The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
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Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 12 October 2018 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 12 October 2018 |
| Genre | Mystery, Drama |
| Created by | Mike Flanagan |
| Starring | Michiel Huisman, Elizabeth Reaser and Kate Siegel |
| Seasons | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Episode length | about 58 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 10 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.1/10 |
Where to watch The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House is streaming on Netflix ($17.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Netflix, or $17.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Mike Flanagan’s 2018 series operates on a single, brutal promise: the past never leaves. It splits its 10 episodes, roughly 10 hours of your life, between the family’s present and the terrifying events that drove them from their old home. The tone is less jump-scare and more psychological erosion. You watch the cracks widen in real time. It is a house that remembers everything.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes places the series at 93%, a figure that feels generous until you read the consensus. It praises the "steadily mounting anticipation" and the "chilling payoff," which is a polite way of saying it never lets you relax. Metacritic agrees, settling on 79 out of 100 for generally favorable reviews.
Corrine Corrodus of The Telegraph gave it 5 out of 5, calling it "the most complex and complete horror series of its time." David Griffin of IGN scored it 9.5/10, a near-perfect mark for what he termed a "superb and terrifying family drama."
Even the skeptics warmed up. Stephen King, who usually bristles at revisionism, called it "close to a work of genius." Quentin Tarantino named it his favorite Netflix series in 2020. The ghost stories are well-told, but the family trauma is the real haunting.
How it did with audiences
No box office numbers exist to judge its financial footprint. Instead, look at the audience reaction. On TMDB, users give it an 8.1 out of 10. That is a high mark. It suggests viewers liked being unsettled in their own living rooms. The data points to genuine appreciation, not just trend-chasing.
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Sources
- The Haunting of Hill House on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q43379503 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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