B-
In the end, The Haunting Of Hill House loses its bearings
“Where are you now?”
“I am home,” Steven types onto a blank screen in the opening of “Silence Lay Steadily,” and…
The Haunting Of Hill House
A-
The Haunting Of Hill House has the seductive lure of dream logic
“Are you awake now?”
Several episodes ago, I said that Hill House had done its worst to one of the Crains. And that was…
B+
Even an imperfect The Haunting Of Hill House runs like clockwork
“Witness marks tell the story of the piece if you know how to read them”
A-
The Haunting Of Hill House knows how to make a mess, and how to fix one
“You know it’s a mess, right?”
A-
6 episodes in, The Haunting Of Hill House shines its brightest yet
“I was right here. And none of you could see me.”
B+
The Haunting Of Hill House is at its best when the house does its worst
“We always believed you”
It’s not just the former inhabitants of Hill House who feel its sinister sway. The closer The…
B
The Haunting Of Hill House floats along, spooky and a little clumsy
“They never believe me”
Still shattered from his ghastly encounter with the crawling figure in the bootleggers’ secret…
B
The Haunting Of Hill House holds our hands through its pedestrian horror
“Whose hand was I holding?”
B
The Haunting Of Hill House focuses on Shirley—no, not that Shirley
“I’m gonna fix her”
It looks like we’ll be treated to chapters focusing on the Crain children individually, weaving from…
B-
The Haunting Of Hill House turns a strange tale into a slick genre piece
Whatever walked there walked alone
B+
Sorry, Hereditary, but The Haunting Of Hill House is the most traumatic horror story of the year
Haunted-house stories are, by their very nature, self-contained. So it’s especially impressive that The Haunting Of…