![]() ![]() ![]() The original book cover ( source, fair use) That’s a big deal, and it’ll be important later, so keep it in mind. A woman writing genre-defining, groundbreaking horror in 1959. Okay, so, something that might jump out right away is that this book was published in 1959, and the author was a woman. The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson (“The Lottery,” We Have Always Lived in the Castle). I really did! I’m probably closer to Metacritic’s 80% than IMDb’s 9.1, and I’m not sure if it quite reaches the realm of “genius.” I’m a huge fan of the book, and while I don’t have problems with this “run through a different prism” version (as showrunner/creator Mike Flanagan has called it), I do have a few…quibbles. That’s pretty good, right? Pretty dang good! So why are we here? Just to sing the series’ praises? Stephen King has praised it as “close to a work of genius.” Metacritic ranks it at 80%. ![]() Major SPOILERS for The Haunting of Hill House, both book and seriesįriends, Romans, Countrymen…let’s talk about The Haunting of Hill House, Netflix’s new series (loosely) based on Shirley Jackson’s classic novel of the same name. ![]()
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