The Haunting of Bly Manor2020
“Dead doesn't mean gone.”
Created by Mike Flanagan
🏆 Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 3 wins & 21 nominations total
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
A young American woman arrives at the remote English estate of Bly Manor to care for two unsettling orphaned children, only to discover the grounds hold far more residents than the living souls she was hired to serve. Steeped in Victorian Gothic atmosphere and adapted from classic ghost story source material, the series layers quiet dread over a deeply emotional core. What begins as a haunted house tale gradually reveals itself as something more intimate and heartbreaking — a meditation on love, memory, and the things we cannot let go.
Content: Disturbing Imagery, Themes Of Child Endangerment, Death And Grief, Some Violence, Unsettling Supernatural Sequences
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · The Great Good PlacePremiere7.3Oct 9, 2020 · 54 min · Dir: Mike Flanagan
A bright-eyed American au pair hopes to make a difference caring for two orphans in a grand English manor. Yet the feeling of dread is undeniable.
S1.E2 · The Pupil7.4Oct 9, 2020 · 45 min · Dir: Ciarán Foy
After experiencing a harrowing scare, Dani tries to teach the children a lesson. Still, the kids have an unsettling way of getting under one's skin.
S1.E3 · The Two Faces (1)7.2Oct 9, 2020 · 56 min · Dir: Ciarán Foy
Dani and Miles get an uncanny glimpse of the past. Peter Quint, Rebecca Jessel and their twisted history cast a long shadow.
S1.E4 · The Way It Came7.6Oct 9, 2020 · 53 min · Dir: Liam Gavin
Racked with guilt, Dani is haunted by her own heartbreaking loss. Flora and Miles find ways to cope, and Bly's staff remember the dead over a bonfire.
S1.E5 · The Altar of the Dead8.4Oct 9, 2020 · 54 min · Dir: Liam Gavin
She's seen it all. The memories come flooding back for housekeeper Hannah Grose as she reflects on the living and dead trapped at Bly Manor.
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