The Haunting of Hill House 1 x 7-8 | Full-Length Reaction
Added 2025-01-15 04:31:29 +0000 UTCComments
that shit was fucked🤣😭😭😭
Franklin
2025-11-05 05:15:49 +0000 UTCOh Frank I’m so sorry but I’ve replayed that jump scare about 6 times in a row😭😂😭😂
Jaimie-Lea Livingstone
2025-11-04 23:32:10 +0000 UTCSo true. Suffering alone
Franklin
2025-03-23 18:34:04 +0000 UTCLordy. I just remembered the first time I saw Timothy Dalton in a film, he was the teenaged son in Ordinary People. I am old as the hills!
Susan B
2025-03-20 23:35:00 +0000 UTCNell not being able to get anyone to see or hear: such a painful statement about mental illness.
Susan B
2025-03-20 23:23:10 +0000 UTCshe really did fam! lolol
Franklin
2025-01-27 17:38:39 +0000 UTCFrank: "This show's not even really scary." Ghost Nell: "And I took that personal."
Noct
2025-01-26 17:52:23 +0000 UTCThanks man. I'm going to watch it. Already saw a breakdown video that showed all of them and oh my God. How did I miss every single one?? Literally every scene
Franklin
2025-01-26 16:51:43 +0000 UTCI heard how you wanted to see those hidden ghosts real bad, Frank, so here's a youtube video showing them all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEW6Yg6_bCE
Noct
2025-01-26 01:19:20 +0000 UTCI don't know if anyone already suggested but This Is Us is a awsone show that talks about family, showing then in the past, present and future. The writting is also perfect, the cast too
Letícia Sato
2025-01-21 23:24:22 +0000 UTCMr. Dudley's actor is Robert Longstreet, and he's in my other favorite from Mike Flannigan which is Midnight Mass, where he has another awesome performance!
Chaser
2025-01-18 16:16:39 +0000 UTCLord have mercy. I'm glad you shared this with us. I heard somewhere that "the pain reminds us we're alive".. Kudos to you for taking those life lessons from that experience 🧡
Franklin
2025-01-16 22:58:55 +0000 UTCI love this
Franklin
2025-01-16 22:55:32 +0000 UTCah our guy Louise words are always so relevant.
Franklin
2025-01-16 22:54:54 +0000 UTC🤣😭🤣😭 are 1000% jinxed myself. Imagine how everyone at work would have been looking at you and wondering what was going on lol
Franklin
2025-01-16 22:53:45 +0000 UTCAbsolutely. He was amazing
Franklin
2025-01-16 22:52:53 +0000 UTCDamn. That's so real. The mood of the funeral definitely makes everything worse
Franklin
2025-01-16 22:52:21 +0000 UTCYou mentioned not liking how things like this brings everyone together. My husband's family has a lot of drama and estrangement. His aunts, uncles, cousins, a lot of them have nothing to do with each other. The only times I have been in rooms with all of them were at funerals. Hell, for some of them it's the only times I've ever seen them. My husband and I stay out of the drama (if they want to see us they can) but most of them don't talk to us either. it's awful what families do to each other and it's worse when everyone is mourning and still can't be there for each other and get over their bullshit. I think that's why I love this show so much, the human emotion is so incredibly real-it's so relatable.
Izanne
2025-01-16 20:01:33 +0000 UTCloved the appreciation for Mr. Dudley's monologue! I haven't seen too many reactors give him his flowers for how well he takes you on a journey in just a few minutes with his tone, microexpressions, just amazing
Spree
2025-01-16 18:05:12 +0000 UTCI almost bursted out laughing and winced at work when you paused to say how you're not scared just moments before the biggest Jumpscare of human kind came on the screen. Love your reactions and views and the way you articulate things.
Jasmine Hampton
2025-01-16 14:41:50 +0000 UTCEvery time you get frustrated at how slow they're unveiling all the truths, I just think of our dear friend Louis De Pointe Du Lac "let the tale seduce you". I definitely got frustrated at all the near misses and half truths my first watch. But the pay offs are so worth it every time some new piece of evidence is finally unearthed.
Khy
2025-01-16 09:53:33 +0000 UTCYou put this so beautifully and I agree 100%. Flanagan is a master with how he utilizes horror in his storytelling!
Jenny Jackson
2025-01-16 04:05:03 +0000 UTCOh I love that Angie, and I love how so many things in this show are like this in that it can be interpreted in more than one way and so perfectly too!
Jenny Jackson
2025-01-16 03:47:53 +0000 UTCThank you, Amanda! My depression has thankfully been in remission for a while but the symptoms of my CPTSD, GAD/anxiety attacks and overall dyregulated nervous system are things I still wrestle with a lot. I am so sorry hear that you have very similar challenges! I may have learned the lesson that all my emotions are better than nothing but its still VERY hard to remember that lesson in the middle of an anxiety attack. I have had a few panic attacks in my life and that is extra hard to appreciate and accept when I desperately want to run away from those intensely unpleasant feelings. I just want to give a huge hug to anyone dealing with panic attacks. 😭. The end of Luke's episode really spoke to me and my tendency to run from my anxiety. Anxiety for me is just like that man in the bowler hat. The more I run from it the more it lingers. Its so much easier said than done to face it and stop running away, which is why the part where Luke turns around to face it always gets me. He says he's not brave but that is the definition of brave to me ❤️
Jenny Jackson
2025-01-16 03:46:28 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sharing! I am thoroughly convinced that the numbness Theo felt was not because Nell was dead. I feel that she experienced the depths of Nell's depression and what it was like for her when she was alive. I hope you are well now! Hugs, from an Internet stranger.
Angie Person
2025-01-16 03:25:24 +0000 UTCthe way Mike Flannigan uses horror to elevate the other genres and themes of his shows and movies is truly unmatched. i really dont think the family drama aspect of Hill House would be as gut wrenching without the horror elements. he is one of my biggest inspirations, his writing and directing style is so unique and impactful.
☆Novah☆
2025-01-16 02:09:47 +0000 UTCThank you so so much for sharing this and trusting us with it. Mental health is SUCH an important theme in this show and it’s a worthy conversation I think the viewers should have or at least consider. I have struggled with panic disorder and PTSD since I was a child (fellow 36-year-old here 🙃). Not at all saying I know exactly how you feel or have felt but the helplessness and hopelessness is the worst feeling in the entire world. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. And exactly what you said about learning to love ALL of your feelings, even the painful or uncomfortable ones…it’s a lifelong journey. It’s exactly why, as a literature nerd, my very first tattoo was the Kurt Vonnegut quote from Slaughterhouse Five (yeah I know it’s basic, not too much on me lmao) “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.” Again thank you for sharing such an important part of your journey. ❤️
Amanda Hill
2025-01-16 00:28:16 +0000 UTCThe way you took the time to stop and talk about how you're not scared just moments before THE jump scare of the show LMAO 🤣 On a more serious note, I will always deeply resonate with Theo's monologue about what she experienced after touching Nell. I don't really talk about this a whole lot online but you have such a great community here and I have a feeling some people might be able to relate. I have struggled with major depressive disorder in the past and a few years back I took some medication to try to treat a pretty severe episode. Long story short, the medication made the situation So. Much. Worse. The longer I was on the med the more numb I became. I am usually an incredibly sensitive and deeply feeling person but during this time I was so numb I started to understand what it felt like to be a psychopath. It was like my soul left me during this time and I couldn't find it no matter how hard I looked. The dead feeling inside, the black hole where feelings and soul and life used to be, is THE worst thing I have ever experienced in my 36 years of life. This is one of the many reasons I consider this show to be peak psychological horror. Every single time I rewatch this show and it gets to the scene where she touches Nell and screams, I get CHILLS thinking about why she is screaming. It never loses its power for me. And the part when Theo cries/screams "that thorough fucking shame was so much better than that horrible empty nothing" will always bring tears to my eyes because it encapsulates the life lesson I came out with after experiencing all of this. As a deeply feeling person, I have often wished I felt less or felt differently as it can get pretty overwhelming at times as well as mocked/unappreciated by others. But losing all ability to feel for a time taught me to appreciate and love ALL my emotions, including the uncomfortable and painful ones. They all remind me I am alive and connected to myself and I feel such gratitude for that. I'll always be thankful for the life lesson as well as this beautiful show for masterfully portraying these universal experiences and helping people connect, feel understood, and empathize with each other. ❤️
Jenny Jackson
2025-01-15 23:50:26 +0000 UTCOh my gosh that is Devious.. I love it
Franklin
2025-01-15 23:16:49 +0000 UTCSo the director told Nell's actress to jump out a little earlier in the car, so that was their authentic reaction lol.
Giovanna
2025-01-15 22:47:45 +0000 UTCThere are articles that show them if you're ever interested in seeing where they hid after you finish the show
Sydney
2025-01-15 22:44:55 +0000 UTCsimply FIRE🔥
Franklin
2025-01-15 21:06:40 +0000 UTChey leticia 😁 welcome to the channel and I'm glad you discovered it. I hope you enjoy all of it. Two more episodes 🥳
Franklin
2025-01-15 21:05:56 +0000 UTCHi Frank, speaking from Brazil 🙃 I'm sorry if my english is bad but I just wanna to tell you that I discover your channel on Yt recently because of the reaction on Hill House, I loved your reactions and comentary so much that I downloaded paytreon and subscribed to your channel! This is my favorite show 🥰 I'm so excited to whatch this reaction!!
Letícia Sato
2025-01-15 20:56:35 +0000 UTC"Witness Marks tell the story of the piece, if you know how to read them." And then he called this episode "Witness Marks". Fire. Ooh I'm jealous I didn't think of it. This is such a great adaptation. The book was really different but I love what they did with the show.
The Existential Shrew
2025-01-15 19:33:48 +0000 UTClol my bad my bad
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:44:49 +0000 UTCThank you thank you. Yeah I definitely already have it on my list
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:44:35 +0000 UTCAs much as I love going back and looking for things I missed, I don't think I'll be going back to look for some more scary ghosts
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:42:49 +0000 UTCthanks
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:41:52 +0000 UTCI'm glad you enjoyed it lol
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:41:30 +0000 UTCGood to know thanks
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:40:59 +0000 UTCI feel you 100%. , that's pain
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:40:18 +0000 UTCikr, it has been an amazing time These eight episode
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:39:44 +0000 UTCthat's fair
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:39:14 +0000 UTCI feel you
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:38:49 +0000 UTCreally good perspective
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:38:37 +0000 UTCRight when it happened I was like "omg all the viewers are going to have a good time with this" 🤣 Jumped off the couch lmao glad I wasn't the only one Perfection indeed Amanda
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:37:09 +0000 UTCI feel bad. It's a good way to get into the kids state of Mind
Franklin
2025-01-15 18:34:48 +0000 UTCFrank, I think the frustration that you feel for the dad (and others) not talking about the last night is the point. We're supposed to feel the same frustration the kids have felt all these years.
Holly Robertson
2025-01-15 17:16:17 +0000 UTCOmggg listening to the “fear is the last thing I feel watching this” knowing what was coming, then seeing you experience it was GOLD. Trust me, most of us on first watch had similar reactions. I know at this point the show had subverted my expectations of “scary” in the traditional horror lens for me so when that happened, I jumped off my damn couch. Even after probably 6 or 7 rewatches, I anticipate it but my palms get sweaty when it’s about to happen. There are plenty of incredible monologues in these two episodes where truth comes to light, but damn Theo’s is crazy phenomenal. I love how much you love the show. This was one of the first I saw where, like you said: the characters, the storytelling, the acting, the writing, the score. Literally will never have any notes on this show on how it could be better. It is forever perfect to me. Each actor was perfectly cast, every bit of dialogue is just amazing. As one of the fellow writers in this here Patreon community, I eat this shit all the way up. It never gets old for me.
Amanda Hill
2025-01-15 15:35:01 +0000 UTCIt’s never really clarified in the show but I think Hugh most likely has some type of schizophrenia, throughout his whole episode you can hear little whispers, it’s really anxiety inducing and I think it’s the point. He sees and hears things, obviously has anxiety, ptsd, gets confused with time and space..I think it adds up
Camila
2025-01-15 15:24:53 +0000 UTCRe: Hugh being unable to say exactly what he knows he wants to say to Steve after the funeral. I think, sometimes, we're so equally afraid of being forgiven as often as we're afraid of not being forgiven. I think Hugh believes he fully deserves for his son to hate him. He heard it from Liv here and agreed. He DIDNT talk, he DIDNT listen, he WASNT there. And voicing it would seem like he expected understanding and forgiveness when he obviously doesn't believe he deserves it. If Steve forgives him...but he doesn't forgive himself, it'd feel like he got away with something. I think Hugh is comfortable with Steve hating him, which is why he didn't talk.
Jessi
2025-01-15 15:19:20 +0000 UTCI mean, i'm with Theo on that one. Who tf shows up to a funeral uninvited to show support to someone you just saw a couple of times? It's a very personal moment and you should have a saying on who you want to share with.
msandiego
2025-01-15 14:04:10 +0000 UTCI agree with both of you Bly Manor and Midnight Mass is gonna be just is jam
Camila
2025-01-15 13:30:24 +0000 UTCI think he would love Midnight Mass
Jenny Jackson
2025-01-15 11:40:03 +0000 UTCI can't wait for next week, but so sad it's going to be over
Corey
2025-01-15 09:14:31 +0000 UTCMaaaaaan when the penny dropped for you about Steve's vasectomy timing 😬😬😬 as someone who dealt with trying to get pregnant for quite some time, let me just say that there is no excuse whatsoever for him doing that to his wife. What an awful situation to put her in, I would never be able to forgive a betrayal like that.
Amanda Winstead
2025-01-15 09:07:38 +0000 UTCIf you love this show then I think you'll also like The Haunting of Bly Manor. It's by the same director and also a book / author re-imagining just like hill house. I don't know if you'll like his other series though, the Fall of the House of Usher, since that doesn't seem like your style.
Sydney
2025-01-15 08:35:17 +0000 UTCAnd his lil speech before about how he thought he would be more scared 😭😭 I knew it was coming and I couldn't even say anything 🤣
Sydney
2025-01-15 08:21:53 +0000 UTCI swear everytime I rewatch I see more I didn't catch before
Sydney
2025-01-15 08:08:47 +0000 UTComg YES I was WAITING for your reaction to the Shirley and Theo car ride convo!
Wanzi
2025-01-15 07:43:03 +0000 UTCHi! Just to clear up a couple things you have incorrect that aren't spoilery. The night of the Two Storms was not the last night in the house. Also, in episode one that wasn't the mom dancing, that was Nell (it's the same that we see again in episode 5).
Corey
2025-01-15 07:28:58 +0000 UTCThere’s a couple of really clear background ghosts in ep. 7. Got a little jump scare when I noticed the lady in the basement.
Valaree
2025-01-15 07:25:46 +0000 UTCI laughed soooo much.
lex ✰
2025-01-15 07:03:57 +0000 UTCI actually laughed out loud during that part 😂 I said darlin you’ve got a big storm coming
Tariro
2025-01-15 06:58:07 +0000 UTCLMFAOOOOOOOOO the speech about not feeling fear and me watching knowing THE jump scare is coming. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 AMAZING WORK.
lex ✰
2025-01-15 06:49:24 +0000 UTCThe ghost at 1:06:29 peeking around the corner scared the crap out of me 😭 I like how the dad said it was especially dangerous for him, because he was so unaware of what was happening around him, and you can't protect yourself from what you're not even aware of.
Sydney
2025-01-15 06:44:31 +0000 UTCAnother awesome video Frank! I love how insightful you are and how many details you’re remembering throughout the show. If you’re impressed with the writing on this show, I highly recommend watching Midnight Mass at some point. It’s made by the same filmmaker as Hill House, Mike Flanagan (who is also married to Theo’s actor Kate Siegel, she also stars in MM). It has amazing dialogue and would love to see your interpretation and commentary!
Catalina
2025-01-15 06:16:51 +0000 UTCBeen refreshing the page for hours 😂
Gabriela Popescu
2025-01-15 04:39:00 +0000 UTC🙏🏾I know yall been waiting! Enjoy!!
Franklin
2025-01-15 04:37:56 +0000 UTCclicked IMMEDIATELY thank yewwww!
lex ✰
2025-01-15 04:33:02 +0000 UTC
