Open Casket

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Open Casket", the second episode "The Haunting of Hill House" was concentrating more on a backstories of the family, rather then anything else. Its a build up episode which does not move plot forward but rather shows us more about the characters themselves. It wasn't as scary as the first one, to say the least, yet it did its job by expanding the backstories of characters,

Overall, so far after two episodes i really enjoying this series so far. It has good directing, script, story and acting. Looking forward to see next episodes.

This was a well done episode. It creates a narrative that is stomach turning and intense. It is as much psychological drama as anything. What the writers have thrown in are some jump out scenes using insects, kittens, and other usually taboo sequences.

There is nothing here we haven't seen before, but the atmosphere really captivated me.

Shirley is really a mess.

This follow up episode showed Shirley's life when dealing with death throughout the years. The sequencing was definitely great, and it didn't seem to be jumping around too much. This series is great so far! Can't wait for episode 3.

Congratulations to Mr. Flanagan on his superb achievement. To intricately weave multiple timelines is no easy feat. It's not merely linking one particular thread through from the past to the present. It's also unraveling the journey of all its characters and the overall story. Revealing it slowly to the audience. I don't think people grasp how difficult this is. Certainly not the low quality reviewers imdb seems to be getting these days. They sound off as though they can do better yet can't even spell.

The actors are all very good. Children and adult. My only criticism is that too many of the women look similiar. Long black hair with sharply defined features. I appreciate that they are supposed to be related and we do get to know them but even the funeral parlour's assistant looks similar. A slight criticism.

Mr. Flanagan has even directed these first two episodes. First class work. Based on his past achievements you wouldn't pick him for this type of genre but give people the opportunity and they can surprise you.

The show is fresh, though has some old school quality to it with a genuinely eerie vibe and there are some real scares in there. Fear is like art. Not every scare is going to work for everybody but there's plenty to go round.

Great to see Henry Thomas again too. Seems not long since he was Brad Pitt's younger brother in Legends of the Fall. Time flies by for us all.

Elizabeth Reaser's acting was a force of nature here, she's such a good actress, Lulu's Wilson also great, but not in that way. I love how the children counterparts fits so well with the adults characters, we can see clearly that right at the beginning. I can't understand the hate with this episode. I think was stunning and powerful. The camera work and color grading still impressive, of course this deserves a emmy WINNING, not just a nomination. The written ins't completely perfect here, but the execution makes this perfect, and the edition too. Shirley's character for me, is the most interesting character of the show, just behind of Eleanor & Liv and is on par with Luke. I love this episode, because we all know Shirley's passion with the death, it all about stories, we are stories, and this is life, this is beauty, and our story after death, it's our legacy.