The Haunting of Bly Manor
A gothic horror miniseries based on Henry James' novella.
The Haunting of Bly Manor is an American gothic romance supernatural horror drama television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, released on Netflix on October 9, 2020. It is the second entry in Flanagan's The Haunting anthology series and mostly adapts the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, while also incorporating elements from James' other works or original material. The series features a nonlinear narrative and follows events at the eponymous countryside manor in the United Kingdom, centered on a young American au pair who becomes aware that the manor is haunted.
- Creator
- Mike Flanagan
- Release date
- October 9, 2020
- Network
- Netflix
- Genre
- Gothic romance supernatural horror drama
- Based on
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Number of episodes
- 9
- Notable cast
- Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Amelia Eve, T'Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Tahirah Sharif, Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Henry Thomas
Lore & Background
The Haunting of Bly Manor follows a young American au pair, Danielle 'Dani' Clayton, hired by Henry Wingrave to care for his niece and nephew at the family country house. Upon arriving at Bly Manor, Dani begins to see apparitions that haunt the premises. The story is told in a nonlinear fashion, with an older Jamie recounting the events to wedding guests in Northern California in 2007. The series features a large ensemble cast, including Victoria Pedretti as Dani, Oliver Jackson-Cohen as the ghostly Peter Quint, and T'Nia Miller as housekeeper Hannah Grose.
Reader's Guide
The Haunting of Bly Manor received positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised the performances of Victoria Pedretti and T'Nia Miller. On Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 104 critics gave positive reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. At the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, it was nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series. At the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards, it received nominations for Best Horror Series and Best Actress in a Horror Series (Pedretti and Miller). At the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Pedretti won the award for Most Frightened Performance. The series is a standalone story with no dramatic link to its predecessor, The Haunting of Hill House.
Did You Know?
- The series was released on Netflix on October 9, 2020.
- It features much of the crew and some of the same cast from The Haunting of Hill House, but the two series' narratives are not connected.
- Victoria Pedretti was nominated for the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Award for Most Frightened Performance for her role as Dani Clayton.
- Filming took place in Vancouver, Canada, from September 30, 2019, to February 21, 2020.
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