The Haunting of Hill House
Series, 2018, Directed, Set in The Crain family, 1992 and now
The Haunting of Hill House is #7 of 16 in release order and #7 of 16 in chronological order in the Mike Flanagan.
The story
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
The Haunting of Hill House recap
The Haunting of Hill House (2018) is Mike Flanagan's ten-episode Netflix series, loosely based on Shirley Jackson's novel and the first of his Haunting anthology. In the summer of 1992, Hugh and Olivia Crain (Henry Thomas and Carla Gugino, with Timothy Hutton as the older Hugh) move their five children into Hill House to flip it, and the family flees after one terrible night that ends with Olivia's death. Twenty-six years later the siblings, Steven, Shirley, Theo, Luke and Nell, are scattered and still damaged, and when Nell dies at Hill House they are forced back together. The series cuts between the two timelines, one episode per sibling, with ghosts hidden in the backgrounds of many shots.
The Haunting of Hill House ending explained
On the last night in 1992, Olivia, influenced by the house, tried to poison her children in the Red Room to "keep them safe"; Hugh saved Luke and Nell but not their friend Abigail, and Olivia threw herself from the staircase. In the present, the Red Room, the "stomach" of the house, traps the siblings in nightmares until Nell's ghost saves them. Hugh stays behind in the Red Room to be with Olivia and Nell forever, and two years later the siblings, reconciled, celebrate Luke's sobriety together.
Where to watch The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Google Play, and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 8.5/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Gerald's Game, before Doctor Sleep.
- Chronological order: after Gerald's Game, before Doctor Sleep.
Cast
- Michiel Huisman as Steven Crain
- Elizabeth Reaser as Shirley Crain
- Kate Siegel as Theodora Crain
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Luke Crain
- Victoria Pedretti as Nell Crain
- Timothy Hutton as Hugh Crain
- Carla Gugino as Olivia Crain
- Henry Thomas as Young Hugh Crain
- Lulu Wilson as Young Shirley
- Paxton Singleton as Young Steven
- Mckenna Grace as Young Theodora
- Julian Hilliard as Young Luke
Created by Mike Flanagan.