The Haunting of Hill House S1E5!!

Only had sleep paralysis once. Was seeing something spooky too.

Matthew Shaver

I used to sleep walk up to my early teens.

Matthew Shaver

Any movie watchalong with my favourite actress Grace Kelly is fine by me.

Lee Gannon

This comment might be a little bit late, since i think someone may have 'corrected' Natalie's pronunciation of the title. In the first couple of reaction videos she pronounced "Hill HOUSE" very much like the Old Men characters in "Oh. HellO!" pronounce things. Br'dWAY, p'dCAST..... Another quirk to enjoy - however briefly. By the way, after the current torture-Natalie season is blissfully gone, "Oh, Hello" on Netflix is NOT to be missed, especially with Natalie's theatrical background! I am rarely wrong about a few topics like this. (C;

—thoughtstorms—Keith—

Side note the movie with the fireworks they were watching on the couch was "To Catch A Thief" directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Maybe another film to consider watching.

Ben Wheeler

Next episode! LET'S GO!!!!!!!

Molecule

I watched this show straight through when it first came out, and this is my first time revisiting it fully (I've watched some reaction videos and video essays, but not gone back through the whole thing) and I'm shocked at how many clues there are to the reveal about Nell and the Bent-Neck Lady. It's so well set up, and yet I didn't spot it in the first time through until the very last moment just before. I have some other thoughts colored by how the rest of the series goes that I'll save until we've gotten to the end, but Nell's story is so sad, and this episode really wrings you out making you feel her sadness and isolation. On this episode alone, this show would stand as a great one, and then we get episode six . . .

Christopher Cifani

I hate it lol 😭

Travis

Some years ago, I was living in my grandparent's house. My grandfather had died over a decade prior and my grandmother was in a nursing home. I slept in the bedroom where my grandfather passed away in his sleep. Every now and then I would get sleep paralysis. It was very similar to how they portrayed it in the episode, but not as terrifying. It was just freaky. I never saw anything, I was just unable to move. It was weird that it was something never happened before I lived there and I never experienced it again after I moved.

Jeff Szymanowski

Please watch First Man with Ryan Gosling

Ty Rogers

i think if enough people let her know that mike's shows get less scary as you go then maybe.

Vincent Valentin

Where do I sign the petition for bly manor?

Alex B

I didn't know that about the 1963 movie. (Then again i was born that year.) what I halfway noticed my first time through, years ago, and decidedly noticed this time was and interesting slight echo in his role of Dr. Lawrence Jacoby in David Lynch's Twin Peaks.

—thoughtstorms—Keith—

I know it's random. - but thought of another "horror/non-horror film that Nat might like for this (or future) NatMares - The Faculty. Good fun. Great reaction - I can't believe I passed on this series upon my first attempt to watch. The pacing was just so bad (to me, at the time). Now it's like reading chapters in a great gothic horror/mystery novel!

This_Jedi_crafts

So far this makes 2 people that found it beautiful. Maybe there were more. I mean i'm sure there were more, but maybe more here on Patreon.

—thoughtstorms—Keith—

Outliers gonna outlie: i found it more tragic than terrifying. And more beautiful. Darkest beauty i think i've ever experienced, but so, so beautiful. "And i find it kind of funny, i find it kind of sad - the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i ever had....." The first time watching through i remember being so sad and SO elated. It is brilliant storytelling, toppest top shelf work, and strangely- such a satisfying glimpse of _closure_. Natalie's reaction- as is her wont - was priceless! "She's haunting herself!" simultaneously so sad- and strangely - wonderful. All of those terrifying visions of the bent neck lady - she felt horribly alone, but she was very meaningfully not. Nellie haunted herself, yes. And she was there for the sweet young girl. "No, no, no, no, no...." i think that was regret for the unintentional haunting. Well, i am likely alone in seeing this as more exquisite than horrifying. Don't get me wrong, it was horrifying.

—thoughtstorms—Keith—

I get sleep paralysis often. There is usually someone in shadow at the foot of my bed. I have found myself struggling to lift my arm so I can give the entity the middle finger and tell it to "fuck off". Not sure if it works but it makes me feel better. The most recent one the woman was in my bedroom doorway not at the foot of my bed. It was pretty terrifying. Feels very real.

Myles Away

Yeah, I think this was the absolute most horrifying thing in the whole series.

Kevin Mowery

The reveal of the Bent Neck Lady broke my mind. I cannot think of a worse version of hell than to travel backward through the most sad and traumatic events of your life. *shivers*

Corey Ellis

Nellie's name in the book is actually Eleanor Vance.

Lee Gannon

Fun Fact: The little girl who plays young Nell is the same girl who plays young Florence Pugh in Black Widow which Nat reacted to yesterday 🤯

Daniel Casillas

Victoria Pedretti is so good especially this episode…and sleep paralysis is awful I used to see/hear my grandmother that passed

Charlie Keeler

To answer your question, yes, Nell saw Luke on the ceiling the night before she went back to Hill House. Also, I thought this was a beautiful episode. The ending was almost sweet, in a terribly messed up way. <strike>Nell tripping through time in the worst way possible LOL</strike>

WackySwacky

Yeah I thought it was obvious that the younger dad was wearing colored contacts.

WackySwacky

Well man, this show obviously isn't for you, you can just do what anyone does when they're not interested in a show and just not watch. *shrug*

BJ Stephens

The reason why young-dad's pupils look weird, is because Henry Thomas' eyes are not naturally blue. They gave him colored contacts to look more like Timothy Hutton, who plays the older version of the dad.

Jomero

sorry you had to watch. its terrifying

I absolutely agree. She does amazing work with the slightest facial movements, long before she even says a word. She's amazing.

RE

My only real issue with Mike Flanagan's new show was it didn't have Victoria Pedretti in it. shes a phenomenal actress. her crying face is on another level. her chin twitch when shes dressing down steven is phenomenal

Vincent Valentin

I wish this show affected me like it seems it does most people. The family dynamic stuff is really good. The script dialogue is excellent. The editing is excellent. But the show looses me on the story driver, the haunting, ghosts and scary stuff. That stuff is the story driver, pushing everything forward. It’s the reason why all of this happens. I’m bored when watching it. And that being ineffective for me, the other stuff falls apart and I don’t care about it. Without the story they would all be a bunch of millennials sitting in a coffee house working out their problems.

JediLounger

Episode 6 is one of the best directed episodes of TV I have ever seen.

Bartman

This and ep. 6 are really good. This one in particular is one I look forward to the ending of when watching with people, as it's such a gut punch (in fairness, the whole episode is a flurry of gut punches) The ending reveal and also Arthur's fate are both just horrifying. Nell is definitely the most tragic figure in the show. It's crazy that Victoria Pedretti was right out of school into this role, she does a great job.

Śéáń

Perfect way to start my work day! I adore this episode's emotional swings and the final revelation.

Sean

Thanks Nat for your new reaction! 😄 What an episode, full of emotions and with a great ending! I wasn't expecting it and I thought it was clever. The Nell and Luke episodes are really great and I think the best so far (I'm discovering the show with you haha), I hope the quality will continue to improve with each episode! Otherwise, when will you have a partnership with a tissue brand? You'll end up causing a shortage in the long run 😆 (don't change you're great 😊) I hope anyway you're fine, take care, be safe and stay golden! 💛

Calo Grsf

Happy Wednesday nat your thumbnail says it all, great episode this but I feel for you with this one the title says it all but what a tweeest, hope you're OK now 😀 few hrs of work then I get to watch really looking forward to it and also not 😂 💛

Ian

Some meds do involve blood testing, but it's not to make sure you're taking them, it's because the level of medication is cumulative and they have to adjust the dosage to make sure you aren't retaining too much or too little. Particularly antipsychotics, and I think lithium. I don't think testing just to see if you're actually taking them (vs being deceptive) is a thing, if only because you can easily game that kind of testing by taking a high dose of the meds right before the test, if you're motivated to lie about it.

Peter Yocum

This episode and the next one are some of the finest television I've ever watched. I cannot wait to see your reaction :)

RE

This episode goes to 11

Charlie Keeler

Can’t wait for her reaction to the next one - what I have been waiting for this whole time!!

codenamewitch xx

Heck yeah! I've gotten so fond of this show after watching your reactions and they're now the reactions I am most excited for :D

Danishprince

Happy Wednesday, Natalie! 😊 Getting this downloaded right now so that I can watch it later tonight. This last half of the season is my favorite. There will be more jump scares as the episodes progress. Looking forward to watching this reaction during the evening. Have a great day today! 😊 Until the next video, Stay Golden! 💛

Randee Carreno

When I started this show I was expecting scares, but this episode was ,yes, scary and also heart-wrenching and beautiful.

Obie Brown

I'm really loving that gorgeous retro style artwork on your Youtube page Nat. Looks incredible💛 Back at Hill House for some more Haunting. Let's go, with a due sense of dread and trepidation. Certainly one of the most intense shows we've watched, and heartbreaking. Your reaction said it all Nat. Great performances again, focused on Nelly, but the other characters all had their moment with her, which shaped the outcome of her story. Jeez, certainly a shock. In a neat piece of casting, Nell's therapist is played by the great Russ Tamblyn, who played "Luke" in the 1963 movie version of this story "The Haunting" Thanks for a memorable reaction today Nat 💛

Darryl Low

Here we go, this and episode 6 are god tier TV

Obie Brown

This one wrecked me

Chris H