Even though the events that appear to be supernatural activity are few and far between, those scenes are so chillingly written—as if Jackson was describing a phenomenon she’d seen before and really understood. The new series, as suggested by the title, will focus on the Bly estate. “There’s this thing that happens when we’re all in the Red Room,” he said in a recent interview. Fearing for her safety, Dr. Montague and Luke declare that she must leave. Hill House, in the guise of her mother, eventually leads her to the staircase and convinces her into putting the rope around her neck (the very rope Hugh had been concerned about when they first moved into the home), kisses her on the forehead, and pushes her to her death and through time, giving way to the biggest twist of the series: she was the Bent-Neck Lady all along. Hill House’s constant hunger led to the deaths of a number of characters, all of whom fell into the Red Room’s trap. Jackson also read volume upon volume of traditional ghost stories while preparing to write her own, "No one can get into a novel about a haunted house without hitting the subject of reality head-on; either I have to believe in ghosts, which I do, or I have to write another kind of novel altogether. Dr. Montague and Luke force her into her car; she bids them farewell and drives off, but before leaving the property grounds she propels the car into a large oak tree, and it is assumed that she is killed. Her death in Hill house, like all of the others, meant her soul would forever be trapped there. I started reading one night, and when my girlfriend (now wife) went to bed I just kept reading. Dr. Montague hopes to find scientific evidence of the existence of the supernatural. The author decided to write "a ghost story" after reading about a group of nineteenth century "psychic researchers" who studied a house and somberly reported their supposedly scientific findings to the Society for Psychic Research. The new trailer for Netflix’s Hill House sequel, Haunting of Bly Manor, is delightfully creepy, Hogwarts Legacy is tainted by J.K. Rowling’s transphobic views, Displaced No Man’s Sky fans are now using a galactic Zillow. [16], In 1997, The Haunting of Hill House was abridged for radio by Alison Joseph and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in eight 15-minute episodes, read by Emma Fielding. And I think Steven is wearing a red jumper [in his fantasy.]”. In the final scene of the series, an elderly Mr. Dudley is seen carrying his wife, Mrs. Dudley, through the forest at night and to Hill House, breaking their rule to never step foot on the property after nightfall. Excited by the prospect of creating her own haunted house and the characters to explore it, she launched into research. He failed to protect Olivia and lost his children in the process, but in the season finale, “Silence Lay Steadily,” he makes the ultimate sacrifice. I read it in one sitting. With his remaining living children trapped in the Red Room and him still unable to open the door, Hugh makes a deal with Olivia, promising to take his own life and commit his soul to an eternity at Hill House if she opens the door and lets Steven, Shirley, Theo, and Luke go. And the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”. The new series will debut on Netflix Oct. 9. Here’s a free one in Animal Crossing, Sega’s reviving Virtua Fighter for new mystery project, Ava, Rogue Warfare, and everything else you can now watch at home, Spelunky 2 guide: How to reach the true ending (Cosmic Ocean walkthrough), Among Us fans are creating their own crewsonas and sweet impostors. This is perhaps why it remains the definitive haunted house story".