The Haunting of Hill House Episode 5 'The Bent-Neck Lady' REACTION!! 

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Even worse, I think Nell had the ability to see the future, like Theo has touch senses. Unfortunately, she always ends up seeing her own death.

That is one of my favorite episodes.

Terrifying and broke my heart for Nell that much more.

I agree with the OP wholeheartedly. Probably my favorite episode.

Exactly... It's a tradgety with a horror backdrop... The horror isn't even the foremost aspect of this story... Its the tradgety of the people who live it...

@Carlos Saraiva um how?

@Carlos Saraiva source?

I don't fuk with horror shit because im prone to having fucked up dreams about the shit but i fuck with this

Yeah this show blew me away

The whole episode is heartbreaking

To neckbreaking.

@@rickbotic6063 😂😂😂

@@rickbotic6063 LMAOOOOO

@@rickbotic6063 damn, you beat me to it

Is hodored a verb now?

She gots Hodored!

@@ColinPoole Seems about right

YOOOOOO- i didnt even connect thoseeee!

This episode was way better. Hodor wishes he was Nell

NoseKey it’s not a new concept either. Back in the day when people did witchcraft they would use necromancy to talk to ghost so that they could get the ghost to tell them things that would happen in the future and the past. Traditional ghost lore has pretty much always said that they’re not bound by a linear time line

Honestly the time shenanigans in this show have given me such inspiration!

@@tylergannon7398 No one has ever used necromancy.

@@SnailHatan it’s a cultural practice

you put it so well here!

Braden Grant it took me forever to realize that yes they all see her with the clothes she was wearing the last time.

Considering that every single person here seems to have a completely different interpretation, this is just one more theory.

omg WOWWWW great notice!!!

Yeah, this is how I interpreted it, too.

Yeah, my interpretation was that Nell's ghost was drawn to particularly traumatic moments in her life, like a moth to the flame. Her breakdown at the end, her depression and embarrassment over Luke, the loss of her husband.

@@ianwestc Yes that is typical and inline with all of the siblings, in times of anxiety they are prone to things like this. I really loved how they would blend metaphor, the real, the hallucinations or dreams with the supernatural in a way that the characters and the audience no longer know what exactly is real or not.

But the BNL showed up before she got married, she was a little kid. Still, otherwise the theory is sound.

I was wondering...how many times did she 'drop' into her past? I'll have to go back & count, but I bet it's either 5 or 7...

Sanity Is Radical I find it actually kind of predictable, because that kind of concept has been done for a couple of times in the past.

The Flower of Spades well yeah of course it’s not the first time something like this has happened. But just as is for this show the twist was shocking for most people including me. Nothing groundbreaking but you know, It’s still pretty cool :)

@@TheFlowerofSpades Can you tell me in what? To me the reason it wasn't predictable is because you would have to understand that time wasn't fluid in that story and you really had no way to know that until this episode. I'm usually pretty good at guessing endings, but this hit me by surprise.

@@BatmanFanGirl There were plenty, but I think the most recent one was Insidious 2

@@TheFlowerofSpades Ah well I haven't seen that one so I can't speak to it.

And she was always haunted when she was alone. In her bedroom, when her Mom left her alone downstairs, when her husband died, etc.

It’s not time bending,it’s probably just premonition

@@la7127 Not to get spoilery, but they flat out state that ghosts exist outside the confines of time in episode 10

This whole conversation is a bit spoilery

@gary jones Obviously the show given ghosts aren't real and we aren't children playing pretend

The infamous Russ Tamblyn!

@@Dularr what does that make Nell?

They did confirm that

@@Dularr That makes no sense, the stages line up with their ages. And pain isn't even a stage.

@@Dularr You might want to double check that.

I see what you did there...

Last episode Ghost's head was bent to the side. I told them they had a "Bent-neck ghost" right behind them! Guess they missed that comment.

@@mojoriot2293 They must have, otherwise Nikki would have freaked

Lol! Good one.

@Diana Gero 😁

Wait, I'm sorry, but what? I love it, but when was that said?

@@Collsy100 it is inferred

@@skymorgue5892 *implied The script implies it, you infer it. Which scene implied it, though? I'm still down for this theory.

@@Collsy100 i think the whole episode! The episode is called “its a twin thing” and we see how their emotions are connected.

@@Collsy100 immediately after Nell took Luke to get his last fix she went home and dumped all her medication so that Luke would also no longer need to rely on drugs

@Samael Too busy getting scared by everything? Its a horror show and they haven't missed any aspects so far and are enjoying the show. Not a pity at all lmao

That and episode 8!!!! 😉 lol

@@gandhialwaysleavesanonion679 I agree. Ghost stories are the best!! They are the only thing that can scare me, and it's so much fun to be scared like this. So glad Nikki and Steven started reacting to this show, or else I would never had known it existed. I'm loving it so far😁

Samael it’s LMAOOO you thought this was it huh?

@Samael Its scarier than most horror shows/movies because the horror in this show carries far more weight than most.

Yes. Basically the show suggests that once you become a ghost you're outside of time.

@@zolibako4816 rather the house doesn't give two shits about time and once you die in it it has complete control over your actions...

If Nell was always bent neck, why did she kill Arthur?

@@sjw4life546 he died of a natural cause. An aneurysm

@@Ne0ne Ahhh. So he really did die of an aneurysm. Ok.

It is horrible,

I have them atleast once a month. It's the most terrifying thing you can imagine.

@@courtneythames5718 I used to have them with about the same frequency, for about 20 years. Then it suddenly stopped about 5 years ago.

Interesting thought! I always figured that she stopped taking her meds because she finally believed that the BNL was part of her sleep paralysis, and then when she saw her while she was awake and taking her meds she thought the meds were making her hallucinate!

Damn indeed... That one shot... The whole damn one shot... WOW!!!

Salmonero really?! What’s its name? I need to see her acting again 🙌🏻

@@selimjadue7865 Once upon a time in Hollywood 👍

Salmonero thanks!

I have episodes of sleep paralysis once every blue moon. The difference in my case is that I can't open my eyes. Luckily since my eyes are stuck closed, I can't see horrifying things that I've heard other people describe. However, it's still scary to not be able to open my eyes or move. I start heavy breathing like Nelle. I'd say my scariest episode was when my face was partially buried into my pillow. It made it even harder to breathe and I panicked more.

@@itsdre9x9 Only times I ever got sleep paralysis was when I was trying to induce lucid dreams. Sometimes I would fuck it up and instead of entering a dream-state, I'd get sleep paralysis instead, When it came to hallucinations I never saw anything physically, I only could hear voices and sometimes a presence walking around near by.

@@itsdre9x9 same! I had it one time where I 'woke up' but couldn't move or open my eyes, but could hear something/someone walking around my room and then I started trying to scream but couldn't open my mouth and heard a little girl say right by my head "oh, she's waking up. We have to go now". Then felt a breeze and they were gone. Freaked me the fuck out, even though it wasn't exactly a typical sleep paralysis type vision. Ugh.

@Aaron Lawson I agree with you, it's a very accurate depiction. Would be hard pressed to ever find a better one anywhere imo. I've suffered from sleep paralysis too, since I was little, and often - that's exactly what it's like. And yes, you're awake. I've also, like you, have never seen any demonic figures - except see myself floating around, til I was like 3 or 4 as you - but I do feel and hear them. Luckily, i always seem to be facing the other way. You try and call out for help, but moving your body is impossible, but when you do finally, it is THAT hard, and it takes forever. The one that reoccurs the most with me is when my blankets are being pulled on either side of me like it wants to strap me in (once I feel the blankets moving I know it's game over), then it holds me down and then starts to try to smother me unconscious. Its weight is right over my body, or lying down behind me while I'm on my side, as it's got its arm around me holding me firm so I cant move, eventually making its way to my throat and face with its hand, or holding my head down firmly into the pillow. Sometimes it - it's often male - goes straight to touching my face and throat. Then it tries to cover my head completely so I can't breathe. Its weight gets heavier, or it gets stronger, bolder and more aggressive. The more scared I am, the more encouragement they get, and the harder it is for me to move or scream. Like as soon as I start saying, (or moaning, cos I can't speak), "no no no no... " the faster it escalates, and the worse it becomes. I heard a maniacal laugh over my bed once when I was 13 and was sure I was going to be murdered. So I kept my eyes shut until I thought I heard him walk away and leave the house. And when I was little, I would hear men's voices suddenly moaning around my head and sometimes they'd get louder, really loud, all while I was awake. The only thing that works these days to get me completely out of it is by screaming myself fully awake. But like with Nell, it's REALLY REALLY hard. And it takes a while. But once I do, then I can sit up. Turn my light on. Get my heart rate down. Otherwise, I'm trapped and can't move a muscle. Doesn't seem to matter that I know what it is and I've had it all my life... it never gets any easier when I'm in it.

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Pretty sure they will recognize it without any foreknowledge.

The camera pans so slowly, it kind of points itself out how well its cut.

Trevor Reznik I really hope they do. They’re my favorite. I like seeing them on the edge yk?

i thought there was talk about making a season of the actual hill family.

Problem with a second season is that Mike Flanagan won't be involved...unless they wait until like 2022 or something, he's a busy man; and he wrote, produced, edited, and directed this entire 10 episode series...which nobody does except David Lynch (and if you haven't seen Twin Peaks: The Return, please see it, well worth the 18 hour adventure) If a season 2 happens it won't hold up to season 1 and will be a pure cash grab.

I’m pretty sure a second season has been greenlit, not sure if Flanagan is returning but I hope he does

It doesn't need it, Flanagan is way to busy to do it anytime soon. I'm sure if it is happening Netflix will rush it out, hire an entire team of people to replace Flanagan, and it won't be anywhere near as good. It will probably completely miss the point and be a generic haunted house story with a basic "burn the bones" plot line...I hope it doesn't turn out this way. but if a second season happens I will be very pessimistic about it being any good..hope I'm proven wrong but Flanagan set the bar extremely high on this one, and as far as I'm concerned this story is over and wrapped up with a nice little bow on it.

I'm currently reading the book it's brilliant!

Heavenly Day - Patty Griffin

It's been one of my favorite songs for years, I was so excited to hear it in such a great show. Fun fact: Patty Griffin says she wrote it about her dog. Lol

The final appearance in the corridor is what made it twig for me. It's the first time that you actually you actually see the bent neck lady drop and come to an abrupt stop which tells you she broke her neck from hanging. Prior to that point we only ever saw the bent neck lady from Nell's point of view stationary (after the drop). Knowing that Nell died from hanging I had my suspicions at that point.

Pat Hurd and Twin Peaks as Dr. Jacoby

No shit Sherlock

@Diana Gero 😁💚

I strongly disagree with you. She is happy with his mother and with his father. She can be friends with other ghosts as well! Maybe her whole family will die here and they will be together. It's all your imagination if it is sadder or happier. You chose the sadder part.

Mika yes! and sharp objects!