A nanny, a dark secret, an isolated brother and sister, a strange behavior, a weird English manor, all these are the products of classic horror stories. With some spirit of revenge, some romantic entanglements and ups and downs, you will see the new season of Netflix’s “Haunting Anthology” series “The Haunting of Bryan Manor”.
Bly Manor inherited the footprints of its predecessor, “The Haunting of the Mountain House” in 2018, drawing on the works of famous writers as inspiration. However, although “The Haunting of the Mountain House” is a modern rendition of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel of the same name, Bly Manor takes many different stories of Henry James The elements in it were brought into the 1980s.
Bly’s main narrative follows the plot of James’ 1898 novelette “The Turn of the Screw”. In the story, a female teacher takes care of two orphans in a remote English country house and suffers from a vicious spirit. But even though Tern left the reader to decide for himself whether the phantom was real or the female teacher was simply lunatic (to this day, the mystery is still stimulating debate), at the end of Bly, it is undeniable that the deceased reciprocity The ghost of Miss Sheng Jessel (Tahirah Sharif), the lover Peter Quint (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), and even the least hospitable residents of the manor, Lai Mrs. Dehu (Kate Siegel).
Accompanied by Mike Flanagan, the creator of the series at the helm of Bly, several familiar Hillhouse faces (including Victoria Pedretti, Jackson Cohen and Siegel) ) To emerge. This time, the siblings on the front screen are opposed to each other. Pedretti plays the role of Dani Clayton. Dani Clayton is a newly hired American nanny. When arriving at the two young wards where Bly took care of her, she quickly discovered strange things (Amelie Bea Smith) such as Flora and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) (such as Myers).
Although Bly is full of a lot of “chill, excitement and night,” it is different from the original material, it is more like a Gothic love story than a Gothic thriller. But this should not disappoint horror fans.
“Gothic romance is often misunderstood by people. The emergence of the word “romance” makes people look forward to some messy syrup. It is even silly.” Flanagan said in a statement. “But in Henry James’ world,’romance’ has different connotations. Romance means mystery and excitement-Gothic romance means horror and destruction. Romance contains secrets, supernatural pain and aggressive doom. It turns out that Gothic romance has teeth.”
Of course, this is not the first time that Turn has been applied to the screen. As one of the most classic ghost stories ever, the novella has inspired many attributes over the years. The following is knowledge about previous adaptations, other sources from which Bly drew inspiration, and the differences between the new series and its original material.
Nearly 60 years after its first release, “The Innocent” in 1961 is not only the most famous Turn adaptation, but also the most faithful original adaptation.
“Just as Hill House was perfectly adapted by Robert Wise in 1963, so was Jack Clayton’s 1961 “turn” in the innocent ,” Flanagan said in the statement. “Like last season, we have not gained much in trying to improve this adaptability. Our female teacher (named as a tribute to Jack Clayton) will not follow in the footsteps of Deborah Kerr. Not exactly…just like the Hill House, we want to do new things immediately. Reimagine and reverence.”
But other Turn adaptations are also worth watching. Although there must be some mistakes, critics describe the 2020 “Turnover” as “no humor and no panic” and “fuzzy, worn adaptation”, such as the 2001 film “Others” and the 2015 Brazilian thriller film “Through the Shadows” and “Awakening” in 2016. All of these make the theme of the novella full of its own troubles, which is worthy of appreciation by horror fans.
As for Bly, thanks to its 9-episode format, the show has time to do something other adaptations did not: pay tribute to many of James’ other stories.
Although “Screw’s Turn” provides the pivot of the season’s turn, some of Bly’s most chilling moments are on par with other James’ stories.
Flanagan said that the creators of the show reviewed all of James’ horror novels to pay tribute to the author. His influence was “woven into the DNA of modern genres, like a pale, wide-eyed ghost from Peep out from behind the curtain wall of contemporary horror.”
From “Great Place” to “Altar of the Dead”, the title of each episode is also the title of one of James’ short stories. However, the sixth episode “A Corner of Joy” and the eighth episode “The Romance of Certain Old Clothes” provide the most straightforward explanations for literary companions.
In James’ original story, “Joy Corner” is the nickname, and Spencer Brydon refers to his family residence in New York-33 years after returning from abroad, he began to suspect that this house might Will be haunted by ghosts. If he stays in America, he may have been this man.
The version of the show has different details, but has the same regrets. In this episode, we learn about Flora and Miles’ estranged uncle Henry Wingrave (Henry Thomas) who has been smirked by himself since he learned of the death of his brother and his wife. Troubled by the root vision. Affair.
On the other hand, “The Romance of Certain Old Clothes” illustrates how Bligh Manor was initially troubled. The black and white incident can be traced to the origin of Bly’s ghost problem, which can be traced to the two sisters Viola (Siegel) and Perdita (Katie Parker) who occupied the manor in the mid-17th century.
To make a long story short, after Viola became seriously ill, Perdita killed her, married her widowed husband, and decided to break into the robe and jewelry she prepared for her daughter. For Perdita, unfortunately, after doing this, she found that Viola’s spirit had been waiting inside and headed for her own demise.
Although the sisters are opposite in the original version, Bly’s version is otherwise very simple. However, Flanagan made his own story unique by allowing the ghost of the viola to play an important role in the event after the opening of the chest.
After more than three centuries of ghostly destruction of Bly, Viola’s revenge spirit found her ultimate resting place in Dani, Dani provided Own ship to save Flora from premature death.
What follows is the true “love story” part of this season, because Dani and former Bly gardener Jamie (Amelia Eve) spent their years leaving Viola more than the years before Dani living in the United States. Technically, they cannot get married (because same-sex marriage is still illegal in the United States at the show), but they exchange rings to show their mutual commitment.
Unfortunately, soon after Dani realized that Viola’s influence became stronger and stronger, she was forced to leave Jamie (so as not to put her in danger) and return to Bly’s lake. This is a bittersweet place.
Although different from “Screwlock”, both Flora and Miles survived in Bly, but over time, forgetting the whole ordeal, but Dani’s sacrifice made her and Jie Jamie paid a huge price. In the last few minutes of the season, we learned that the woman who told Bligh’s story to the wedding guests was Flora’s wedding. It happened at Flora’s wedding. It was an older Jamie (Carla Guggi). promise). Since Dani’s disappearance, she has spent a long time, longing for her return.
Post time: Oct-26-2020