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The Haunting of Bly Manor

2020 · 1 season

A slow, sorrowful ghost story that wraps around you like a cold mist, more about love and loss than jump scares.

Tagline
Dead doesn't mean gone.
Overview
After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • memory
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour2
Realism4
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama
Created by
Mike Flanagan
Written by
Julia Bicknell, Angela LaManna, Jamie Flanagan, Laurie Penny
Starring
Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Henry Thomas, Amelia Eve, T'Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Tahirah Sharif, Amelie Bea Smith
Music
Andrew Grush, Taylor Stewart
Cinematography
Maxime Alexandre, James Kniest
Length
1 seasons, 9 episodes
Network
Netflix
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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