant]

So far it’s a decent story.  Creepy and fun seasonal distraction. I never read the novel but I think some of the language from The Haunting (movie) and this show comes directly from the novel.  

 

Interested to to see if anyone else is watching. 

[Skack25]

I watched about 10 minutes of E1 today, but had to cut it short since I'm at work.

[PurityControl]

Trailer looked good, its on my list to check out, 

Keep updating the thread if it tanks I will just scrap it, 

Trying to catch up on The Expanse on amazon prime 

 

 

 

[Shocker]

Watched the first episode...promising.  A little corny with direct referencing of the book quotes but whatever.  No biggie.  Pretty cool so far.

[davos]

Supposedly it gets amazing around Ep5-6.  I've been hearing a lot of praise.  

[Jangler]

2 episodes in and it feels like I've seen this already. 

boo....every 17-23 minutes. 

[Cary Kollins]

two episodes in and I love it so far

the acting, directing and story have sucked me in

[Cat]

Just finished episode 2, it's OK so far. I plan to watch more. 

 

[Hotsauce]

No spoilers in this post:

I’ve binged to Ep6 so far. Acting is great, directing is top notch, camera work is amazing.  I was afraid the horror thing was going to get played out, but so far it hasn’t.

Each episode basically develops each family member, which is great for getting us invested in the story. Ep1 was probably the scariest, but the each episode is creepy. 

This show is essentially what I hope American Hotror story was supposed to be. I had no idea there was a book. 

[PanthersBigD]

Just watched it over the weekend. As far as scary shows go, it was good. Some great editing and jump scares that didn't feel cheap. They deviated wildly from the original book, but I liked what they did. It felt a lot like a mixture of the Shining, IT, and AHS season one, which were all inspired by the original in some way. 

Young Hugh has to be the worst spouse in the world. Totally in denial and falling down on the job of being a dad. Also, who in the fuc k were they going to flip that house for?! No matter how much you spruced it up, it was still creepy as hell. No one was going to buy that house, so the idea that they were going to flip it was a really weak premise in my opinion. 

[Cary Kollins]

So about that ending....

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’d like to rewatch the series to see how it all connects but first impression is the ending sorta feels like a cop out. Like, the ghosts are all of a sudden happily ever after? What about all that fugged up poo we just witnesssd for nine episodes? It just doesn’t vibe right to have such a heart warming ending imo. Appparently the original plan was for the end to show all the children together and happy outside of the house, only for the camera to reveal the “red room” window, meaning they are still in that room in some sense. But the writer/director decided the night before filming that he liked these characters too much to put them through that hell.

I think that would have been an interesting open-ended ending and more fitting to the series as a whole. Oh well, it wasn’t a terrible ending. It’ll be interesting to see if the next season is based on an entirely new house and characters.

[jrc1106]

I liked it, but didn't love it.  I agree that the ending left a lot to be desired, it just seemed like a major let-down after a big build up. 

[PanthersBigD]

SO. MANY. MONOLOGUES. 

[Shocker]

The book is a totally different story and damn good.  Highly recommended.