We all have stories about the houses we’ve lived in since childhood. Something or the other has usually happened, whether it is a happy occasion or a sad one. Or it is about a window at an odd place in the house.
Maybe a balcony that was too narrow. Or an apartment without a balcony and the hassles faced with putting out clothes to dry. Perhaps one of the houses you lived in had a plumbing issue, an unexplained crack in the wall, a rat that lived in the last place you thought to look.
Something has always happened in a house that you’ve lived in, and that is why houses become parts of your soul.
This also why some people believe that your good or angry vibes are left behind with the house when you move.
Sure is fodder for tons of horror stories.
The Haunting Of Hill House is an exceptional story that does focus on the house; it is the haunting of Hill House after all. But it is more about the impact the haunting had on five kids and how it paved the road for the choices they made as an adult.
This thirteen episode series follows the lives of five siblings: Steven, Shirley, Theo, Luke and Nell.
Steven has become a popular author after he wrote his first hand experience living in Hill House.
Each episode is interspersed with past sequences that show their parents Hugh and Olivia (Liv) buying a house to renovate so they can earn enough to build their Forever House.
But Hill House is no ordinary house. While the other siblings have encountered unexplained phenomena, Steven grows up to believe his mother suffered mental problems and what he saw the last night he was there, was just a figment of his childish imagination.
But that doesn’t stop him from writing a book and exaggerating the events that took place in the house, much to his siblings’ chagrin. He does offer them a cut of profits though.
Steven is looking for more stories on hauntings and meets with people who are ready to share and sell their stories to him. He manages to explain each of their incidents with careful analysis and logic.
His fans are disappointed that their stories won’t be used in his book, but he’s a sweet talker with a troubled life that includes a broken marriage.
He also has issues with his siblings and keeps rejecting his sister Nell’s calls.
When he returns home, he finds his brother Luke, who is supposed to be in rehab, stealing his electronics.
Nell is simply there, standing and watching.
Steven is complaining about her inadequacy to stop her twin brother when he receives a call from his father informing him that his sister Nell has committed suicide.
Steven is shocked because Nell is standing right before him...
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