The Haunting Of Hill House - 1x5 The Bent-Neck Lady - Group Reaction

The Bent Neck Lady is who!? Come find out on season 1 episode 5 The Bent-Neck Lady!! Be sure to stick around after the reaction for the Normies discussion and review! The Haunting of Hill House has been nothing short of amazing so far!
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[@romaina.6241]

That is one of the best "big reveal" in tv history.

[@israymervalentin-arias6313]

I respect your own personal opinion.

[@brianvice1144]

I liked it a lot, but I guessed it well before it happened

[@BigLipBoy]

Nah man, I saw that coming as soon as they showed the rope

[@romaina.6241]

@@BigLipBoy You must be a genius then. You predicted a time travelling ghost.

[@theunderdog9353]

On par with the Hodor reveal on GoT for me

[@janvi.suresh]

this show is more like a sad drama mixed in with some horror, but it’s such an incredible story

[@QuaseemS]

Exactly, it’s one of my favorite shows.

[@hrivaansahani1750]

Agreed

[@chickenbiskit3620]

Horror movies and shows nowadays usually only try to focus mostly on jumpscares and tell the weakest stories. And the horror feel jumps out the window the moment the source of the "evil" or whatever it is... is revealed. The whole "fear of the unknown" thing is the thing that makes these movies creepy and jumpscares effective at all. But then they reveal the thing, give it a weakness and most of the time, the protagonists survive and defeat it. It's so much better when it's an interesting story with good characters, drama and mystery with a sprinkle of horror thrown in at the right moments.

[@elias306]

This kind of thing is only said by people who think horror stories can't be well-written and have good narratives

[@YeahImGarrett]

I think you've been blinded by shitty jumpscare movies that studios try to pass as horror these days. Horror can have good characters and a good story.

[@MegaVideoman23]

When she sat in the motel for hours not moving, that's not possession, its depression, I know cause that has happened to me, an entire day gone.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Haha all day everyday bro 👊😄

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

Happens to me, too.

[@MrTiptopten]

Same.

[@sherwin76502]

True. I've experience episodes like that too. The show really did a great job at showcasing signs of depression, which really tells us that Nell really had mental issues and it wasn't all supernatural.

[@videosswatchh1]

sherwin76502 the main cause was her childhood trauma, even without the hauntings, her mother died.

[@MFBloosh]

This episode is amazing, and the next one is a cinematographers wet dream. Also, for this episode, the symbolism of Nell being the one who is actually haunting herself is just incredibly well done. A perfect analogy for depression and mental illness. Anyone who has suffered through some sort of mental instability knows that your own worse enemy at that point is yourself and this show does an amazing job at showcasing that.

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

Depression is also the reason why Nell just sits in the hotel bed for hours without notice. When you're depressed the time moves weird for you. Might also be foreshadowing for her monologue at the end of the season when she talks about time

[@fxls5300]

I just posted about this but I'm in my feels again after reading your comment. This is probably the best allegory for mental illness I've ever seen in media. They were so respectful without sugarcoating anything. I know it can be a trigger for many people, but the frame of Nell hanging was so breathtaking for me. Usually we always see "watered down" versions of these sensitive topics, but it's not inherently bad to show it as-is. Her storyline hit me so deeply, especially since I was at my lowest depression-wise while watching the show. I BAWLED in the flashback where she gets lost and cries to her mother. That encapsulated perfectly how alone and hopeless you can feel when dealing with these issues. It's incredibly precious.

[@pratyankshrivastava9714]

The next episode is one of the greatest things I've ever seen in my life......

[@Sepia1989]

I find 2 particularly sad thing in this plot twist: 1. Little Nell saw bent-neck lady the first night she slept in the house. Which means she's destined to die the moment she set foot in that house. 2. We all think bentneck lady is scary. But she herself is the most scared. Imagine seeing all those past memories before dying horribly 😢

[@drakenfist]

It's something that I have never seen before EVER!. A ghost version, bootstrap paradox without time travel (in the usual "time machine" way).. That's fucking nuts.

[@kinslayermds]

​@@drakenfist that is the part that gets underneath my skin the most. Like how many times had she experienced that loop until the end.

[@amandalopez4971]

Ya for all we know, she is always looping through it! :( Also I wonder if the moments in which BNL appears are basically the moments that Nell is returning to in her life in order to save herself/warn younger Nell….the first night Nell slept in the house, the vending machines the night Nell decides to go back, etc. But of course in a time paradox, the past cannot be changed.

[@danwilliams2551]

I love how Chris IMMEDIATELY starts discussing the episode less than 5 seconds after that final shot and kind of just trails off when he sees everyone else is still sitting there in shock

[@SCharlesDennicon]

Yeah I wonder if the dude really, properly enjoyed the show.

[@cents2mp]

@@SCharlesDennicon I really enjoying the show I just missed the social que to let everyone sit in thier trama for a while before I spoke

[@cents2mp]

@D Leo In this case I'm going to have to agree with you ... I fucked up

[@drlee2]

@@cents2mp I honestly don't see the problem that people are having with your reaction. People react differently. You can be in shock without your mouth gaping wide open and heart racing furiously. It's a big twist, but when you've seen twists happen a million times before, you can begin to process them just like any other part of the story. I also don't get the complaining about you going into the analysis because Pat like asked you a question almost immediately, so they all wanted to actually discuss what they just saw. It's like people want you react to something exactly the same way that they would and that's ridiculous! lol

[@Shad0wmoses]

@@cents2mp bro you are fine dude..i didnt freak the fuck out like they did and find the show intriguing enough that id go into analysis mode whenever i had the chance. nothing pretentious about what he was saying at all.

[@taj561]

Yo everyone is sitting there BEWILDERED and Chris is like "....Huh.....ya know what this reminds me of?" LMFAO

[@notdogstv]

Did he say "You know what this reminds me a lot a lot a lot of? My life, yeah.." ? Lmao

[@newsaxonyproductions7871]

What was the writing on the wall?

[@newsaxonyproductions7871]

It was "Welcome home Nell."

[@pauljohn8260]

tbh it's so unsatisfying

[@irfanmehboob9883]

The next episode is a GOD-LIKE LONG SHOTS sequence!!!!!

[@thecharlinkpark]

Yeah, i will love if they do like 2 or 3 parts video

[@alwaysbam]

Yesss. Do it in 2 parts guys

[@dafty9159]

I remember watching that episode and thinking it was a great technical achievement, but after a lot of tought I now see it as one of those long shots that are there just for the sake of it, like, it wasn't used as a way to boost the story. That might be just me.

[@tutumaina3332]

It was such great cinematography. I loved it.

[@pittayayas]

@@dafty9159 its just the actors being able to fking remember all lines, deliver then perfectly without messing up that long shot. WHAT.

[@SpaghettyBabyNoodleBoy]

I agree with Markeeta. It’s not about Steve believing or not in the ghosts. The problem for me is that he is constantly giving his siblings sh*t for believing in ghosts. AND THEN he uses those stories he mocks them for, to write a book and make money. That is the problem for me.

[@katara2021]

Writing that book was his way of dealing with it. He was the oldest of them, he never really saw the ghosts, what he did see was his mom slowly breaking down and his parents tension. From his perspective he is right. Maybe he shouldn't have published the book but as another great youtuber pointed out trauma doesnt always make people addicts or anxious , sometimes it makes people cold and hard. They all had coping mecanisms, this was his.

[@ayannabranchcomb7535]

@@katara2021 that’s what makes this story so so sad to me. Each of their coping mechanisms alienated them from one another, and at the same time that isolation drove them further into their coping mechanism. A horrible cycle, and they were too scared and ashamed and angry to talk to each other, which probably would have helped

[@leahmarie112]

Don’t forget guys, none of them really properly speak about the things they saw in the house. None of them. So it’s not like they’re all open and aware that each of them were suffering - but just ignoring Nelly. They all kept it mostly to themselves to an extent and having Nell bring it to the surface so often was probably hard for them.

[@aglioeoilo]

THIS! I knew the dad was trying to protect them, but at some point during their adulthood, he should have spoken about what happened that night. That’s why when Theo advised her sister to tell her children what happened w Auntie Nellie, I was glad. I didn’t want her children to go through the same thing. A lot of their problems was a result of them keeping things to themselves.

[@oiaeyu]

I like the interpretation that her future was forged by her past because she didnt make peace with it like the therapist pointed out. Its sorta the same with the whole family.

[@oiaeyu]

Our past haunts us, Billie Eilish is shook.

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

She never let go of Hill House, just like she never let go of her cup of stars

[@libby8090]

Luke doesn't see the "Bent Neck Lady" because she is not a ghost. Nell is sensitive like her mom and has 'premonitions' due to her sleep condition where she can access parts of her mind we don't normally have access too. Her husband did indeed die from an aneurysm. At least that is my interpretation. The bent neck lady didn't show up until AFTER her husband died and obviously once you know it's Nell, she would never harm him.

[@wenonashenna11]

Imagine you've been haunted by your future self for how long? since you were a kid? imagine the impact of that to Nell. Out of all the siblings, I give my heart to Nell that poor lady :(

[@MsKimifer]

Jesus Christ, Pat. Theo has powers. So does Nell. When her life was flashing before her eyes, it was like she was in the room. Her power was to go her whole life seeing herself see her life in the few seconds that flashed across her memory as she died.

[@TheReelReesePod]

Shirley as well. All the girls have powers.

[@LivingTheLifeOfRiley]

Yup all the women, including the mom, have powers that manifested in the hill house. Nell has the same premonitions that her mom has. They both saw Luke dead in the future. Its kinda frustrating watching a lg group react to this. They're missing so much and then they just repeat each other because they're just waiting to talk instead of listening.

[@MavenCree]

Did you guys notice... Since Nell died (so episode 1), Luke has been feeling cold and rubbing his neck, because his neck hurts... He was feeling Nell's death.

[@sushmag4297]

It's a twin thing.

[@needlesslycritical6199]

This episode was one of the few things that made me cry. When they showed her hung body with the sound of the neck snap, I was destroyed.

[@SpaghettyBabyNoodleBoy]

This episode is the most heartbreaking thing I’ve seen on TV for a long time. It’s so well told. I was waiting for you to get to this episode. Now I’m looking forward to “Two Storms”.

[@nsan48]

i love rana's face when she gets scared. it's like it's so traumatic. lol.

[@Bumble-bee_]

The ghosts in Hill house can be real but they can also be failings, regrets and wishes. So the top hat floating guy is real.

[@jacoshneko]

I disgree - he's the reflection of Luke's trauma around being told he doesn't know the difference between what's real and imaginary, like the childhood friend he saw die in front of him that everyone told him was imaginary. In the future, the BOWLER hat ghost, associated with the truth/imaginary binary, shows up whenever he most wants to use (watching deals go down, receiving money from Joey, when he's stolen from and abandoned by her, etc.) as a coping mechanism. All the ghosts are related to fears or trauma or mental health issues. All of them.

[@peaceoguntade2414]

I thought top hat was real because other people besides luke saw him. Theo was the one who got his full backstory.

[@TurboThunderGaming]

Chris: "Ah, this reminds me a lot, a lot of, uhh... oh my God she's traumatized for life..."

[@JosieSchuller]

Another great reaction guys. I don’t know if you knew this already but the actor playing Nell’s therapist is Russ Tamblyn (Amber Tamblyn’s father). Russ Tamblyn played Luke in the original movie The Haunting.

[@m.o.485]

And Owen Wilson played Luke in the remake of 1999

[@LittleCthulhuOne]

Yeah this is one of the most cruel and awful things that happened in the show for me, up there in horror in general too. Also i suffered with sleep paralysis until i was 19yo and yeah the shit your half awake brain makes you experience is horrifying. Shadow figures, claws, creatures, someone laying behind you being crushed by something, voices that whispered or yelled incomprehensible noises and many other things WHILE not being able to move or scream for help.

[@kingmespeaks6839]

Last time I had sleep paralysis was about two years ago, and it happened as I was waking up from a nightmare. The monster that was chasing me in the nightmare was on me and attacking me when I woke up, and there were ripping sounds like it was tearing me apart and I just couldn't feel it. Bruh, I was practically sobbing in fear.

[@papl20]

Marketa was me completely, I cried at that scene terribly

[@Volvagia0slayer]

The book that this series is based on is called "The Haunting of Hill House", just like Stephen's book, but the plot of all three stories are very different. The real world novel features a doctor trying to prove the existence of the paranormal by inviting random people who have had psychic experiences to a purportedly haunted house (including a girl named Nell/Eleanor and a girl named Theodora) and the nephew of the person who owns the house (a guy named Luke). In this version, Nell, Theo, and Luke are all unrelated. There is no Stephen. Their last names aren't Crain (though I think it's mentioned that a man whose last name was Crain owned the home a long time ago). The author of this book is named Shirley Jackson, so that's where the show got the name "Shirley" from. And in this novel, it's never made clear whether there are actually ghosts or if Nell just goes crazy. Stephen's novel is a prosaic depiction of the "real life" events of what his family supposedly experienced in the house with some creative liberties taken. And then the TV show is what the fictional Crain family actually experienced (colored by their own perspectives).

[@ylainelansangan6638]

Yup, like the movie " The Haunting"

[@itsfriday9139]

QUESTION, NOT FOR NORMIES : Did the mother actually kill nell? or was the mother mentally ill? Ive never understood

[@transmatized]

I’ve rewatched this show for what feels like a million times now and I’ve never noticed that theo flinched away from hugh when he tried to hug her 🥺

[@LadyAneh]

Love your reactions! Just noting that Nell doesn’t commit suicide-she’s pushed by the ghost of her mother after that ghost tricked her into thinking the noose was a necklace. (In the previous episode, Luke’s twin sense tells him she didn’t commit suicide as well).

[@alejo0828]

I need you guys to really pay attention for the next episode. Is amazing.

[@orboobleck5366]

And very hard to watch.

[@ejr87r]

It's a tough watch

[@MavenCree]

It always said "Welcome Home Nell". They just hadn't torn off the "Wel" part of the wallpaper yet.

[@jeffmartin1026]

Olivia is writing WEL, backwards, when Nell comes into the room.

[@aos1762]

@@jeffmartin1026 Yeah...shows how much people pay attention huh

[@marystombaugh2282]

the most heartbreaking thing about this is how understandable it all is. It's so frustrating to watch them not listen to Nell when she was reaching out, but they are all so wrapped up in their own very valid traumas that they are incapable of being the support for each other that they should be.

[@mahitoapologist]

the idea that nell's life and after life are a closed loop, in my mind, is connected with luke's recovery journey. it's talked about how recovery is the same thing over and over and its a very long process consisting of repetition regardless of the bumps along the road or even full on relapses. it was like nell haunted herself but not out of choice obviously, yet through it she tried to warn her younger self, hence the "no, no, no" from bent neck nellie when alive nellie saw her. bent neck nellie, even through the trauma of her own death and the haunting of herself, she repeated the same warning again and again. who knows, its 4am and im delirious but i needed to share!!

[@madocmartigan9423]

As someone who has had numerous seizures: As a kid I couldn't remember anything and just woke up to people being freaked out. Then after puberty I started remembering and it's honestly the worst. I don't see anything supernatural, but that might be because I'm preoccupied with choking. Rationally I know it's going to be over in a few seconds, but my body is still convinced that I'm dying every time. I haven't had one in years, but I still go into panic mode every time I get a twitch. You don't need ghosts to be freaked out by that.

[@Hoenhime344]

best written ep in the season.

[@mjkjelland13]

The reveal is so tragic an sad, but great storytelling at the same time. 3

[@HK7Roiz]

4:38 seriously? the "tough" guy that screams jumps and covers his eyes every single scary scene is now macho yelling that a romantic gesture is cheesy? .... oh the irony hahahaha

[@yingyang2838]

he's so irritating lmao. also uses the heaviest blaccent stop it

[@philthemovieguy81]

EPISODE 6 is incredible. There are only 3 cuts throughout the entire episode. I think you guys are gonna love it! Can't wait for you to see it!

[@TheTXKING24]

Nell manifested her own destiny she was always afraid of dying the bent neck lady represents her fears

[@fxls5300]

This was a great ep!! I'm usually the stone-faced-Chris of my house, but Nell was the only character that made me actually cry while watching this show; the actress that plays her is so talented, and it only gets better until the last ep (no spoilers but she made me cry again on the finale). I got chills when Nell jumped off the stairs and then we saw her with her neck bent... As a person who struggles with anxiety/depression, and who was at their worst back when binge watching the show, her scenes especially on these two episodes resonated so much with me. Her storyline is a gorgeous allegory for mental illness, while still being truthful and respectful and ugly when it needs to be. Episodes 6 and 5 are my favorites from this show. Super excited for the next one!! There's just so much that's perfect on the next one: acting, photography, directing, sound mixing.... You're in for a treat. Loving the reactions! Hope you stay safe and keep enjoying the show xox

[@jess_serin]

Nell haunting herself always reminded me of the saying "your life flashes before your eyes" because she usually saw herself at turning points in her story

[@dracometeor17]

Rana is soo animated during these whole series reactions LMAO

[@drlee2]

The reason why THoHH works is because it's a rich, involving character-driven story with horror as a backdrop, not a purely stylistic/jump scare horror piece with a bunch of interchangeable characters spouting "funny" dialogue. The characters and the relationships are what really make this show work. The horror is secondary.

[@Bartlebycs]

Back in the 3rd ep, the mom told Theo about how the women in her family often had special abilities. Now we know what Nell's was. Sadly she never knew she had it, so she couldn't ever interpret it until it was too late.

[@Bartlebycs]

@Little Taecup Yea, at least where her death was concerned.

[@tenthtennant8935]

What was her power?

[@ryanakers1372]

22:20 Cuts Rana off to talk about his fear of talking and no one hearing him.

[@cents2mp]

lmao

[@aaronlawson8151]

As someone you has had several sleep paralysis since they were a child, this is one of my favorite television episodes ever. I have never seen sleep paralysis in any show or movie and this show is the perfect depiction of it. From being awake and not being able to move or talk, to seeing shadow people across the room. The thing that happens the most when I have sleep paralysis is that I see this vision of myself floating above me as I'm struggling to move and wake up fully. So the fact the Nell is floating above herself and has been haunting herself when she has sleep paralysis hits home for me.

[@TheBronzeGamer14]

I can’t really put it much into words but there’s definitely something there about someone with depression being haunted by their own suicide

[@inspectahdex]

I am SOOOO SO SO SO excited for you all to see the next episode. One of the coolest filmed television episodes I've seen of any show

[@MisterKS7643]

What’s so terrifying to me about this episode is how it shows about fate. Nell has already been shown her fate right in front of her since her childhood because of that haunted house but she’s unable to know or stop the terrible thing that will happen to her even when it’s right in front of her the whole time.

[@TheRoyalFino]

I suffered from chronic sleep paralysis into adulthood. I couldn't move or talk, I could open my eyes and I could feel AND hear a breathing animal/creature/demon on-top of me. The Sleep paralysis seemingly has disappeared as I moved away from my childhood home. Almost as if there was some deep trauma associated with that space. I still sometimes have dreams of my childhood home, which I haven't lived in for 7 years. But the sleep paralysis is seemingly gone. I tend to believe it's a mental/chemical thing rather than super-natural but it's still really weird and scary.

[@meropemerope6096]

I'm so sorry, hope you're faring better (hope it's the right term, English is not my first language)

[@importAntiGravity]

I think Theo has the ability to see the past (by touch) while Nell has the ability to see the future (her own ghost). She was apparently killed by her own mom, which is freaking dark!

[@brandonchandlerMGnO]

Ha, Suraj calling them out. "You already had that reaction."

[@jeffmartin1026]

Also - in the book Eleanor's last name is Vance, as Nell becomes when he marries Arthur. The man who plays the psychologist, Russ Tamblyn, played Luke in the original movie. In this version he plays Dr. Montague, the name of the Dr. in the original book/movie.

[@leora8278]

One of the best episodes of TV I've seen. The storytelling for Nell's story is so well done. They make you attached to Nell and Arthur's relationship quick so you're sad when he dies. She looked so gorgeous at their wedding. Victoria Pendretti is such a good actress and this was one of her first roles if not her first.

[@Sophiesagegames]

Her own death haunted her. you got to know that every daughter has an ability. Nell always saw her own death, as well as her twin thing with Luke. Of course Theo has her touch and even Shirley has a bit of a power. She dreams certain things. There have always been sign about time overlapping onto each other. We got that with the mom writing " Come Home" . And other scenes similar scenes.

[@northwind2538]

Nell saw her life flash before her eyes as she died but she also saw her death flash before her eyes several times throughout her life.

[@mschll3179]

When I watched this show a year ago I couldn’t wait to see you all react to this episode!! I was so excited when you guys started watching! It actually gets scarier from here. Enjoy!

[@McDougal_]

Steve's book was not fiction- that's the problem. He wrote about his experience living in the house, along with all the stories his siblings would tell him- he wrote about Luke always talking about a little girl who wasn't there, and Nell seeing "the Bent Neck Lady" and things like that in order to draw an audience who was intrigued by ghost stories, and made Hill House out to be haunted- that's how it became "the most famous haunted house in America." And then he turns around and doesn't take any of his family seriously when they're upset by the things they saw there. He was playing his audience and his family.

[@jjw3046]

It's a pretty impressive testament to the storytelling to see how the crew was still shocked by the reveal at the end, even while watching the scene right before where they clearly show the noose around her neck and her hanging in the same position. It doesn't actually "click" until they explicitly show the two Nells in the same room together. Usually the Normies are able to sniff out a twist from a mile away.

[@acendiatmedia8747]

One thing to consider with Steve is that he has no one helping him deal with everything that has happened. He was expected to help his siblings and not let them see his problems.

[@transmatized]

well he’s never helped them so he’s failed at that

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

What happened to him, though? They ALL lost their mom. Shirley helped the younger siblings, not Steve, and he's the only one of them who never had anything supernatural happen to him at the house (that he knows of, heheh).

[@SuperRijul]

Steve is the one least affected by everything. Nothing happened to him when he was a kid and he was asleep when all that shit was going on the last night at the house as kids.

[@acendiatmedia8747]

@@SuperRijul Steve is the most affected in terms of non supernatural which can be worse than supernatural, it wasn't the. Ghosts that messed them up directly. Steve is just as exposed to the supernatural but had been taught to rationalize and is old enough too so the house doesn't target him with jump scares. I would say Shirley is easily the least effected on all fronts. Nothing she experiences or sees is something the others don't. Shirley didn't really see anything that night either and Luke/Nell where to young to understand what they saw. Only Theo actually saw much. I won't go into detail since it is spoils certian events but he sees more on the physiological front while his siblings are shielded from it. He was his parents right hand and was treated as young adult which is all fine and good until you basically loose both of your parents and yes the next oldest steps up to help with the younger kids but is mercilessly critical of you. Steve's strongest relationship was with his parents they where gone. Sure Steve is financially the most well of but that's only because he sunk to writing the book, if he hadn't he would be destitute and alone. He also kept all his siblings afloat buy doing it. Steven doesn't even get his own dedicated POV episode like the other siblings!

[@Tiffany-ov2jf]

True he's always expected to play the big brother role, I don't think he's the type to ask for help when he needs one. Idk I'm trying to think of it in terms of psychology haha

[@tonerc.8191]

Actually Suraj we somewhat understand how dreams work and in sleep paralysis it is like an overlap between waking stages and REM sleep so you can hallucinate as your mind is in a very different state than it usually is while awake. Dreams themselves are most likely your brain making sense of random brain signals. Sometimes it may seem like your brain is trying to create realistic scenarios to make sense of the signals. In a way this can prepare us for possible future events hence deja vu. Our brain has created a possible scenario out of random signals millions of times so it isn't surprising that at one point it created a scenario you may actually come across and you will feel like you remember that scenario even if you didn't live it or even remember that dream.

[@dafty9159]

Yeah, I've heard some fucked up sleep paralysis experiences, hearing whispers right in your ear, feeling someone is touching you or walking towards you. The human mind is crazy.

[@brandonchandlerMGnO]

Yes, but you're spitting those like we know 100% about it, especially the deja vu part, that could easily not be the reason.

[@fbemre229]

Holy... just finished this episode. What an incredible told story. Also remember in episode one or two, the mom asked the father something in the lines of to fix the ropes(?) hanging at the stairs or else we´ll see somebody hanging there... amazing forshadowing right there, wow.

[@theponyisday]

Lmao Rana’s traumatized face is great

[@MoodySk8erboi]

I cannot wait for the next episode!!! CANNOT WAIT

[@Bigmikepolzien]

This was one of the darkest episodes of television that I have seen in my life. I was not okay for weeks after seeing this. She lived her whole life seeing her own death.

[@hamadalkaabi2160]

i have not watched the reaction yet but this episode blew my mind the first time i saw it i hope you realize the scene where the mother comes in and asks the kids about the scary nightmare luke says exactly what he is doing while he is and a adult and its the same for his twin sister.

[@cemyafranks2586]

Wrong episode

[@hamadalkaabi2160]

@@cemyafranks2586 sorry my bad lol :)

[@charmedoriginal5923]

The second seasons of "The Haunting" { the series new name } is called "The Haunting of Bly Manor" and is based on the 1898 novella "The Turn of the Screw" { Desmond's last book on "LOST" } by Henry James. Returning actors are Victoria Pedretti { Nell }, Oliver Jackson-Cohen { Luke }, Kate Siegel { Theo }, Henry Thomas { young Hugh }, and Catherine Parker { Poppy }. The 2001 film "The Others" staring Nicole Kidman Fionnula Flanagan { Eloise - Lost }, and Christopher Eccleston is supposedly loosely based on "The Turn of the Screw" as well.

[@r.h.6249]

somebody needs to make a meme of rana and suraj's open mouths in the end of reaction...LOL...that was priceless and exactly how i reacted watching that scene

[@NinaPB]

I couldn’t scroll through all comments, but just in case it hasn’t been mentioned. There are hidden ghosts in a lot of scenes. The one that freaked me out the most was the one under the piano when the mother is accusing Nell of writing on the wall.

[@katyrawlins804]

Next episode is the absolute best! Cannot wait to see your reactions

[@xguti001]

A ghost traveling back in time to haunt her younger self in a never ending loop? Wow

[@MRfisheri]

I get sleep paralysis often. Daily during my uni days. Few times in a week nowadays. I think everybody experience it to be honest. I have my own ways to get out of it. And to prevent it is by getting enough sleep. I usually get it when i'm really tired. Also it's normal to see a lady at the foot of the bed while experiencing sleep paralysis. Lol

[@SuperRijul]

Yeah...that's not "Normal"..

[@jakenally6388]

Sleep Paralysis is the most god awful thing to ever happen to me lol. When you can't fucking move a muscle no matter how hard you desperately try.. It's the actual worst. In my case my head was turned towards the wall and this lady was whispering in my ear on the edge of my bed behind me and I COULD NOT turn to look, not that I wanted to. Just knowing for a fact in my brain someone/something was there, it made me believe in ghosts for sure.

[@ranialian8537]

That's just the mind playing tricks. I've been having sleep paralysis since I was a kid and have gotten quite adept at waking myself up.

[@Haushinka0718]

Pretty sure I cried in every damn episode from now on. It's so sad and awesome at the same time. I need longer reactions!

[@robkosta]

The house is a Living Thing. A limbo? Maybe. Maybe all the kids have some abilities, like Theo and the mother. Nell has some sort of clairvoyance, that's would explain a lot. It's all subjective. Just enjoy the psychological drama of a family who lives in a house with too many ghosts.

[@dipankarjoshi3828]

This episode and episode 6 which was shot in one take is my personal favourite ♥️

[@oiaeyu]

The SPOILERS normies look away!

[@89lovelife06]

It's episode 6 that has the long takes

[@Dennis_K09]

I've watched this channel for a while and Pat be the main one to be like this corny, they should've died and stuff, but he get scared so easily.

[@thoso1973]

Lille Nell just can't catch a break, can she? First, she grows up only to be haunted by her own death for her entire life. Next, she is murdered in a gruesome fashion by a shining vampire wearing a top hat. :/

[@shade01977]

Those amorphic images you see sometimes when waking up are called Night Terrors. They are the junior form of sleep paralysis and very common. You should look them up. They are pretty easy to stomach once you understand and expect them.

[@HK7Roiz]

next episode called "Two Storms" is regarded as one of the best episodes in recent tv history and probably of al ltimes, the way is one shot for the most part the acting everything is just a fucking masterpiece.

[@neonoires]

Basically the house is supernatural and Nell was being haunted by her future self. Once she entered the house it was like her life was decided then and there. By the end of the season you will have a clear idea of how the house works in regards to time and the supernatural aspect. This show mixes both literal paranormal hauntings with personal and life hauntings. Nell's depression, Luke's addiction, and Steve, Shirley, and Theo's way of dealing with/avoiding things are very real problems but a lot of it is influenced by the paranormal shit that happened in the house. I'm not sure where Pat got that the Bent-Neck Lady killed Olivia (the mom) LOL episodes 1-5 are still introducing the story but 6-10 really gives us a lot more meat.

[@comsat2334]

Nell was basically haunted by her own death.

[@bromixsr]

So I've been watching a few reactions to kind of catch up before the second season, even though the stories aren't connected, and it has been enlightening. One thing no other seem to grasp was the locket actually being the rope put around her neck, because I thought it was kind of obvious...but maybe not. So it was nice to see someone finally get it. Then again there are so many things in this series, that it takes multiple viewings to fully grasp.

[@fabiolarubinos8847]

She was haunting by her own death all her entire life. It's so sad :(

[@TVChild3]

I love how he's describing the very well-known and studied phenomenon of sleep paralysis as if it's proof of the supernatural... Yes, when you're experiencing sleep paralysis, you try to talk and you can't, and you see strange shapes that you can't explain... That's not supernatural, that's just what happens.

[@shamusobi2748]

I love that chris is nonplussed and just looks over and observes that marketa is traumatized...and does nothing. Reminds me of me. Thanks for representing those of us who can keep an emotional distance.

[@cents2mp]

WE FEEL NOTHING!

[@sammies.9491]

Awesome reaction! Just to clear your confusion, some theories say that younger Nell was having Premonitions about her future. She was basically haunted by her future death

[@rubyrosefani5206]

The house can go through time loops. Nell went back and forth through time basically seeing her own death

[@transmatized]

nellie did NOT kill herself

[@icekold45]

The house plays with time. When you die, you become unstuck from time. The younger Shirley was writing "Welcome Home" and it travelled into the past. The other side doesn't follow linear time.

[@kalash8622]

This is the episode I've been waiting for!

[@AkimboJV]

This show is less about ghosts and more about family. Ghosts are scary, but losing someone when it could’ve been avoided is the scariest thing ever.

[@hannahvillanueva8757]

These are my favorite reaction every week!!

[@Midnight7970]

I think her death was so horrific she kept seeing it all her life after they moved into the house. I'm surprised y'all don't realize how messed up the HOUSE is.

[@tkaki6029]

That twist was amazing, it gave me goosebumps the first time I watched it.

[@soniaiboyako4023]

Georges Lucas not believing in Star Wars is him not believing in his own fictional work. Steven doesn't believe in the stories he's telling which are literally his family's (sometimes dramatized) experiences, which he dismissed and ridiculed them for *all the time*

[@annae.2322]

Nell’s storyline is the most tragic. She was haunted by her own death all her life. Hill House timeline is also not linear so it’s twisted like that.

[@HK7Roiz]

16:47 hahahahahahaha everyone just in shock and crying and mouths open and Chris just chilling like oh yeah this reminds me of something else, meh.... hahaha

[@cents2mp]

Its intresting I want to talk about it !

[@Pystal]

It's funny Surej mentioned his sleep paralysis vision was a woman at the foot of his bed, because the first time I had sleep paralysis was an old dead woman wearing all black at the foot of my bed. I remember having a nightmare seeing an old house in the woods and knowing she was there looking out a window and saw me. I got startled in the dream and I thought I fully woke up, because I realize I'm in my bed, but then she opened my closet and stood at the foot of the bed. I finally blinked and snapped out of it and had tears streaming down my face. I thought my house was haunted until I learned about sleep paralysis years later.

[@TheBdavisfan]

This show does an amazing job of toeing the line between the characters being haunted and the characters mental illness. Great reaction. This is an amazingly sad episode.

[@jksgameshelf3378]

Once you're done with this series, go watch the 1960 black & white film 'The Haunting', one of my favorite horror movies ever, adapted from the great Shirley Jackson novel. You'll see what a great job they did tying in so many original elements in the novel/film.

[@rasikpokharel9245]

Each kid represent the 5 stages of grief:- Steven- Denial Shirley- Anger Theo- Bargaining Luke- Depression Nell- Acceptance Each character also represent cardinal sins:- Luke- Gluttony. His heroin addiction and constant need to consume more or it. Theo- Lust. The most sexualized member of the family. Confirmed that it may be a problem when found with Kevin. Greed- Steve. He used his families tragedy for monetary gain. Sloth- Nell. Nell is never seen working and most of her story revolves around sleep. Wrath- Olivia. Olivia is seen taking out agression on her children, often yelling or punishing them for little reason. (Nell's writing on the wall) Pride- Hugh. He never admits his faults relating to the house, or in regards to communicating with his children. Even at Nell's funeral he neglects to give them the answers they want. Envy- Shirley. She is often seen criticizing her family on everything they have or don't have. The biggest example being Steve and his writing career. She also has green eyes.

[@VeelouC]

I once had sleep paralysis but I didn’t see any shadow people I sort of hallucinated the sound of my bed creaking next to the back of my head (i sleep on my stomach) and then felt a weight of someone fall on me and I couldn’t breathe or move. I tried to call out but i couldn’t speak properly, only a groan. I told myself it was sleep paralysis waited like a minute or two and it went away