The Murmuring

The second-best episode of the series, a good old-fashioned ghost story about loss, trauma, and things that go bump in the night.

I really wanted to like this more. I just feel like for a new Jennifer Kent project, it would be trying something new. That's why I loved The Nightingale so much. It was something I didn't expect her to make. But this was too close in theme to The Babadook for me. If I had made a very successful horror about the haunting and invasive nature of grief, my next horror wouldn't approach that same concept. I still gave this a high review because if the babadook didn't exist, this would be a cool p... - Full Review

Relatively subdued compared to the rest of the series, almost tasteful, or too tasteful as others might put it. But also another heartfelt period piece. At least it's not "Done In by Dunlins"

Pretty conventional, but well-executed haunted house horror about trauma, loss and the hardships of trying to move on -- or, as the caretaker says, "the utter fascination with other people's misery".

The scene at the end with the birds was nice and then there were maybe two other shots that were good and that's pretty much it. Boring, uninspired, kinda dreadful.