The Haunting of Hill House
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Another confession: Your tenderhearted recapper has a low tolerance for horror.
We start to approach that territory in episode two.
They look like a happy family, but theres an uneasiness to the household.
He does the books; she prepares the bodies for burial and handles grieving families.
Of course, she can only fix whats on the surface not whats in his head.
And covering things up always works so well.
In the novel, Theo is a kind of super-empath, capable of responding to peoples thoughts.
Im wondering if this version of the character has special powers touch or otherwise that the gloves muffle.
In the flashback scenes, we get a sense of what brought Shirley to her line of work.
Theres another flashback to Olivias funeral scene, in which its Shirley whos afraid to approach the open casket.
Dude, next time use a bag.
Kittens arent supposed to be without their mommies, Olivia tells Shirley in the flashback.
Or did the house make her into a monster, as Hugh seems to believe?
The only hint of it is the blinding migraine she suddenly gets while arguing with Shirley over the kittens.
Flanagan shows a taste for guts and gore in the scenes following Nells death.
(The siblings are calling it a suicide, but Im not convinced.)
Elizabeth Reaser, who previously had small parts onGreys AnatomyandThe Good Wife, is wonderful in this role.
Shes just odd-looking enough, and her deep-set, almost feline eyes give her expressions a special depth.
Instead, she has a partner whose gender is never specified.
The hallucination Shirley has after embalming Nell might be a sign that shes not as stable as she seems.
In the first episode, Steve made a comment about the apple not falling far from the tree.
She may be the one to watch out for.
In the novel, the hauntings are associated with children.
If theres a cold spot in the house in the show, we havent discovered it yet.
The only trouble is, it was apparently used by Shady Oaks Farm in Massachusetts.
Whats that bottle doing at Hill House, which is in California?
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