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Ahsoka.

The Haunting of Hill House (2018) on Netflix

10 episodes, watched over several days.

One of my nephews recommended it to me, and to my amazement, I found it in my Play List already. What's more, I watched it back in 2018, and it may be documented in this thread somewhere.

It was better than I remember, although I don't remember much. I like it better then the version with Liam Neeson, which came out in 1999 and was called The Haunting, but that version was was not as good as the 1963 version of The Haunting directed by Robert Wise. The 1963 version is a masterpiece.
This version of Hill House is good as well. Shirley Jackson's novel is chopped up into a new story with the important points about the house remaining the same. The story is not told in a linear fashion. It jumps from the present to the past, and when in the past, sometimes there are glimpses of the future. So we see five children when they were children, when they lived in Hill House, and as adults, dealing in their own way with what happened in Hill House. It's good. I personally thought it has a slow start, but it wraps up nicely. The slow start could be me adjusting to the story. In the end, it all makes sense.

My order of preference, from best to good. Again, my opinion, not a universal truth, and there are only three versions of the book that I know of...
The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
The Haunting (1999) - It was okay, but the original version left much to the imagination. The photography, acting, and sound made it scary. The 1999 version used CGI. I saw this in the theater, and was quite excited to see it at the time. I recall the acting was good. It had good production value, but I suffer from the sin of comparing it with the original film, instead of something on its own merit. I should watch it again.

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Episodes 1 - 10

Excellent story, well told and acted. It is a ghost story told in a gathering of people. At the end, we find the significance of this gathering and the story.

I placed this in my Watch List in 2020. I eventually watched episode 1, and found it did not hold my interest.
A few months later, I watched episode 2. Same. A earlier this year, I started to watch episode 3, maybe 15 minutes and started watching something else.

My nephew, who has similar interests in horror films, recommended The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and The Haunting of Bly Manor to me. This morning (9/13/2023), I returned to watching The Haunting of Bly Manor, and I found it interesting and captivating.
And that is why I sometimes hate placing judgement on a film of series. Just because it doesn't click today, does not mean it won't tomorrow, or a year from now.

This series was written and directed by the same guy that wrote and directed The Haunting of Hill House.

Archer.

Was it the one where Barry returns? I just watched that too.

Today, just watched several episode of Tales from the Darkside (1983) on Comet TV.

Season 1, episodes 4, 5, and 6.
Currently watching episode 7. Episodes 8 and 9 are scheduled to follow.

Just finished season 2 of The Bear. It's so good. The whole thing is just insanely well written, acted and directed. I love it.

The X-Files: Biogenesis (Season 6, episode 22).

I'm on Episode 5 of Ahsoka. Waiting for the next one.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.

Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire

Only Murders in the Building (2023) on Hulu

Season 3
Episode 1 - The Show Must...
Episode 2 - The Beat Goes On
Episode 3 - Grab Your Hankies

Meryl Streep joins the cast as Loretta Durkins, an actress who find her calling early in life, and faces rejection after rejection for the rest of her life until she auditions for Oliver's (Martin Short) new play and she is perfect.

Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez are has brilliant as they were in the season 1 and 2.
Episode three is appropriately title for two entirely different reasons.

Only Murders in the Building (2023) on Hulu

Season 3
Episode 4 - The White Room
Only one comment. Tiny Fey has gone blonde. Even her eyebrows are blonde. I'm not freaking out, but it doesn't seem right!

Ahsoka.

Is that a 180? An MR2? Whatever, after two corners I won't even see him in my mirror.

What?! An 86!? How can this be?!

The one where someone in an old Corolla chases down Keisuke, passes him and takes a corner so fast Keisuke is sure the other driver is going to crash, only for them to scandi-flick through the corner like it was nothing.

Kansei dorifto?!



Keisuke spins out and wonders to himself 'did I just see the ghost of someone who died racing on this pass'.

American Horror Story: Delicate.

Archer (2023)
Season 14, episode 5 - Keys Open Doors