The Haunting Of Hill House Season 1 Review
A Terrifying Series So Far
I'm going to be a little lazy and copy the IMDB page explanation for the show, "Explores a group of siblings who, as children, grew up in what would go on to become the most famous haunted house in the country. Now adults, and forced back together in the face of tragedy, the family must finally confront the ghosts of their past, some of which still lurk in their minds while others may actually be stalking the shadows of Hill House."
The cast sucks you into the show without missing a beat. I was hooked from the first frame to the last, and I binged the first season in 2 days. This is terror done right. The acting is good, the tone is good, and it's good on a technical level as well.
I've never heard of this cast before, but by golly they have some serious acting chops. The child actors do a good job as well, because we're in some sort of alternate timeline where child actors got good all of a sudden. The adult actors in The Haunting Of Hill House also did a fine job. They have chemistry between them and I'm not sure how much they got to know each other before filming, but it seemed as if they knew each other for a long time before.
The overall tone of the show was impressive. It built up the terror when it needed to, and you could feel the tension. The show also uses jump scares effectively. Maybe I should rephrase that, they use jump scares the way they were meant to be shown. If you get easily frightened, this show will scare the pants off of you!
Now, the show does have a few downfalls. First off it jumps through time, which isn't really a bad thing. But the events are sometimes told out of order and it takes a second to adjust to when the events on screen are occurring. Also, the ending of The Haunting Of Hill House was a little bit of a let down. It wasn't the worst ending (I'm looking at you Dexter and The Sopranos), but it still wasn't great. They built up a certain message in the earlier episodes and it sorta fell flat at the end. Don't let that discourage you though, it's still decent.
On a technical scale, the show was good. Lighting is a huge thing in horror shows/films, and they knew what they were doing. The sound design and music were also well done. However, I wasn't the biggest fan of the title track for The Haunting Of Hill House. The camera work was really fun to watch. I think the cinematographers had a blast filming this series. The editors also did a fine job, and they did a great job hiding things in plain sight. Try and catch everything while watching, The Haunting Of Hill House.
If you're looking for something spooky to watch this October, I highly recommend checking out the series, The Haunting Of Hill House. Again, this comes with a warning, if you get easily scared, don't watch The Haunting Of Hill House alone.
final score: 4.5/5
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