Haunted Hill House

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Television series
German title Haunted Hill House
Original title The Haunting of Hill House
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) since 2018
Production
company		 Amblin Television ,
Paramount Television ,
Intrepid Pictures
length 43-71 minutes
Episodes 10 in 1+ seasons
genre Psychological thriller , drama , horror
idea Mike Flanagan
music The Newton Brothers
camera Michael Fimognari
Initial release October 12, 2018 (US) on Netflix

First publication in German		 October 12, 2018 on Netflix
occupation
synchronization

Haunted Hill House is an American horror series directed by Mike Flanagan . The series is based on the novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson , but also has the characteristics of a reinterpretation, which means that there are some differences in content to the actual story of the original book.

It is the third film adaptation of the novel. The film was first released under the title Until the Blood Freezes in 1963. In 1999, the book was remade under the title Das Geisterschloss . Both films were originally titled The Haunting .

The series was released on Netflix on October 12, 2018 .

action

Hugh and Olivia move into an old house in the 80s, which they want to completely renovate and later sell again. The house offers plenty of space and a lot to discover for the children Steven, Shirley, Theodora and the twins Nell and Luke. It quickly becomes apparent that a lot of strange things are going on in the house. Olivia is getting headaches more and more often, sleepwalking and talking to herself. Luke and Nell see scary creatures. Theodora feels cold all the time and can perceive things through her hands that nobody else feels. One night there is a strong storm, which damages many windows and thus lengthens the renovation. Hugh finds the skeleton of a man behind a wall in the basement who walled himself in a long time ago. When Olivia wants to take a break from the house and the care of her family and plans to fly to her sister Janet - but does not - events roll over. Olivia returns to the house and wants to have a tea party with the twins and Luke's friend Abigail in the middle of the night in a strange room that has been locked by a red door since they moved in. When Hugh finds poison in the kitchen and Abigail is dying in the red room, he collects all the children and drives them to a motel. During this time Olivia finds herself again, sees Abigail and lets herself be made to jump from the banister of the stairs by a ghost. Later on, the children grow up with their aunt Janet and become estranged from their father through unanswered questions about their mother's death.

Steven is a writer who writes about the Hill House and does not believe in the evil forces of the house. He tries to justify all appearances with plausible explanations. Theodora is a doctor who helps frightened children and tries to keep all emotions away from herself. Shirley owns a funeral service with her husband. Luke is addicted to heroin and has been rehab for several times. Nell suffered from extreme sleep disorders for years, in which she repeatedly sees "the woman with the bent neck". She marries a sleep technologist with whom she has her problems under control. One night when she saw the ghost woman again, her husband died of an aneurysm . As a result, Nell becomes depressed and takes pills, which she repeatedly stops, and repeatedly involves her siblings in uncomfortable situations. When nobody wants to listen to her anymore, she drives to Boston and visits the motel and the house. When she enters the house, she fantasizes about her mother, husband and siblings and celebrates her wedding again. In reality, however, she is dancing through the ruins and on the same railing as her mother puts a rope around her neck and hangs herself.

Steven sees his sister Nell in his apartment, is informed about her death at that moment and sees a ghost for the first time. At this moment, Luke senses through "the twin thing" that something is wrong. Steven picks him up and tells about her death. Hugh appears at the funeral and unfortunately has to discover that the children have become very estranged from him. Shirley takes care of her sister's embalming. More and more strange things happen at the funeral. Luke disappears and steals Shirley's credit card and Theodora's car. Steve and Hugh want to find him and learn at a gas station that he has bought gas cans and apparently wants to torch the house. Luke arrives at the house and tries to torch it, but it won't ignite. He is lured into the room with the red door as a ghost by his mother. When everyone is in the house later, something lures each of the children into this room. There they meet Nell, who tells them that they have all been in this room. It was something different for everyone, it was changeable. For Luke it was a tree house, for Oliva a reading room and for Theodora her dance room. When Hugh can persuade the ghosts from outside to open the door - if he stays with her for it - the siblings can flee and drive their brother to the hospital. Only Steven and Hugh stay there. Hugh wants to show Steven what happened back then in order to come to terms with him. In retrospect, Steven sees that Hugh has made an agreement with the caretaker and his wife that they won't tell anyone about what happened if he starves the house on its own so they can visit their ghost daughter, Abigail. Hugh says that Steven now owns the house, his father is now dead.

The series ends with Steven writing a second part of his book, Theodora finally confronts her fears of attachment, Luke has been abstinent for two years and Shirley opens up to her husband Kevin. The process is shown in earlier and present-day sequences.

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization created the synchronous company RRP Media UG in Berlin for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Ralf Pel .

main actor

Role name actor Episodes Voice actor
Steven Crain Michiel Huisman 1.01–1.10 Karlo Hackenberger
Paxton Singleton 1st 1.01–1.10 Ben Hadad
Hugh Crain Timothy Hutton 1.01–1.10 Viktor Neumann
Henry Thomas 1 1.01–1.10
Shirley Crain Elizabeth Reaser 1.01–1.10 Diana Borgwardt
Lulu Wilson 1 1.01–1.10 Celina Gaschina
Luke Crain Oliver Jackson-Cohen 1.01–1.10 Peter Sura
Julian Hilliard 1 1.01–1.10 Nikita Steinert
Theodora "Theo" Crain Kate Siegel 1.01–1.10 Nadine Heidenreich
Mckenna Grace 1 1.01–1.10 Naomi Hadad
Eleanor "Nell" Crain Victoria Pedretti 1.01–1.10 Daniela Molina
Violet McGraw 1 1.01–1.10 Xara Eich
Olivia Crain Carla Gugino 1.01–1.10 Victoria Storm

Remarks:

1 The actor embodies the role in flashbacks and thus a younger version of the character.

supporting cast

Role name actor Episodes Voice actor
Kevin Harris Anthony Ruivivar 1.01-1.03, 1.05-1.08, 1.10 Nils Nelleßen
Leigh Crain Samantha Sloyan 1.01–1.05, 1.07–1.08, 1.10 Daniela Thuar
Mrs. Dudley Annabeth Gish 1.01, 1.03, 1.05, 1.08-1.10 Karin Grüger
Mr. Dudley Robert Longstreet 1.01, 1.03, 1.05, 1.08-1.10 Roman Kretschmer

Episode list

No. German title Original title Director script
1 Steven sees a ghost Steven Sees a Ghost Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
2 Open coffin Open casket Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
3 Touches Touch Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
4th The twin thing The twin thing Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
5 The woman with the bent neck The Bent-Neck Lady Mike Flanagan Meredith Averill
6th Two thunderstorms Two storms Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
7th Eulogy Eulogy Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
8th Markings Witness Marks Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
9 Bad dreams Screaming Meemies Mike Flanagan Meredith Averill
10 A leaden silence Silence Lay Steadily Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan
On October 12, 2018, all episodes of the season were released simultaneously on Netflix.

reception

Haunted Hill House received great critical acclaim after its release. On the Rotten Tomatoes page , the series has a rating of 85% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 8.29 / 10. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average, has given a Metascore of 81 out of 100 points based on 15 critics.

The series also received positive feedback in German-speaking countries. On the online portal Screenrush .com , the editor compared Markus Trutt the series as serious competition for the Conjuring -Horrorfilmreihe and ruled that the Netflix series was "but also so strong because they not only on the horror level alone" convince , but also present "carefully worked out, well-played and mutually perfectly complementary figures".

Kevin Hennings on DWDL.de also rated the series positively. He compares the horror of the series with that of the film Poltergeist . The horror begins as in Shining "creeping" and in the second half tends to "completely horror". Those who have not yet believed in ghosts will "now start to question themselves".

continuation

As a sequel, a second season was announced by Netflix, which should appear under the original title The Haunting of Bly Manor and is loosely based on the book The Turn of the Screw by Henry James . The first release is planned for 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Haunted Hill House. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ The Haunting of Hill House: Season 1 on Rotten Tomatoes , accessed October 13, 2018
  3. ↑ The Haunting of Hill House: Season 1 on Metacritic.com, accessed October 13, 2018
  4. ↑ In future, horror will have to measure up to "Spuk in Hill House": The new Netflix series , accessed on October 13, 2018, is so great
  5. ↑ "Haunted Hill House": How much horror can you take? , accessed October 13, 2018
  6. ↑ The Haunting of Bly Manor: Netflix confirms Season 2 of "The Haunting of Hill House" , Glamor , February 22, 2019
  7. ↑ 'The Haunting Of Hill House' Season 2 Begins Filming In September , screengeek.net, June 17, 2019