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The Haunting of Bly Manor" Didn't Live Up to the Expectations

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 Many critics believe that contrary to what fans think, “The Haunting of Bly Manor” is nowhere near the apogee attained by the first series. The accent, dialogue, and manoeuvres spoil the fun as the series falls short of an epic scary. In fact, it’s a monumental fluster cuck if you can call it that way. Mike Flanagan though worked really hard to embed his “Hill House” ideas to the world of “The Turn of Screw”, but the truth is that he failed miserably. For the firsts, Henry James was not the one to use fancy extraneous words which the narration of the series clearly and unnecessarily did. The diversion from Henry James’ ideas is what cost “The Haunting of Bly Manor” the precision it desperately required. The precision that you can get from “The Turn of the Screw” (if you have read it) stems from the fact that a singular vision was guiding the story all along. “The Haunting of Bly Manor” looks as if Mike Flanagan decided to listen and follow too many people. What had wo...