The Haunting of Bly Manor
Series, 2020, Directed, Set in An English country house
The Haunting of Bly Manor is #9 of 16 in release order and #9 of 16 in chronological order in the Mike Flanagan.
The story
After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.
The Haunting of Bly Manor recap
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) is the second of Mike Flanagan's Haunting series, adapted mostly from Henry James's The Turn of the Screw and told as a gothic romance. Victoria Pedretti plays Dani Clayton, a young American hired as au pair to Flora and Miles Wingrave, orphaned children living at their family's English country house. Dani starts seeing apparitions, the children behave strangely, and the housekeeper Hannah, the cook Owen and the gardener Jamie (Amelia Eve) are hiding what happened to the previous au pair, Rebecca Jessel, and the valet Peter Quint. Carla Gugino narrates the story years later at a wedding.
The Haunting of Bly Manor ending explained
The house's first ghost, the Lady in the Lake, has trapped everyone who died at Bly for centuries. When she drags Flora toward the lake, Dani saves her by taking the Lady's spirit into herself, which frees the others. Dani and Jamie build a life together in America, but years later Dani feels the Lady taking over and returns to Bly to drown herself in the lake. The narrator is revealed to be the older Jamie, at Flora's wedding, who still leaves her door open each night in case Dani comes back.
Where to watch The Haunting of Bly Manor
The Haunting of Bly Manor is streaming on Netflix in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 7.4/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Doctor Sleep, before Midnight Mass.
- Chronological order: after Doctor Sleep, before Midnight Mass.
Cast
- Victoria Pedretti as Dani Clayton
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Peter Quint
- Henry Thomas as Henry Wingrave
- Amelia Eve as Jamie
- T'Nia Miller as Hannah Grose
- Rahul Kohli as Owen Sharma
- Tahirah Sharif as Rebecca Jessel
- Amelie Bea Smith as Flora Wingrave
- Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Miles Wingrave
- Carla Gugino as The Storyteller
- Calix Fraser as Doll Face Ghost / Victorian Child (uncredited)
- Alex Essoe as Charlotte Wingrave (uncredited)
Created by Mike Flanagan.