The Haunting of Hill House
Summary
The scariest twist from a Mike Flanagan show might have offered a canny account for the ambiguous ending of a 54 - twelvemonth - oldStephen King movie adjustment . Mike Flangan ’s work brims with references and easter eggs to his own work . For case , The Fall of the House of Ushernot only features several reference toEdgar Allan Poe ’s poemsand inadequate fib but also drops pernicious nods to the director ’s own movies . Similar easter eggs can be found in Flanagan’sHushandGerald Game , both of which featureMidnight Massas a Christian Bible in their universe .
Other than self - referencing his own work in his movies and shows , Flanagan also features insidious nod to classic literature and other films . Perhaps the proficient instance of this would be theSe7enposter in Riley ’s elbow room inMidnight Mass , which foreshadows how Bev Keane ’s unsighted trust would finally consume her . In all these references , nod , and easter eggs , Mike Flanagan ’s shows also often walk viewers through complex ideas and concept that somehow end up explain the puzzling plot of ground origin of other motion-picture show and shows , meander a strange tapestry of interconnected narratives .
The good spin in a Mike Flanagan Netflix show was apparently inspired by a terrifying scene from an isolated but brilliant 15 - year - old horror movie .
Haunting Of Hill House’s Bent-Neck Lady Twist Might Explain The Shining’s Ending
Theshocking bent - neck lady whirl inThe Haunting of Hill Housecreates a secular paradox , where Nell becomes the ghost that haunt her all her life . Through this revelation , the show highlights the cyclic and intertwine nature of her life , where time was always a grummet for her . When she was alive , she could not help but perceive time linearly , but after death , she realize that the prescript of clip do not apply to the central house . This worldly paradox inThe Haunting of Hill Houseportrays the tragical inevitability of Nell ’s fate and how she unknowingly becomes the informant of her terror .
The Haunting of Hill House ’s bent - neck lady twist also offers a convincing explanation forThe Shining ’s perplexing finish , where the photographic camera pan to a exposure with Jack stand among partygoers from July 4 , 1921 . Many theory suggest that Jack might have been a reincarnation , excuse why he was in a photo that was clicked long before he was brook . However , Jack ’s comportment in the photograph can also be watch as a Hill House - esque non - analog exploration of time , where the past , present , and future are inextricably linked . The normal of sentence , as humans know them , only do not survive inside the Overlook Hotel , just like they do n’t in Hill House .
Hill House And The Overlook Hotel Share Several Other Parallels
Considering how Mike Flanagan has always been a Stephen King buff and even helmedThe polishing ’s sequel , Doctor Sleep , it seems likely that he might have draw some inspiration from the Stanley Kubrick horror adaption . This would explain why the Overlook Hotel and Hill House share several other parallels . For instance , Hill House ’s " Red Room " seems to be a play on Overlook Hotel ’s " Red Rum . " Both locations were also not haunted because of what pass off in them . Instead , the troubling events that take away office in their vicinity were a consequence of the placement being haunted .
Another interesting parallel between the two fancied watershed is that the people who die in them become repair of the overarching haunting . A fascinating tidbit about the two enfranchisement is thatShirley Jackson’sThe Haunting of Hill Houseexists as an actual novel in Stephen King’sThe Shininguniverse . A lowly selection from Stephen King’sThe Shiningmentions Hill House and proves this :
" There was a minuscule son to terrorise a man and his woman to set one against the other , and if it play its cards proper they could end up flitting through the Overlook ’s Asaph Hall like insubstantial shades in a Shirley Jackson novel , whatever walk in Hill House walked alone , but you would n’t be alone in the Overlook , oh no , there would be good deal of society here . "
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Loosely base on Shirley Jackson ’s novel of the same name , The Haunting of Hill House follows the Crain fellowship ’s experience in their beautiful - and deadly - home . With a account evidence using two timeline at the same time , The Haunting of Hill House chronicles both the haunting itself , and the lasting effect it had on the Crain child as they struggle through adulthood ten later . target by Mike Flanagan as the first entering in his Haunting anthology , The Haunting of Hill House features a big ensemble roll including Michiel Huisman , Elizabeth Reaser , Oliver Jackson - Cohen , Kate Siegel , Victoria Pedretti , Carla Gugino , and Henry Thomas .
Loosely based on Shirley Jackson’s novel of the same name, The Haunting of Hill House follows the Crain family’s experience in their beautiful - and deadly - home. With a story told using two timelines simultaneously, The Haunting of Hill House chronicles both the haunting itself, and the lasting effect it had on the Crain children as they struggle through adulthood decades later. Directed by Mike Flanagan as the first entry in his Haunting anthology, The Haunting of Hill House features a large ensemble cast including Michiel Huisman, Elizabeth Reaser, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kate Siegel, Victoria Pedretti, Carla Gugino, and Henry Thomas.
