‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Is a Wan, Convoluted Follow-Up: TV Review

There’s been a lot of hype surrounding new ghostly Netflix show The Haunting Of Bly Manor, and fans have made quite the shocking discovery. Yes the Halloween-y must-watch sees a rather stuffy uncle seek out a nanny to take care of his niece and nephew after their parents died, but fans have quickly released they recognise the uncle from somewhere.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/movie-review-netflixs-old-guard-2235935https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/movie-review-netflixs-enola-holmes-22761063https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/movie-review-netflixs-babysitter-killer-22723196One of its biggest flaws is the distracting British accents much of the returning Hill House cast are saddled with; Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Peter) makes a decent fist of being Scottish but Henry Thomas (Henry) and Carla Gugino’s

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Social Distance,” a new Netflix anthology series comprised of short vignettes of life in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., presents critics as well as viewers with a conundrum.

star  made her ghostly debut in episode eight and now she's walking ET through her journey as the most captivating, yet horrifying character of the season.Two years after the massive success of on Netflix, creator and executive producer  — also known as Siegel's real-life husband! -- has gifted horror fans with an anthological follow-up filled with familiar faces in a brand-new, nine-episode ghost story.And now that star has already opened up about 's bittersweet finale, it's time to break down

The Haunting of Bly Manor —like it’s anthology predecessor, The Haunting of Hill House — left fans stunned with it’s shocking midseason twist. Episode 5 changes the entire story, and makes you look back on what you’ve already seen with new eyes.Warning: spoilers for the first five episodes below!Fans have been waiting for what seems like an eternity for Bly Manor to be released, and the wait was over this weekend.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” streaming now on Netflix.It isn’t just the beginning of a title that “The Haunting of Bly Manor” shares with “The Haunting of Hill House.”The horror anthology from Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy had to carry a tonal through-line between seasons, despite each one featuring different characters, locations and time periods — not to mention the new season also blending

's perfectly splendid season.Two years after the massive success of on Netflix, creator and executive producer has gifted horror fans with an anthological follow-up filled with familiar faces in a brand-new, nine-episode ghost story.«While the first season is like a family drama horror, this season is more gothic, you know, dark, moody, romance or a very tragic love story,» star, who plays Dani, recently dished to ET during a virtual junket. «I would agree with Victoria,» actor added during our

The Haunting of Bly Manor. That's because, at its core, is not a horror story. It is a ghost story, yes, with extremely brutal moments and even the occasional jump scare, but above all else, The Haunting of Bly Manor is a series of love stories, ranging from romantic to maternal.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIt’s been almost two decades since Kelly Ripa took over as co-host of the show now known as “Live With Kelly and Ryan”; her 20th anniversary comes in February. This time 20 years ago, Ripa says, she was sure that the job she’d end up getting hired for was an impossible one.

Expect nearly every critic reviewing Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor to include an important caveat in their reviews: Mike Flanagan's follow-up to The Haunting of Hill House presents itself as a ghost story, but it's actually a love story. It's not that we're being collectively clever in our genre analysis; acharacter late in the series literally explains that it's a love story and not a ghost story, just one of several points at which Flanagan's confidence in his audience wavers.

The Haunting of Hill House debuted, the passion for Mike Flanagan's Netflix anthology series hasn't waned, as viewers continue to revisit the devastating ghost story and theorize about what horrors the followup, The Haunting of Bly Manor, might hold. Still, it's unlikely that even the most studied Hill House fan could have predicted what Bly Manor (out Friday, Oct.

Mike Flanagan is back to ruin your sleep this October. The director of Netflix hits like “Gerald’s Game” and “The Haunting of Hill House” has returned with his most ambitious piece to date, a textured mini-series that weaves multiple stories by Henry James into a tale of possession and how people can have a hold on someone in life or death.

The Haunting of Hill House debuted, the passion for Mike Flanagan's Netflix anthology series hasn't waned, as viewers continue to revisit the devastating ghost story and theorize about what horrors the followup, The Haunting of Bly Manor, might hold. Still, it's unlikely that even the most studied Hill House fan could have predicted what Bly Manor (out Friday, Oct.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticToo often, period pieces about the making of America treat the past with undue dignity, turning the raucousness and rambunctiousness of a two-and-a-quarter-century pageant of personalities into a chamber piece. American history is serious, sure, but it’s also giddy and strange, and too few entertainments treat it that way.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticParis has long been the staging ground for a particular sort of American fantasy, one that tends to bring the characteristics of Americans into sharp relief. In the final episodes of “Sex and the City,” to cite one example, Carrie Bradshaw attempts a warm embrace of all the City of Light has to offer, but finds that she may in fact be too warm, that the cool briskness of Paris is making her someone she does not recognize.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAn Israeli-produced series debuting on Apple TV Plus, “Tehran” is a show that looks at Iran through an alternately adversarial and nostalgic lens.

Victoria Pedretti, who was the breakout star of as Nell Crain, now plays Dani Clayton, an American au pair who travels to England in the '80s to take care of a couple of orphans.