By Emilie Weinbeck, Staff Writer
“The Haunting of Bly Manor” is gaining star status. The top 10 Netflix series is a supernatural horror series, created by Mike Flanagan, and is loosely based on Henry James’s novella “The Turn of the Screw.” It is the follow-up series to “The Haunting of Hill House’’ and the second entry in “The Haunting” anthology.
The first season of the show hit Netflix recently and has many complex characters as well as confusing twists and turns that leave fans itching for more. The show has no shortage of ghosts and villains working both as literal threats and metaphorical representations of guilt, grief and denial throughout the suspenseful first season.
Of those villains, Peter Quint left fans starstruck. Peter Quint is played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen who is a charming valet who is hiding a host of dark secrets behind his smile. Throughout the show Peter Quint’s charm swoons Rebecca Jessel, played by Tahirah Sharif, and the pair end up in an affair that unfolds over the course of the second half of the season.
Once viewers get to episode five, a deadly twist is revealed leaving fans shocked. In this particular episode Hannah Grose, played by T’Nia Miller, is at the center of the action. During the final minutes of the episode, it is revealed that Hannah has died after several hints were dropped throughout the episode based on Hannah’s memory loss and serious case of daydreaming.
Each episode of the season focuses on different characters which is why the show has so many suspenseful twists and turns. With the constant switching around of characters, many fans have taken to social media to get the story straight as they prepare to dive into the next episode. Fans also rave on social media about how much they love the show and how easy it is to gravitate towards a favorite character.
“The Haunting of Hill House” features Victoria Pedretti, Henry Thomas and Oliver Jackson-Cohen which is why the cast has been deemed recognizable by many fans of “The Haunting of Hill House.” The 2018 show also has the first season on Netflix and is filled with many hidden clues and major scares throughout it, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats the whole time.
The end of season one of “The Haunting of Bly Manor” ends almost exactly how it started with a shot of the narrator, played by Carla Gugino, having fallen asleep in a chair in a hotel room waiting for someone to come through the slightly ajar door. A hand appears during the final minutes on the narrator’s shoulder leaving fans confused as to whose hand it is. As the show fades out, fans learn the truth about the narrator and who she really has been the entire time.
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