 Thanks for checking out this show review video This is for the show on Netflix or Netflix original The Haunting of Hill House So some of you people out there may know The Haunting of Hill House is actually based on a book by Shirley Jackson. It's an old book I was from like the 60s or 70s. Maybe even older than that to be honest It's it's a book that's been around for a while. There have been many iterations of the story done as far as like film shows movies all that and It's a great based story I haven't actually read the book but I've seen a lot of the interpretations of the story done through movies and shows and Obviously The Haunting of Hill House is the most recent one so I Wanted to go ahead and and just kind of talk about this right now Get all my feelings out on it and let you know that if you haven't watched this one Get it especially if you have Netflix like I said, it's a Netflix original So you have to have Netflix in order to see it if you have Netflix your horror fan, and you haven't seen it This is a must in my opinion. So I'll start this off by saying I'm not a big fan of Horror or the horror subgenre of haunted houses Obviously this falls into haunted houses with a with the title like The Haunting of Hill House That's how it falls into that category. I don't know what it is about that subgenre that doesn't really appeal to me that much I guess I just don't really find like ghosts all that scary But every now and then there's a movie or show or a book or whatever that really does a good job with it And is affecting for me and The Haunting of Hill House is definitely one of those One of the big things for me about the way this was executed well first of all the directing is phenomenal The cinematography is phenomenal. It just looks good the camera work looks good how everything was directed looks good The the actual film of how it was done the resolution everything it looks so good. It looks so good now The cast for the most part does a really good job with the acting There are times here and there where each of them kind of fall apart a little bit with what they're doing But at the same time like these are demanding roles They really are if you watch through this whole series and keep that in mind thinking You know could I do this acting or is this easy acting or not easy acting those are demanding roles? They all really are demanding roles But for the most part I think people do a good job every now and then little Little crack in the facade of their acting but for the most part solid the story in this is awesome It is front and center. It is what drives it and the great thing is it's not I mean it It's horror, but it's not horror all the time. It's a lot of drama It's done on the with the backdrop of a family's relationship with each other and how this Haunted house that they lived in basically affected their lives long term Because there was something that well There are a lot of things but there was one major thing that happened when they were living in this house And then it kind of goes forward and it shows them as they're all grown-ups and they're living their lives And how their lives are everyone's life is messed up in one way or another and that also goes back to Something that happened at the house that affected them There's one thing that affected all of them, but then there are individual things haunting wise that affected each person individually and It's it's really cool to see because they keep doing this kind of back and forth where it's like It's present day and it's showing how they're they're getting along with each other and how they're getting along in their own lives And how they're functioning or not functioning the issues that they have how they deal with those issues And then it'll have the flashbacks to show you their story and you know what happened to them what damaged them basically what made them the way They are in present day and just kind of show you their memories as well to show you like the little glimpses of the actual hauntings that were going on in the house and The way they put those together worked extremely well There are times where you know the flashback thing doesn't really work too well because it gets too confusing Or it just seems like kind of stupid because you keep being like present past Present past present past, but it worked really well. It was interwoven extremely well and Mike Flanigan the guy who wrote and directed it Awesome, he's the guy who did I think he he showed up on the horror scene with the show or the movie Oculus Which I remember watching and it looked amazing and it was really well directed But I just didn't really like the story that much But then he did Gerald's game the movie based off a Stephen King short story That was a Netflix original that obviously still on Netflix because they leave all their originals on there That one I really recommend to he did a really good job with that. It's very very slow I know a lot of people who've started it and then they bail on it within the first like 10 to 20 minutes Because they're like what is going on? It's so so there's nothing going on But you have to stick with it. There is a real serious payoff at the end trust me And the writing is awesome and just like that the writing for the Haunting Hill House is Outstanding it is so good the mixture of horror and drama is amazing and the family story is very affecting It's very emotional. You can feel it. It's it's realistic to none of it comes off as being like hokey You're dumb or oh that wouldn't happen. That doesn't make sense So it's very real life and then you add in the supernatural haunting aspect to it And it's it it could have been done so that they don't mesh properly But they totally mesh properly and it's amazing one of the other things is they have a lot of moments of Utilizing silence very well, which I feel like is an under Appreciated thing to do a lot of films and shows they feel like they have to have music all the time to kind of Signal to the viewer how they should be feeling or or what's coming up But there's a lot of power in having moments of just silence where people can just Take in what's going on without having any emotional or or auditory cues and Sometimes that can just make things a lot better and that is something that's used to great effect in the Haunting of Hill House So I just think overall it's I wouldn't say it's 100% a masterpiece But it's not all that far off in my opinion It's it's just so good and the other thing is the scares And I think this is one of the big things for me with with you know I was talking about the subgenre of haunted house movies not being all that big for me I think part of the problem is it's like consistent jump scares a lot of the time and with this film or with the show They spread the jump scares out a lot But they keep tension up so you just kind of are going through it And you're kind of expecting that you're gonna get one But then you don't really know when it's coming because of how scarce They are I mean you definitely get them. It's and so when you get them They're more impactful and they're good and they're really well done none of them are hokey None of them are stupid But they do a good job of keeping that tension and then just nailing you with one here and there and it works really well It is I cannot recommend this show enough. I think this is one of the best horror shows. I've seen in quite a while I Mean at the moment. I'm trying to wreck my brain quickly and think of any horror show That I've watched recently in and thought is better than this and I can't really think of one at the moment It's really really amazingly good So Yeah, I 100% Endors this I want to see what else Mike Flanagan's gonna be doing because that guy is killing it he's doing such an amazing job and And oh, yeah, they got renewed. They're gonna be doing a season two Which I don't really know what a what a second season of the show would be like they can tie it into the first season But that would be really challenging in my opinion So I'm assuming what they're gonna do is have it be the same similar type of story But be not connected to the first one have all new cast and everything so But I don't know we'll see but I will tell you as long as Mike Flanagan is involved with it I am in I am so in so people you need to go out and totally check this out. I love it Love it. Love it. So out of a five star rating. What would I give it with half stars in play? It's not perfect. It is not perfect, but it is very good and it's not too far off For a horror show, I give 4.5. I gotta go 4.5. It is almost Perfection in my opinion very well-written very emotional drama comic or not comedy drama and horror Excellently interwoven But yeah, that's it. 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