The Haunting of Bly Manor is a supernatural horror drama series. It was created by Mike Flanagan for Netflix.
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- The Haunting of Bly Manor is an American supernatural horror drama web television series
- It was created by Mike Flanagan for Netflix
- It is loosely based on the 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- It is the follow-up series to The Haunting of Hill House
- It is the second entry in The Haunting anthology series
- While the creative team and many of the cast of Hill House returned for Bly Manor
- The narratives of the two series are not connected
- The Haunting of Bly Manor premiered on Netflix on October 9, 2020
- The story tells of a young governess hired by a man to look after his niece and nephew at the family country house after they fall into his care
- Arriving at the Bly estate, she begins to see apparitions that proceed to haunt the premises
- In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, on the topic of The Haunting of Hill House, Flanagan said, “I don’t want to speculate too much about season two until Netflix, Paramount and Amblin let us know if they want one. What I will say, though, is that as far as I’ve ever been concerned with this, the story of the Crain family is told. It’s done”
- On February 21, 2019, Netflix announced a follow-up series to Hill House
- Titled The Haunting of Bly Manor, it is based on The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Though it would serve as a follow-up series to The Haunting of Hill House
- It is a standalone story
- Indicating that there would be “no dramatic link between The Haunting of Bly Manor and its predecessor”
- Victoria Pedretti and Oliver Jackson-Cohen return as new characters
- Pedretti in the role of Dani, “a governess who takes care of two very unusual children”
- Jackson-Cohen portrays Peter, “a charming fellow”
- Henry Thomas and Kate Siegel also returned for Bly Manor
- The Haunting of Bly Manor entered production on September 30, 2019
- It wrapped on February 21, 2020
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it holds a 88% rating
- 58 reviews are positive for The Haunting of Bly Manor
- The average rating is 7.4/10
- The critical consensus reads, “It may not be as scary as its predecessor, but with plenty of spooky tricks inside its haunted halls and a strong sense of heart, The Haunting of Bly Manor is another solid entry into Mike Flanagan’s growing horrorography”
- At Metacritic, the series received a weighted average score of 62 out of 100
- Based on 16 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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