What I Thought of "The Haunting of Hill House"
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I Binge-Watched 'The Haunting of Hill House' And I'm Still Thinking About Its Twists And Turns

Here's why everyone is (or should be) obsessed with this new Netflix original.

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I Binge-Watched 'The Haunting of Hill House' And I'm Still Thinking About Its Twists And Turns

Halloween may be over but the scary films don't need to stop! The Netflix original, "The Haunting of Hill House" was released Oct. 12 with great ratings even before it was available to the public. Horror novelist Stephen King gave outstanding reviews to the 10-episode series, complimenting director, Mike Flanagan, personally. On top of King's approval, the show received 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, and with this combination you know it has to be good!

I finally found the time to sit down and watch the series. I watched one episode after the next, unable to detach my eyes from the screen. Before I knew it, it was 3 a.m., I was mind-blown with the finale and slightly frightened to turn the lights off to go to sleep.

I'm a big horror movie fan, especially of the supernatural kind, so this series was right up my alley. Rather than being simply scary, the sequence pulled at your heartstrings as well. As the story is based around the Crain family, we experience the children's lives from childhood through adulthood. We see their marriages, scandals, battles and in most detail, the love they have for each other.

The five siblings spent a small portion of their childhood in this haunted house and it haunts them forever. After the death of their sister who returns to the house, the question arises is the house haunted or is their family just crazy?

Their sister's death brought the four other children back together as well as their father, who they intensively question for details of the night they left the house; a story which he has kept a secret for the decade and a half they've been away from the house.

Fans have already begun to read into Flanagan's take on Hill House. Thoughts of the children each representing a stage of grief is the most common theory presented. Diving deeper into the hidden details of the Netflix original, make sure you pay attention to every dark corner or window in the background. You never know who you might see.

Based on the novel written by Shirley Jackson, this spooky tale has been around for decades. She claimed while writing her book that you must believe in ghosts to be able to write a story the way she did, same goes for reading it, or in this case watching it.

Whether you're into mysteries, horrors, love stories, or heartwarming tales, this series is a winner for everyone.

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