The Haunting of Hill House | Complete Series Reaction Marathon | First Time Watching

[@JH-ty3ic]

Starts as a really scary ghost story, ends as a really sad love story.

[@Shoofyou10]

It’s just an incredible family drama with some horror elements

[@TurntBucket]

Idk if I would call this a love story. Its more of a family drama imo

[@billdoor3140]

Yep amazingly well written story imo

[@billdoor3140]

@@TurntBucket I'd say a tragedy too. The bent neck lady arc is incredibly sad.

[@melissastruxness512]

The entire thing is scary but I love this type of scare. I don’t get the love story part. The mom is creepy as heck at the end. She did not want any of them to leave. Frankly I do not think they did. The red cake is too shocking

[@hoffa57]

I always thought the saddest part is Luke having to live without his twin who have always had a shared link, and now it's gone.

[@CoilCode]

True, but at least he has better relationships with the rest of his family now

[@lizziebrayman6093]

Yeah, I thought it was really sad because twins have a very deep connection deeper than w other siblings i’ve known people that have lost their twin and they said it’s like losing a part of yourself

[@sinead9576]

But also, they couldn't both live I think. Cos he only got clean when she stopped taking her meds, and she needed them... :(

[@deuces_shoeless]

Luke always made me so fucking sad. He tried his fuckin best.

[@thectyptid00]

actually, luke was also supposed to die in the house, but director thought it would be to sad. In the final scene, we’re Luke celebrates his 2 years clean, there was supposed to be the window from the red room on the wall behind him, implying that he never left it, but director just couldn’t do it, so they covered the window with paintings and picture frames And i’m glad they did, Luke deserves to live his best life after all he went through

[@Vort317545]

Don't be ashamed to cry. I'm 55 and saw Hill House beginning of last year. I balled like a teenager. Especially the Dad's story at the end. The Haunting of Hill House is a masterpiece. Both as Ghost Story and Family Drama.

[@maryshaw6419]

Fun fact, Victoria (nell's actor) was told to scare her sisters whenever she wanted, they actually had a bit more of dialogue but for more realistic reaction victoria did it early. So the actresses are genuinely scared. I love this cast, such talented actors

[@johnyd1911]

One of the bestest jump scares evah!

[@YenellyT]

I love the improve skills! She would randomly scare them and they would keep on aacting

[@darkhoursofday6250]

One of the all-time best-written, acted, and directed shows. Still gives me goosebumps.

[@caittails]

I HATE scary things but love this show. Parts of it still randomly keep me up at night, but I’ve still gone back and rewatched it at least three times. It’s absolutely perfect.

[@thectyptid00]

I truly recommend watching other Mike Flanagan’s stuff (especially his shows). He’s a top tier filmmaker and netflix did him dirty with midnight club

[@number1fool]

@@thectyptid00 why dirty?

[@thectyptid00]

@@number1fool Mike usually does mini series, it's the format he perfected. Netflix told (or maybe allowed) him to make Midnight Club a several season series, Mike did, but Netflix cancelled the show after just 1 season

[@number1fool]

@@thectyptid00 yeah I’m not sure what they were thinking. That project didn’t really seem to fit the formula of a multiple season show. It really could have and should have been wrapped up in one. I personally wasn’t overly concerned with learning about anymore about the history of the hospice or Julia.

[@manon_0411]

Steve did not have a bad scene at the funeral home, it wasn't bad acting, it was actually excellent. He sounds so off when he say "yes, that's her officer" because he is so shaken up after seeing Nell dead that his brain tries to make a joke as a coping mechanism. Before they go up to the casket, he is encouraging Luke who's having a hard time, but Steve cracking after seeing her shows that Steve is trying to play his big brother role and look tough but he's actually very shaken by Nell's death. It's subtle and it's so good. Trust me, if it had been bad they would have shot it again.

[@setantastooddead]

Yeah I didn’t understand them calling that a bad take. I think the actor did a fantastic job showing this stoic older brother struggling to maintain his mask of unflappability in the face of something he finds he can’t cope with. We never know how we are going to react to something until we experience it, and I always found his performance of Steven cracking along a new faultline and trying to patch it with shitty humor captivating. Everyone grieves differently.

[@stevieburke8654]

it wasn't bad acting, it was him literally having a mental break

[@abbycareyyy7755]

I agree it’s not bad acting but they actually couldn’t shoot it again - the dolly mechanism for the camera to get the 1 continuous shot in episode 6 was slowly falling apart due to the wheels on the carpet, it immediately broke after they wrapped up. There was 1 chance here to get that long shot post rehearsal

[@danaterry2247]

Exactly. This is was the scene of Steven's that made me start to like him as a character because it showed him trying to be strong for his siblings but the toughness started to slip and he was like a 12 year old kid again

[@chocolate-teapot]

Steve was a coke addict

[@maddwitch]

The ending, with the Dudley's, always gets me. Every single time. I can't not cry. I don't think that the house is evil, I think it's like a venus fly trap or a pitcher plant, it lures creatures in to eat their life force, but I don't think it tries to make people crazy, though I do think the feeding probably causes some damage, or do terrible things. It just wants to keep them there. Olivia was sensitive, and I think that on some level, she felt the danger and it made her worry, then Poppy fed into those fears and manipulated her. It broke her, and she tried to kill the kids, to "keep them safe". There were a lot of ghosts, and Poppy is the only one we see actively try to cause harm and Hazel, who died there of old age, even tried to warn Olivia about Poppy. I also don't believe that Poppy killed her kids. She talks about holding her daughter's hands while the little girl struggles to draw breath and holding her son, when he dies, until his body had gone cold. Her descriptions of their illnesses actually sounds a lot like the effects of black mold. She was insane before she ever came to Hill House, and I think that watching her children die, having her husband cheat on her and then disappear, coupled with the house feeding on her, probably twisted her.

[@Hey_Jamie]

No, of course the house isn’t evil. Poppy is. It’s always been poppy.

[@wintertrooper7918]

many of the ghosts are evil and they supsequently make the house evil

[@thectyptid00]

i agree, but i also think Poppy didn’t just watch her kids d!e, I think she killed them

[@Uhohlisa]

@@Hey_Jamielol it’s not just poppy

[@trinitybernhardt9944]

​@@thectyptid00i do think that her descriptions of her kid's deaths were those of long illnesses. Sadly it was common to lose kids that way. It is possible she killed them while they were sick, but i don't really get that impression. If she killed them she drew it out because for one it sounded like weeks and the other years.

[@patty1h]

Fun fact -- the man (Russ Tamblyn) who played Nell's therapist was in an earlier version of this story with a similar plot. The 1962 movie was called The Haunting and the actor played Luke.

[@bozzutoman]

Russ also played a therapist in Twin Peaks.

[@seattlecryptid]

@@bozzutoman Dr. Jacoby!

[@rahbeeuh]

I enjoy the fact that even after so many years since I've seen the show I still manage to find out new stuff about it

[@adventuresinlaurenland]

There's only one Poppy. The old lady is Mrs. Hill, not Poppy. The woman who walked away with Abigail was Mr. Dudley's mom, not Poppy.

[@minkalampinen9519]

Yep, the house is a riot of ghosts and Poppy is the evil, insane one that infected the house. The house itself actually seems quite neutral.

[@adventuresinlaurenland]

@minkalampinen9519 yep, the mom seemed to be able to keep her under control at the end there. Hopefully, with the dad and Nell there, the house will be a happier place.

[@doctor-aesthetic]

There are various theories, but the strongest I've heard is that it's a young Hazel Hill, only because "Older Hazel" is in the credits. That implies an uncredited role for a young Hazel. Edit: Poking around, allegedly the actress who played her has confirmed that it's Hazel.

[@joshuacoldwater]

There are two poppy ghosts presented to Olivia. One she appears young and clear skinned, the other she is much older and decayed. They were BOTH played by the same actress. So let’s clear that up. Now, as for the ghost that takes Abigail’s hand. That is a younger Hazel Hill (the older woman in the bed). Her two versions were not played by the same person- The statement “The old lady is Mrs. Hill not Poppy” is not only non descriptive, because there are two different old women shown, but it also ignores the fact that her name was Poppy Hill. So Mrs. Hill….. that still could be Poppy.

[@vstopbiaswreckingme7194]

funny how almost everyone misses Theo in that first scene when Steve is going to check on Nellie

[@pantlessreactions]

Everyone literally misses the baby crying in the first scene as the Dudley's baby

[@Ems-zd1fy]

Wait, what happens with Theo? I missed it!

[@YenellyT]

@@pantlessreactions yess it was not nelly

[@vstopbiaswreckingme7194]

@@Ems-zd1fy Theo doesnt really do much in the first scene, however when Steve gets up to check on Nellie, Theo comes out of her room too, but Steve tells her to go back to bed, i just noticed that nearly no reactors ever notice she's there, and then they treat Theo as some sort of mystery person or friend rather than one of the children

[@indiatastic]

​@@vstopbiaswreckingme7194 how is that.remarkable?

[@divergirl8296]

When old Mr Dudley carries Clara back to the house so she can be with her babies forever it makes me cry like a baby every time. My God that's love. ❤😢

[@mismiserables]

I teared up a bit in the funeral episode when Nelly said no one could see her. She was also my favorite character. I just love how this starts out as a horror story then becomes so bitter sweet at the end. It sucked that Nelly and the dad had to go in order for them to become closer.

[@MarianFK]

Same here 😢. The idea of her being right there, seeing them all fighting and mourning her, without being able to speak to them or make herself be seen to somehow reassure them she's still around... Idk, it's such a lonely feeling.

[@ashleywright4350]

"I was right here the whole time and nobody could see me, i was here the whole time." 💔🥺

[@yesimarangel]

@@ashleywright4350that line still wrecks me 😭

[@ashleywright4350]

@@yesimarangel haha same.

[@spawnofkermit2687]

After a couple watches, I interpreted that Luke’s connection to Nell affected his addiction the same way he was aching and cold when Nell died. They never make it clear but I suspected that Nell started needing antidepressants when she grew up and her need for medicine fueled Luke’s need for “medicine”. They make it clear that he hasn’t been able to kick his addiction successfully in several years. Once Arthur dies and Nell decides to stop taking her medication, she becomes manic but Luke is finally able to become sober for three whole months in a row. Her prescriptions that she relied on FORCED Luke to go to great lengths - betraying and backstabbing his family so many times - to get a drug of his own. You see what I mean?

[@jodi6419]

wow thats actually an interesting perspective and i actually really like it.. theyve always kind of been mirror images of each other their whole lives.

[@soulscyther666]

I've read that the 5 siblings represent the 5 stages of grief. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. And it's Steven, Shirley, Theo, Luke, and Nellie respectively.

[@skybluetiaschannel5667]

Love that

[@HannahAdamsSister]

In the first episode you hear a baby crying, Steve goes into the twins so you just accept it was them... A lot of the speeches that seem odd are pretty much directly lifted from the Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

[@knoxxsavage6288]

@ 6:45 you accidentally foreshadowed the exact dialogue of that moment in episode 5 lool gave me chills

[@to0muchtoan]

One of the best TV series imo. Such great writing, acting, and cinematography.

[@raivichalves]

Oh, it was so adorable seeing you crying together at the end. I believe it resonates different when you're a parent, but it's hard on almost everyone. When this show came out, I had just lost my big brother, and we hadnt had a great relationship in a while... So, you can imagine how I was with Nelly's final speech and everything. What a wonderful show. Flanagan, you son of a b****!

[@besupaaa]

This show, the two seasons, are the type of scary that I like. Its well written, emotional, sad, beautiful. I really loved it.

[@CoilCode]

Agreed, and a perfect example IMO is people's reactions to the big jumpscare in the car with Shirley and Theo. It's super loud and sudden but people don't complain since that's exactly what Nell wanted to do to stop the argument and have the sisters address the situation.

[@beebeeboobooenthusiasts]

yes!! their only goal is not to scare you, it’s to make a story with characters that you care about, which can cause not only fear, but also emotion, sympathy, understanding, etc. Love how they write their horror stories

[@VictorLugosi]

The second season is some garbage and this is ok..

[@VictorLugosi]

@@CoilCodeyou’ve never watched horror

[@MK-ophelia]

​@@VictorLugosi 🤡🤡🤡

[@Wraiven22]

So glad you guys watched this! Even non-horror fans would love this show. Nobody does it like Mike Flanagan. He knows how to put heart in the scares. Also highly recommend his third miniseries, Midnight Mass. It's absolutely incredible just like this.

[@undercoverfangirl5491]

True. I don’t watch or read horror but I literally binged this and fell in love with this and the second one. It was scary at times but the story was definitely worth while.

[@scotthadden9816]

He knocks it out of the park with this and Midnight Mass, Bly Manor is good, but suffers greatly from the success of Hill House and its marketing making it seem more like a horror show than it ends up being, and for some reason he just seemed to miss the mark completely with The Midnight Club.

[@retnuHDJ]

That jumpscare in episode 8 is still to this day the most effective jumpscare I've seen in a show or movie. Didn't feel cheap and properly made me jump

[@Cybernautz]

2:31:48 LMAO you did not need to do her like that with all the camera angles. 💀😂 Man! You two really picked up on so much throughout. 👏 Loved your reaction to the final moments of the finale, very touching to see. Grown men cry too!! 🥲 We need more horror reactions lol

[@cmorrow74]

Fun fact: Henry Thomas, who played the younger Hugh Crain, was a famous child actor. You may remember him as Elliott from E.T.

[@cmorrow74]

@Lauren Lewis I’m sorry, what?

[@cmorrow74]

@Lauren Lewis You have a strange way of flirting.

[@cmorrow74]

@Lauren Lewis Listen, bitch, you started this with some random comment that didn’t have anything to do with anything. I’m just trying to make sense of it.

[@jeffmartin1026]

Young Luke has an ET lunchbox to hold his crayons.

[@ElmStReactions]

​@Lauren Lewis yeah i dont get this reply to what he said

[@torimbfs]

In high school, my friend died in a car wreck and they reconstructed half of her face with wax for an open casket. It was so odd being able to tell what part was fake and what part was real. It really should have been closed casket.

[@Troy.M94]

My cousin had killed himself by a gun when I was in middle school and my aunt had requested an open casket. The funeral home had to reconstruct 3/4's of his face and skull and the image was deeply unsettling. The funeral home had an impossible task and they had done their very best but the image is still burned in my mind at 29 years old.

[@skyofthelivingdead]

Hi, I’m a mortuary student who is specifically interested in the restoration and embalming process. I’m sorry for your loss, and I’m sorry that the image of her in the casket wasn’t particularly pleasant. Hopefully I can add something to the conversation in that embalmers do get a fair amount of bodies that probably should, realistically, be closed casket. However, it’s ultimately the choice of the family, not us, and we do the very best that we can with what we have to work with. Many of us will try even if we aren’t sure it will work out, because we just want to make the family of the deceased as comfortable as possible during their worst time, even if we don’t agree on the open/closed casket choice. My own best friend died of a drug overdose, so to be fair she didn’t need extensive restoration, but the feeling of comfort I had upon seeing how well she’d been prepared and taken care of is the ultimate goal for a lot of us; to help the loved ones feel that same comfort. Sometimes we REALLY have to turn lemons into lemonade though, even if we probably shouldn’t. Luckily in my program, we use donor bodies and specifically have lessons that include traumatizing the bodies in order to practice heavy duty restorations for things like car accidents, suicides, etc. I don’t think the improvement of heavy restoration is looked into enough.

[@oneill765]

Both these situations definitely should have called for closed casket. Seems inappropriate to have an open casket in such cases.

[@setantastooddead]

Don’t ever edit out those tears! That’s what I come here for - this show makes me weep uncontrollably every single time, at least once an episode from #4 on. I was crying harder than both of you at the end there just now, we’re talking shuddering gasping sobbing, and I’ve seen this show twenty times. The Dudleys’ final scene just always RUINS me. And yeah, Luke and his bond with Nell wrecks me emotionally as well. My favorite thing about watching reactions is that people tend to come into this show expecting a horror story, simply because it’s about a haunted house, but then they experience that weird shift when they realize it’s not scary at all - it’s a devastatingly real and touching family drama with supernatural elements that act part in reality and part in the world of metaphor. You two really got the lesson there at the end, good job - the show crafted such a striking comment on parenthood and how devastating but necessary it is to let your kids go, to trust your parenting and allow them to grow up and become their own people, because even though you know the world is going to hurt them, it’s also going to gift them beautiful things - and they need to find out and experience that for themselves. And the idea of discovering at the end that the horrible house is something both terrible and wonderful, just like life?! So wild. It’s just a creature that eats, it holds no malice - what it becomes depends on what it absorbs, and it has taken in both great good (Nell) and great evil (Poppy) over the years. It causes great suffering and allows for great joy. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Theo and Luke were always my favorites! Little Luke was too cute, and his struggles with addiction and such as an adult really hit for me. The idea of being so haunted by your past, so unable to face it, that you have to turn to something like substance abuse to keep it away??? That metaphor is just too real. Theo with her gloves and her thick wall between herself and the world captivated me from the get-go too. The third episode has always been a favorite - that basement scene was so immediately and viscerally disturbing, when we realize what Mr Smiley is and why he came to be, and start to experience that genre shift between the idea of ghosts in a literal sense and ghosts we create to protect ourselves. *chef’s kiss* I truly don’t understand why you are calling Steve’s bit at Nell’s casket a bad take. I think the actor did a fantastic job showing this stoic older brother struggling to maintain his mask of unflappability in the face of something he finds he can’t cope with. We never know how we are going to react to something until we experience it, and I always found his performance of Steven cracking along a new faultline and trying to patch it with shitty humor captivating. Everyone grieves differently. It always stuns me every time a reactor misses or doesn’t understand the Abigail reveal - and it’s happened almost every single time for some reason, I don’t get it - for me, the realization that she wasn’t a ghost came the moment she sat up in Luke’s bed, this very solid child in PJs, and I’m 100% positive that was intended by Flanagan to be the moment of reveal. Idk, so many people miss it and I don’t understand. When you don’t realize she’s alive at the time, all the dread of watching her climb the steps with the twins and raise that teacup to her lips is lost, and that’s a real shame. Also! The woman leading her new ghost away from the Red Room was her grandma Dudley, her dad’s mom who got scattered by the house and would run off in the woods “giggling like a schoolgirl.” Can we talk about the monologues in this show though??? Everyone gets their moment to shine, even the smaller characters, and that’s so rare and delightful. Mr Dudley’s monologue has always impressed me HUGELY, as well as several of Theo’s (the one at the end of episode 3 and the one after the Nell jumpscare primarily) and of course Luke’s eulogy. Devastating. Girlll, I kept throwing my hands up through the whole first half of this video like come on!!! This isn’t a scary show at all!!! 😂 Getcha hands off your eyes and just watch and listen, I promise it’s gonna be okay! This ain’t that kind of show, you’re gonna need these establishing details later! 😂😂 Anyway, glad you all came to love this show by the end of things. It’s truly a masterpiece, and honestly in the top three best shows of all time in my eyes.

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

“Color storms” = some people who get really bad migraines experience a “visual migraine aura”… disturbances in their vision like flashing lights or color spots/blind spots, or kaleidoscope vision.

[@emilywilhite5807]

Yessss! My Friday night plans are set. Love that you guys released this as a marathon. Such a phenomenal show!

[@xitsCASS]

ep 6 had 2 extremely long one-takes and they treated it like a play. it's incredible how the entire thing came together

[@justchillin7896]

The way the mom stared at Steve while the red room was closing in the finale always creeped me out. It was a huge contrast to Nellie while they were hugging the dad.

[@wintertrooper7918]

It's the last time she'll ever see him

[@VeronicaGarcia-oe4et]

its so crazy how on point you guys were so many times!!!! like the first guess first enterpretation was almost always right!!!! i love this show, and i LOVE seeing people experience it for the first time.

[@Strazman]

5:37 "That was all one take." "That's impressive." Oh, my sweet summer children.

[@RealBradMiller]

Oh. I forgot about the other one!!

[@violeta8445]

Bly manor aka the second season of this is less scary but equally thrilling and interesting ❤ I love these two shows so much

[@oneill765]

Not the second season. They have nothing to do with eachother.

[@nomenestomen3452]

Thank you Mrs. Movies for being that brave watching the whole series, even you hated it! The ending reaction was so emotional, you are really a lovable couple with true emotions, dont be ashamed of your tears. ❤

[@jjc5871]

That jump scare gets literally everyone. I absolutely love it.

[@andreshernandez1180]

I’m sure your boyfriend enjoys watching this with you.

[@MistressMadcap]

chants: midnight mass, mightnight mass, MIDNIGHT MASS

[@violentlycreamy]

they already watched it.

[@bubba2494]

This show is a complete masterpiece!! Mike Flanagan is a genius, I'm so excited for more reactions!☺️

[@LemonTree9280]

I'm an opiate addict (in recovery) and this series hits so hard showing how early childhood stress leads to addictions which lead to the destruction of a family.

[@MidNight-fw8zq]

I hope you're doing well🍀

[@LemonTree9280]

@@MidNight-fw8zq staying strong thank you! In a lot of ways, now I'm sober, my family has grown closer

[@Vipre-]

The Dudley's always get me in the end. A moment of pure love.

[@sweet_misfortune]

So happy this was a binge reaction and not broken up into separate videos!! So so sad but such an amazing story

[@87ventus]

Hi.great reaction. I didn't figure this out on my own but i read comments where the 5 children represent the 5 stages of grief.. 1 denial..(Steve). 2 anger..(Shirley) 3 bargaining..(Theo) 4 depression..(Luke) 5 acceptance..(nel).. but I'm not sure if i got it right.✌

[@carlossilva8087]

It could be… for me the main theme of this series is grief

[@VS-re1sr]

Yay Stoic Stetson (I am horrible with names) was able to enjoy the emotional impact! Pretending all emotions are just reflections of Eyes Shut Heart Open seems unnecessary: you are a real person and not just a clenched fist with a hat. Theo is my favorite for her sacrifice to channel her abilities and trauma into protecting/empowering the voiceless. I cried many times.

[@jeremymckay1675]

the nobody can see me part from nellie always tears me up. it's so sad DX

[@YenellyT]

The one take scenes and monologues are the best thing on this show!!! Incredible

[@magsandher3moggies81]

The bit with Abigail got me too. So sad that she died at the mum's hands. The bit with Amigail's mum with her two children at the end was so beautiful and sad. L9ved the series and the second one too.

[@MrCarlBackhausen]

Wow... The ending, with all the emotional scenes was incredible. That was beautiful. What a wonderful cry.

[@melissastruxness512]

The viewing episode with Nell in the coffin is one cut. It’s a masterpiece and yes the statue looked the other way. It definitely moved

[@BennyHarveyBigMan]

It's not quite one cut, but still very good

[@Vort317545]

The original ending was planned to be none of them escaped the Red Room. The ending where they are celebrating Luke's 2-year clean celebration was originally shown in the window of the Red Room. But Chris thought it would be way too much, so they hid the original set of the Red Room with pictures in the back. So they created a happy (well, partly happy) ending. With them saving Luke. But the original ending would have been much, much darker. They all died in the Red Room.

[@DezeraeJordan]

Not only darker but IMO, predictable - I like the version that they showed us (because we weren’t expecting it… or at least I wasn’t)

[@ILJtheFirst]

Mike probably would've received so much hate if he did that. Nobody would've watched any of his other works.

[@robbiegreen7067]

One does not simply watch this show without shedding a few tears. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Beautiful ending to a scary story, perfection

[@DavidGowers]

I love Mike Flanagan's work so much, the man knows how to craft an amazing story. This one in particular gets so much better the second time around, too.

[@CreepyBoris]

Haha theres so many hidden ghosts in each episode, i loved that part of it trying to find all of them. Funny you didn't start seeing them until like episode 9

[@SmallMediumToebeans]

I think she saw the ladder face in episode 3!

[@jeffmartin1026]

Now you need to watch the original movie - The Haunting (1963) - a completely different story that follows the original book. It's an amazing movie. Poppy was the face that appeared over/behind young Nell in bed. The clock/guy signifies the house controlling time. I think it was Abigale's grandmother, Mr. Dudley's mom, who took her hand. I cried the first time I watched it, and the 2nd time, and the 3rd time and every damn reaction channel that has watched it. If you watch it again you will see just how perfectly it was written.

[@DELANOdutch]

2:32.00 The greatest jump scare in television history Hands-down !😂😂😂

[@jameslen83]

The end hits you so hard. Not knowing Abigale was real and that she was the Dudleys child. I think maybe most people had the same reaction to them. Weirded out by Mrs Dudley then we see small bits of them helping and growing on us. Then we have to learn she is real and is the Dudleys child. Its crushing! Then they come back with MR Dudley laying his wife to rest. They really catches us off guard with this one. During Mr Dudleys monologue he says something weird to me " that was my first little girls cry. That first cry the one that she never got to" i dunno if it was an accident but it makes it seem like they pointed at him having more children. or if it was a misspoken line which should have been "My little girls first cry"

[@HiThereLove16]

they were pregnant before Abigail, the baby died

[@jameslen83]

@@HiThereLove16 obviously as the part that im speaking of is talking about the loss of that daughter. they dont ever mention they had anymore children until the end. the line i mention above is the line that hints at more children as he said his first little girl. which i think most of us throw away without thinking about them having more children because of the heaviness of the conversation that we focus on. But thanks for clearing up that they had a child that died before abigale. .

[@TheMasochistKnight]

@Makro What are you confused about? They don’t have any more children. The first daughter that was stillborn, and Abigail the second daughter

[@jameslen83]

@@TheMasochistKnight .. nothing? I think you are confused about what i was speaking of.

[@joelmayberry6771]

My favorite show on Netflix! Absolutely love it!

[@HelloThere.GeneralKenobi]

Again, I really enjoyed your marathon of a show. As much as I was tempted to go to episode 8 it was totally worth the build up to wait and see! We get a great treat from the cast of these young actors who are still doing a fabulous job over the years. The tandem of tears from you two was greatly appreciated. The icing on the cake would have been if your little one came out at that time to wonder what was happening. I cannot wait to see what's next. Take care!!

[@aliaj4038]

first time viewer here, I was impressed by how observant and insightful you guys were! this is probably my second favorite show of all time, and I appreciated how much y’all appreciated it

[@eddietucker7005]

Day 2 - You ask questions, I give answers. The best monologue and acting was from Theo. They range she has shown is phenomenal. AMAZING WORK!!!

[@TurntBucket]

I think a lot of it is about trauma and family not being there for each other. Didnt Nell say "indivisible" and they thought she meant "invisible" or something when she was a kid. Also, they mention Nell was always trying to get the family all together. All their misunderstandings came from them not sharing with each other. The house can also represent death and the fear of death. Death is scary and terrible but you can be with your loved ones in death (if you believe in the after life). Like the story could work without the haunted house. The mom had mental issues and committed suicide then we see the effects it had on the family. Any time the house called Nell or her twin (i forget his name) that could also be thought of as their thoughts pulling them to kill themselves. They did have the most tragic lives. Nell's husband died and she has night terrors and mental problems. Her twin in an addict and lost his main supporter. Nell's death and finally the father's death and him coming clean about what happened with their mother allowed the family to reconnect and move on. I dont think that is necessarily what the show was going for but family drama aspect of it is so well written that you could easily see how it all could work even without the haunted house. Just replace the house with death and the house is scary because death is scary.

[@beverlyarcher546]

Luke is the twins name

[@gumshoe2273]

Kids did a great job acting in this show.

[@sopranophantomista]

This was fun! I'm glad it was recommended to me via the algorithm. I love these types of videos and listening to other's theories, or what scares them about Hill House. I love this type of horror, where the horror comes from within, or if it's quiet and conceptual. I love watching people get to the midway point of the series and go from the terror of figuring out who the Bent Neck Lady is, to the utter despair of the ending of Two Storms. I love it when everything starts clicking into place for new watchers and it's a great feeling to see them finally 'get it.' Two Storms has to be one of my favourite pieces of media ever, the amount of of planning and blocking and running of actors to and from the sets must have been so complex. The episode is a labour of love and luck and mistakes that Mike Flanagan could live with in the final product. I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the time with this property brings from you two.

[@13Nagash13]

I suffered from sleep paralysis. As a kid it felt like I was in a void with a low background hum. The void would then start collapsing in onto me and the hum got louder as the void collapsed. It would cycle over and over like 4 or 5 times before I could wake up drenched in sweat. As an adult, I would wake up, but I couldn't speak or scream or move. The most recent times it happened, there was a banshee looking woman in a black dress floating above me holding my wrists down on either side of my head. She would be screaming, but it's not a scream you hear with your ears, it's felt in your chest. I have figured out, the trigger seems to be falling asleep with my arms/hands above my head. I wonder if it is a bloodflow issue that causes the dreaming subconscious to panic, but either way, I try my best to never fall asleep with hands behind or above my head.

[@Zoeysplaylist824]

The bent neck reveal was so sad but mindblowing

[@Beatty003]

Welcome to the world of Mike Flanagan. You have phenomenal writing with stellar performances that leaves you blubbering mess by the end. And it’s like this for all of his projects.

[@IYIarco]

It was a big deal in episode 6 that nell would ask for gifts for the family rather than herself. What a great person

[@stormy2184]

This might be one of your best reactions! Hannah crying, Ash covering his eyes and utterly creeped out by Pearl...I couldn't stop laughing 😅 loved it!

[@lalabrouhaha]

The instant replays of her screaming and freaking out had me cackling! That's a solid husband move 😂

[@jengreer7781]

I'm in Houston with the hurricane coming in. Yalls videos are very much helping with the craziness yesterday and the after fall today. Keep it on and thank you!

[@adrianramirez4884]

This is 1 of 2 shows I give a 10/10. From beginning to end its perfect. So many layers and so many details. Absolutely perfect!

[@reddwarf9422]

I am loving these marathon vids. Thanks! Makes for easy binging on things I missed or want to watch again.

[@Jellywobble89]

Love that you guys up load the whole mini series (loved Chernobyl reaction)

[@luftschloss2352]

I love this series! A Halloween classic for sure 👻 (thx for stickin in out ms movies!)

[@zsazsamorte]

Thank you for hangout out with me, while I was packing. This is one of my favorite shows. If you don’t cry at the end, you need to check if you’re still breathing.

[@Huby_k]

I loved this show, I honestly cannot recommend it enough. Great writing, great acting, had some genuinely scary moments as well unlike most other horror stuff these days.

[@danielbaier3717]

Ive seen this like 3-4 times and i cry every single time. Such a beautiful story

[@Hey_Jamie]

59:58 lmao not little Luke scratching his ass crack 🤣

[@s1vads1rhc]

This is such a great format! Like a binge rewatch.

[@DarthTingleBinks]

People always miss it, but we actually first see Theo in the hallway as Steven goes to check on Nell and Luke. They have a brief interaction. But for some reason, people ALWAYS miss it. I don't know why, though. It's hard to not notice McKenna Grace. Almost impossible, actually. Edit: I'm pretty sure the woman walking away with Abigail is Mr. Dudley's mom. Which would be her grandma. Though why she didn't show up with the other Dudleys at the end is strange.

[@Koszmarsen]

Honestly don't feel embarrassed about crying! I absolutely bawled at the end as well, and I find that the older I get, the easier I am to start getting teary eyed at content that I watch. Just watching ya'll get emotional and watching clips of those scenes in this video made me cry a little 😭 So yeah... no embarrassment needed! It's always lovely watching other people experience something we enjoy for the first time and having similar reactions.

[@jessayaki9496]

I've watched this season like 4 or 5 times and I never caught that Shirley must have seen her mom in order to know that she'd been "fixed".

[@laurenditmar2776]

25:03 many insurance policies cover various rehab services. Actuarial science is the math that insurance companies use to calculate what a policy will cost for a given individual. The general rule is that a healthy, living individual is more profitable than a sick or dead one - sick people cost a lot of money, and dead people can't pay their premiums - so it is in the best interest of an insurance company to pay thousands of dollars for a policy-holder to get clean and begin taking care of themselves. It's an investment. My sister-in-law is battling severe malnutrition from an eating disorder and she's going through something like this right now: she was flown on a private jet to Denver (two time zones away) and stayed in a hospital for 7 weeks, and she's now in an in-patient care facility for several months, after which, she'll have out-patient care and then follow-up care. All of it covered by insurance. The private jet was not a bizarre fluke; it's a type of life flight vehicle the hospital facility uses all the time for patients who are too sick to take a commercial flight. Alone, it likely cost upwards of $20k. So, if that gives you any idea what kind of money they expect to make back, it makes sense that a $6k stay in rehab is absolutely worth the investment. They'd easily make that back in his premiums even if he only lived a year longer than he would have without rehab. Hope that explains it. Source: I'm a statistician who opted to go into data science instead of actuarial, but still had to take the classes.

[@woodyisking6019]

I literally ordered food n watched this whole video. I love y’all fr.

[@jeffgray7922]

I couldn't wait to see her reaction to THE jumpscare and she didn't disappoint lol

[@mrberd8799]

I boo hooed when i watched it when it first came out. I boo hooed when y'all did. Honestly, if you don't boo hoo after watching this series i am going to have a hard time trusting you as a person. Thank you for sharing your reaction with us!

[@ltpham4138]

oh you are in for some EMOTIONS with Bly Manor

[@HuntingViolets]

Nobody needs to be embarrassed about crying. It's okay to cry.

[@bvbxiong5791]

"it's our first time watching this show." "the bent neck lady is Nell from the future." ...

[@deannawinsletthughes5958]

When I saw the first jump scare, I shook my head and thought you would completely come unglued at the end when the sisters are arguing in the car 😂

[@1976nighttrain]

lmao the slow mo replay on the nell car jump scare killed me that was hilarious, especially since i acted the same way the first time i saw it lol

[@deannawinsletthughes5958]

I think at 2:17:56 Theo doesn’t see the mom til Dad is touching her shoulders, giving her a conduit to see what Dad sees.

[@manon_0411]

The lady taking Abigail away right after she dies is her grandma, Mr Dudley's mom, who used to work there.

[@DudditsXCII]

So Ive watched this show multiple times and I was crying all over again right along with yall. Flanagan is a master.

[@rybread5363]

“Send her to a hotel!” Was me the whole show 😭😭 hill house and bly manor are my go to horror shows 💛

[@anja3221]

Oh my god this is all I could hope for for a slow Sunday afternoon! Can’t wait to dive in

[@joshuacoldwater]

I’ve been a fan of film and well shot television since I was six or seven. There are very few, very few films or series that I recommend everyone watch. The Haunting of Hill House is on this very short list, near the top. It starts as a horror story, and develops into a family tragedy then ending with light, love, and peace. This is a story that is well developed, designed, and perfectly portrayed by every single cast member. I end saying this to Mister Movies, I don’t believe I have EVER cried watching a film or TV show, until the exact moment you two did. This series is perfect.

[@cadycastle9957]

One of the best parts about this show is after you finish, go back and try to pick out all of the ghosts in the backgrounds of when they are at the hill house. Almost every scene where they are at the hill house there is a ghost hiding somewhere.

[@kalindadu971]

Open or closed casket is a good discussion to have. Its hard to face the reality of the situation of an open casket. But with a closed one, it’s almost as if it doesn’t feel real. And makes the process of grieving a bit harder to me.

[@Some_Idiot_on_the_Internet]

I wish the spiritual successors to this series could have matched it, but The Haunting of Hill House was too good. It is honestly a masterpiece.

[@soulscyther666]

Bly Manor was good too, on its own right. But yeah, Hill House was better.

[@heathercontois4501]

I have not seen anyone do this yet! I am so excited, I loved this series.

[@persephone9177]

Theo was in one of the first scenes right before Steve went to Nellie😊 Fun fact: Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel (Theo) had a baby after filming this series and they named her Theo😊

[@alejandronaranjo3794]

wait which episode?

[@persephone9177]

@@alejandronaranjo3794 the first episode😊 in the very first scene...Nellie cries, Steve walks down the hall and sees Theo, then tells Theo he'll go to Nellie and tells Theo to go back to bed...

[@moonlitskylight5740]

​@@persephone9177Everyone seems to miss that so easily. It's almost odd cause people go "there were only four kids" as though we don't see 5 different kids in the opening.

[@persephone9177]

@@moonlitskylight5740 I know right! Although maybe people mistake her for Shirley, since Steve tells Theo to go back to bed and later on we see Shirley sleeping...

[@gemmahamilton2565]

Seeing the dudleys there with their baby had me in pieces 😢