It seems to have dispensed with the need for shocks, horror, plot, the doling out of information at steady intervals, and a decent script. And I really do think, natural bias aside, it’s with Bly Manor. Yet I find myself quite enjoying The Haunting of Bly Manor, Mike Flanagan’s follow-up to his unexpected hit retelling of Shirley Jackson’s classic The Haunting of Hill House. Halloween is the most boring time of the year. ![]() ![]() The horror of humanity begins a long way before man’s worst efforts – the supernatural doesn’t even make it over the fear horizon. ![]() I am quite frightened enough in and by real life, thank you, and I stumble too over the large obstacle presented by the fact that ghosts and their ilk DO NOT EXIST THEREFORE CANNOT BE SCARY.
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