The Haunting: Season 1 - The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting: Season 1 - The Haunting of Hill House

Poster for The Haunting: Season 1 - The Haunting of Hill House

Horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Gerald's Game) turns Shirley Jackson's timeless novel into a ten-episode series, following the fractured Crain family and the supernatural events that removed them from their old home.

93 ^%Rotten
tomatoes®
10 reviews

2018USANetflix

HorrorMystery

Creator:: Mike Flanagan
Cast:: Michiel HuismanElizabeth ReaserKate SiegelOliver Jackson-CohenCarla GuginoHenry ThomasVictoria Pedretti

The Haunting: Season 2 - The Haunting of Bly Manor

Streaming (1 Provider)

STREAM NOW

Episodes

Steven Sees a Ghost

While investigating a ghost story for his latest novel, a... More skeptical Steven receives a call from his sister that triggers a chain of fateful events.

Open Casket

A devastating family tragedy stirs memories of traumatic losses, reminding... More Shirley of her first brush with death -- and awakening long-dormant fears.

Touch

Keenly perceptive Theo sees shades of herself in a troubled... More young patient, a girl who's haunted by the menacing grin of "Mr. Smiley."

The Twin Thing

Still wrestling with addiction -- and an unshakable fright --... More a frantic Luke tries to save a friend while sensing his twin sister is in danger.

The Bent-Neck Lady

A dark specter with an unsettling silhouette has haunted Nell... More since she was a girl. Now "the Bent-Neck Lady" is back -- and she's calling Nell home.

Two Storms

It's a reunion for all the wrong reasons when Hugh... More flies in for the funeral, coming face to face with his estranged children on a dark, stormy night.

Eulogy

As the Cranes gather to say their final goodbyes, a... More flashback reveals Mr. Dudley's connection to the house -- and exposes a secret in the walls.

Witness Marks

A familiar terror revisits Shirley and Theo on Halloween night... More as Hugh and Steve go looking for Luke, who disappeared on a deadly errand.

Screaming Meemies

While struggling to discern dreams from reality, Olivia fears for... More her children's safety, a motherly instinct Mrs. Dudley urges her to embrace.

Silence Lay Steadily

The Red Room's contents are finally revealed as the Cranes... More return to the house to confront old ghosts, unspeakable secrets and an insatiable evil.

Reckon we have something wrong? Let us know.

The Haunting: Season 1 - The Haunting of Hill House | Reviews

93%103 reviews

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

All reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

Vulture

Despite some notable flaws, The Haunting of Hill House deserves credit for doing what any good ghost story does: It conjures up the unthinkable and refuses to let us look away.

IndieWire

Its real potential lies in breaking the mold more than reapplying it. It’s the people who haunt viewers more than the ghosts, and emphasizing the stories of the living is what makes Netflix’s horror show come alive.

Variety

A horror series that doesn’t immediately make a case for itself; like the best of the genre, it’s slowly insinuating, building in power as it tells a story of repressed trauma and family discord. It’s an effective scare-fest that is at its best when the tale does more than jolt the viewer.

Hollywood Reporter

The Haunting of Hill House, adapted very loosely by Mike Flanagan from the iconic Shirley Jackson novel, is often scary as hell and possessed of enough character-centric nuance to carry viewers through to the end--even if some of the visceral frights peter out well before the conclusion.

Vox

The family’s issues with mental illness are treated sensitively and believably, and Flanagan makes sure to counter every moment of supernatural terror with a reminder that psychological terror is real, that depression, addiction, and ideation are every bit as terrifying as anything lurking in Hill House.

A.V. Club

The real marvel of The Haunting Of Hill House is in its execution. Plot threads that initially may seem to go nowhere, or seem obvious, actually have welcome, complicated layers that reveal the relatable family dynamics underneath the heightened horror as the series goes on.

TV Guide

It's as though Flanagan has taken Jackson's original work, shattered it and then rearranged the pieces to create a completely original, but equally brilliant tale.

Slant Magazine

Flanagan so profoundly conveys the ferocity with which the past haunts this family, ensnaring them in webs of grief, that it feels as if we, too, are being pushed into an oblivion, so that we no longer have to share these characters’ living nightmares.

Salon

Via writing, visuals and its cast performances, this new incarnation of “The Haunting of Hill House” is more than merely superb. It could prove to be the defining horror series of this moment.

RogerEbert.com

The Haunting of Hill House contains some of the most unforgettable horror imagery in film or television in years. The best horror film of the year also happens to be one of the best TV shows of 2018. Don’t miss it.

The Haunting: Season 1 - The Haunting of Hill House | Release Details

The Haunting: Season 1 - The Haunting of Hill House is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.