The year is 1987, and a young American woman named Dani (Victoria Pedretti) takes a job at as an au pair in the English countryside, looking after Flora (Amelie Bea Smith) and Miles (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth)...
The Haunting of Bly Manor Recap
We give you a deep dive into every episode of The Haunting of Bly Manor.
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The most explicit connection between The Haunting Of Bly Manor and its predecessor The Haunting Of Hill House is found in the visual landscape of both. In Haunting Of Hill House, ghosts and monsters lurk...
“The Two Faces, Part One” opens with a great sonic transition from classic frenetic horror strings into “Tainted Love.” The production details that flesh out this story—set pieces, props, music cues, together...
I wish this were a more obvious statement, but good queer representation does not mean queer characters have to be good people. When queer critics talk about good queer representation, we’re talking about...
“The Altar Of The Dead” is a remarkable chapter of The Haunting Of Bly Manor. At the heart of it rests a perfectly terrifying premise: What if you’re dead but you don’t know it?Read more...
Henry Wingrave has mostly been a background character up until this point. He hires Dani in the first episode, and it’s evident right away that something is off with him given his refusal to spend time...
We have very little control over our memories. Remembering an event, a person, a place doesn’t always feel like a revisitation. It can feel like an uninvited guest. The Haunting Of Bly Manor hinges on...
One of the many tricky bits of constructing effective horror is determining how much to explain. Things go bump in the night, but why? Who are they? What happened? An origin story provides context, and...
“You said it was a ghost story. It isn’t. It’s a love story.” Read more...