![]() ![]() For proof, just watch this behind-the-scenes featurette, which may well unsettle you even more than the trailer. Most excitingly, though, is that the project is a series, rather than a film, which opens up a whole lot of opportunity for Flanagan to have some fun. Now adults, they’re reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their own past, some of which lurk in their minds, and some of which may not. The modern reimagining of the tale explores the lives of the five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. His latest project, The Haunting of Hill House, promises to do that all over again, as he teams up with Netflix after Hush to take on Shirley Jackson’s legendary novel. The director of Oculus and Hush, Flanagan has established himself as a director not only capable of scaring people, but of finding new ways to scare them consistently, creatively and seriously creepily. “I want to build a sense of tension and sustain it as long as possible.” That’s director Mike Flanagan talking about The Haunting of Hill House. Watch: Mike Flanagan talks The Haunting of Hill House Not caught up with The Haunting of Hill House yet? Read our spoiler-free review here. ![]() Now, a new featurette gives us a look into just how that’s achieved, particularly in the series’ sixth episode, Two Storms, which combines long, unedited takes with creative camera movements and even more creative prop repositioning off-screen. “The winding, non-linear format that he’s crafted here is a perfect fit for that unique appoach to editing, using memories, feelings and visual and audio cues to jump from one place and character to another the result is a puzzlebox mystery where the characters drive the structure.” “From Oculus to Hush, he’s repeatedly proven himself a filmmaker with a knack for inventive and creative scares, often achieved through seamless transitions between strikingly juxtaposed scenes,” we wrote in our review of the show. ![]() Part of that is due to the fact that it’s genuinely terrifying, but part of that is due to Mike Flanagan’s remarkable execution of ambitious effects, both practical and digital. With The Haunting of Hill House now on Netflix, the horror show is already set to be the most talked-about series this Halloween. ![]()
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