The Haunting of Bly Manor

worrth a watch

Altogether a slight improvement in the coherency department, but basically just more hollow interpersonal blabber that could've easily been cropped to about 4 episodes. at best. At least the casting of greg sestero as groom needs to be commended. And tommy wiseau as the lady in the lake. Hahaha.

This show among others by Mike Flanagan always give me some sort of warm feeling. The characters are interesting, the dialogue is nice, the story has some creative ideas. It's slow but that's also a defining feature of this type of comfortable, relaxing horror.

Not scary but really good storyline

Thought it was boring

I knew that Bly Manor wasn't going to be as good as what people have told me of Hill House, but I wasn't expecting it to be so messy. This show's attempt at naturalness of expression in its dialogue feels forced onto the characters' lines, which results in the opposite of the desired authentic dialogue. I give it a marginal pass only for the touching love story and ballsy ending.

Slow start but beautiful ending

The flashbacks get exhausting and there really is not enough suspense created. The first hour is great then it fizzles out. I got through about 40% of the show

Bloated - it could easily have six or seven episodes - and Mike doesn't seem as involved with the material as in Hill House, but still emotionally resonant. Such a tragic ghost, love story about being tucked away, navigating the same memories all over again and trying to cope with trauma - one after another. Series finale is just so good. Too bad the first half of the series is a maybe too scattered in its non-linear frenzy. Nothing is as haunting as a love you can't get over - even after death.

The Haunting of Bly Manor is not as scary as Hill House, but it's every bit as emotionally charged and beautiful. It starts off well and slowly builds to a fantastic finale. Anchored completely by stellar performances from every single cast member.