It's no surprise that this compelling show has one magnificent showrunner in horror maestro Mike Flanagan (Hush, Gerald's Game), who is currently the world's rising star in horror filmmaking. Over the course of ten episodes, you will get to know each and every one of them as flawed yet complex and relatable human beings that feel like real people, asserting the show's status quo as favoring character development and placing thoughtful, unsettling terror in the backseat. There is Hugh and Olivia, the patriarch and matriarch of the Crain family, and their five children: the eldest, skeptical Steven the second eldest, agitated Shirley the middle, senstive Theo and the twins, Nell and Luke, the two most afflicted from their experiences in Hill House. It centers around the Crain family who were former residents of the infamous, haunted ground of Hill House in the past summer of 1992, and follows them again over 20 years later in the aftermath, where they are forced to confront their inner demons and trauma when they suffer tragic loss and are tempted again to return to Hill House. The Haunting of Hill House is a compelling slow-burn horrorfest that syncs with compelling family drama to create an atmospheric and poignant binge-worthy experience. Though not as consistently gory as some modern horror series and films, there are plenty of truly chilling scares and disturbing imagery that could cause nightmares for kids both young and old. Adult characters swear, smoke, and drink, often to excess. Heroin addiction is depicted, with scenes of shooting up and overdosing. One character is a mortician, which means there are several shots involving dead bodies being cut open and processed. There are a couple of brief sex scenes women are seen in lingerie but not fully nude. Suicide is a running theme, and a person is shown hanging themselves. The series touches on issues like addiction, trauma, and mental illness, and there's a sad storyline relating to baby animals that some may find upsetting. Though it draws inspiration from Shirley Jackson's excellent 1959 novel of the same name, the 10-episode horror series has very little in common with the source material plot-wise it's used merely as a jumping-off point. Parents need to know that The Haunting of Hill House is a tense, eerie ghost story crossed with an affecting (and very mature) family drama.
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