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Everyones talking about how good it is!
And you want to know what everyones talking about!
You want to get the jokes, recognizethe references, and generally bea part of the conversation!
But you are a wimp who doesnt like scary things.
I get it, because I too am a wimp who doesnt like scary things.
The short version is: Its really, really scary.
Itsveryalarming when one of the signature ghosts, the Bent-Neck Lady, shows up for the first time.
But the real problem comes from every wimps mortal enemy: the jump scare.
Then theres anotherat the 39-minute mark, even though it is a total fake-out of an unexpected car horn.
Ghost Nell screams, I screamed; I immediately regretted this project.
I am stillscreaming about this.
This episode has lots of other scary stuff, too!
Theres a bit with a sick kitten who has very scary disfigured eyes.
It messed me up for an hour!
And when he gets there, he sees a very scary ghost monster thing lurking in the shadows!
Thankfully, it is less scary!
(We all have our soothing mechanisms.)
But episode five is … not that bad!
Its dark, but its much more about grief than it is about terrifying you.
Until the very end.
Thats when we get to the scene where the Bent-Neck Lady comes for Nell in the present.
Its intense, but that intensity is internal rather than something inflicted on them by a demonic house.
And the first half does have some frightening scenes!
But then it all turns into a giant pile of sentimental mush.
