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"The Haunting of Hill House" Season 1, Episode 6: "Two Storms" | Available on Netflix
In director Mike Flanagan's "The Haunting of Hill House" emotional thrills are favored over jump scares. Episode 6, "Two Storms" puts the audience right in the action with the Crain family by not letting us look away. The entire episode is presented as one take, moving between locations and timelines in a dreamlike state. The pitch for the episode was even part of the initial proposal for the series, and the sets were designed from the beginning to accommodate the monumental technical challenge presented in filming the episode. —Marcus
In director Mike Flanagan's "The Haunting of Hill House" emotional thrills are favored over jump scares. Episode 6, "Two Storms" puts the audience right in the action with the Crain family by not letting us look away. The entire episode is presented as one take, moving between locations and timelines in a dreamlike state. The pitch for the episode was even part of the initial proposal for the series, and the sets were designed from the beginning to accommodate the monumental technical challenge presented in filming the episode. —Marcus
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