The Haunting of Hill House: Season 1

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critics

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 395 Ratings

See All

7.9

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7.9	Your Score
7.9	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 395 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: October 12, 2018

Summary: Mike Flanagan's re-imagining of Shirley Jackson's novel focuses on the grown-up siblings who lived in Hill House including writer Steve Crane (Michiel Huisman) and his two sisters (Elizabeth Reaser and Kate Siegel) as they return to face their past.

Genre(s): Drama

Watch Now

Stream On

Show Guide

79
Series Overview
79
Season 1 Overview
Air Date: October 12, 2018
No episode information is currently available for this season

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

100

RogerEbert.com - Brian Tallerico

Oct 11, 2018

The Haunting of Hill House contains some of the most unforgettable horror imagery in film or television in years. The best horror film of the year also happens to be one of the best TV shows of 2018. Don’t miss it. Read full review

100

Slant Magazine - Ed Gonzalez

Sep 25, 2018

Flanagan so profoundly conveys the ferocity with which the past haunts this family, ensnaring them in webs of grief, that it feels as if we, too, are being pushed into an oblivion, so that we no longer have to share these characters’ living nightmares. For its blistering gathering of trauma, this [sixth] episode is without equal among the six that were provided to press ahead of The Haunting of Hill House's premiere, and it leaves you with a depressing and melancholy impression that there may actually be no escape from whatever it is that’s haunting the Crains. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Katie Rife

Oct 10, 2018

The real marvel of The Haunting Of Hill House is in its execution. Plot threads that initially may seem to go nowhere, or seem obvious, actually have welcome, complicated layers that reveal the relatable family dynamics underneath the heightened horror as the series goes on. Read full review

Variety - Daniel D'Addario

Sep 25, 2018

A horror series that doesn’t immediately make a case for itself; like the best of the genre, it’s slowly insinuating, building in power as it tells a story of repressed trauma and family discord. It’s an effective scare-fest that is at its best when the tale does more than jolt the viewer. Read full review

The New Yorker - Troy Patterson

Oct 31, 2018

The showrunner, Mike Flanagan, builds a dreadful atmosphere, which is crucial, because the creeping pace of his ten episodes would be intolerable if not for its ambient suspense. The show may work best as a binge watch, one where you don’t pay steady attention but instead let it haunt your own house. Read full review

The New York Times - Jason Zinoman

Oct 11, 2018

Episodes start and end with shocks, and while they are often quite effective, the scares don’t escalate. Flanagan has made an intelligent, engaging supernatural story in which the tension doesn’t mount so much as stop and start, and occasionally sputter. Read full review

Newsday - Verne Gay

Oct 11, 2018

His Haunting is a two-hour movie spread over 10 hours. That doesn't mean there's eight hours of padding here, but it often feels that way (I saw the first three hours and the last. Sorry, but even TV critics have only so much patience.) Read full review

SEE ALL 18 REVIEWS

User Score

Write a Review

7.9

User Reviews

xGabriel

Apr 25, 2019

A Masterpieceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

ChelseaL90

Oct 22, 2018

This is far more than just a Horror show. I has no idea what I was in for when I started it. I just turned it on because I saw Daario Naharis.
I don't ever watch Horrors alone, but by the time I realized this was kinda scary it was too late.
The acting all around was fantastic,This is far more than just a Horror show. I has no idea what I was in for when I started it. I just turned it on because I saw Daario Naharis.
I don't ever watch Horrors alone, but by the time I realized this was kinda scary it was too late.

The acting all around was fantastic, especially the children, and the story is so much more than just your average Horror. Yes, it is scary sometimes, but maybe it's best you start this how I did. Not knowing it's categorized as a Horror.

I finished the show in about 24 hours and recommended it to everyone i know. Then I watched it again with my boyfriend who was viewing it for the first time, and I noticed things I did not catch on my first viewing. People I didn't see, connections I didn't make. Things that I thought were pointless turned out to be so important.

This is 100% the best show I have ever seen on Netflix.
I highly recommend this to everyone.… Expand

3 of 8 users found this helpful35

Gregdel

Oct 14, 2018

The bad reviews on this site are complete NONSENSE. This is one of the best horror tv series EVER. Not only horror, but one of the best Netflix show ever. Absolutely incredible. OUTSTANDING performances. Wow! They are all top notch and probably one of the best cast of the year. The story andThe bad reviews on this site are complete NONSENSE. This is one of the best horror tv series EVER. Not only horror, but one of the best Netflix show ever. Absolutely incredible. OUTSTANDING performances. Wow! They are all top notch and probably one of the best cast of the year. The story and directing are masterpiece. I’ve never seen a horror show with a compelling story like this. It’s not only scary but truly heartbreaking. The scares are not cheap because the drama and the tension are so well made. GO WATCH IT NOW!… Expand

33 of 53 users found this helpful3320

CasandraComplex

Oct 21, 2018

I was reluctant to watch this series because well, to be quite honest, the poster image gave me the impression that it was going to be a cheap scary show for millennial's starring millennial's. That and Netflix for some reason has a way of describing their shows that makes them all sound theI was reluctant to watch this series because well, to be quite honest, the poster image gave me the impression that it was going to be a cheap scary show for millennial's starring millennial's. That and Netflix for some reason has a way of describing their shows that makes them all sound the same and incredibly stupid. After reading some reviews (from users on this site) I thought that I would give it a go. Boy was I glad that I did! It's been decades since a movie or a show has actually made me scream out loud with fright and this series managed to do it twice to me which is a huge feat because nothing scares me anymore and horror shows have become so formulaic. The atmosphere, the music score and the various scary monsters were phenomenal. Some more effective than others but that's to be expected because everyone has different triggers. I don't want to give away too much but what really made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up was the incredibly accurate depiction of someone experiencing sleep paralysis combined with night terrors because I for one, a man of 50 years, have experienced those very things all of my life. Very well done!
My only caveat is that the tone of the series made a dramatic shift towards sentimentality at the very end which kinda killed the whole scary atmosphere. I suppose I could forgive that because they had to tie it all up in a bow. I was wondering how they intended to make more than one season out of it unless they are going the route similar to American Horror Story which makes every season stand on it's own.
Absolutely worth watching and I challenge you not to binge watch the whole dang season because I sure couldn't resist.… Expand

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

GeekOnFire

Oct 30, 2018

Incredible series, full of rebound and horror, very well done. You will be at the edge of your couch throughout ... 9 episodes since the 10th, and last, totally ruin the show. Totally disappointing, cheesy, limit insulting for the audience. We are taken by the hand, explains us as if weIncredible series, full of rebound and horror, very well done. You will be at the edge of your couch throughout ... 9 episodes since the 10th, and last, totally ruin the show. Totally disappointing, cheesy, limit insulting for the audience. We are taken by the hand, explains us as if we were stupid. Completely the opposite of the rest of the story. Disappointed!… Expand

3 of 6 users found this helpful33

paulraised

Nov 13, 2018

I feel I was cheated, you are supposed to put up with the drama, so you can see the horror unravel. In fact the drama takes center stage, and the story drifts about on any direction but the horror. I didn't like the ending and I feel it drags heavily after the first three episodes. The castI feel I was cheated, you are supposed to put up with the drama, so you can see the horror unravel. In fact the drama takes center stage, and the story drifts about on any direction but the horror. I didn't like the ending and I feel it drags heavily after the first three episodes. The cast is great though, excellent performances.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

my1rio

Oct 17, 2018

Very boring. Had to fast forward thru most of the monologue. Probably won't finish it. So silly.

11 of 51 users found this helpful1140

SEE ALL 97 REVIEWS

Current TV Shows

By Metascore
By user score

96	Fleabag: Season 2
94	Better Things: Season 3
92	Catastrophe: Season 4
92	Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
89	Russian Doll: Season 1
88	Our Planet
88	Documentary Now!: Season 3
87	Veep: Season 7
87	When They See Us
87	Deadwood: The Movie
87	RAMY: Season 1
87	Barry: Season 2
87	Killing Eve: Season 2
86	Surviving R. Kelly
86	You're the Worst: Season 5
85	What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
85	Leaving Neverland
85	Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
83	The Good Fight: Season 3
83	Chernobyl

See All »