THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR
OUT NOW (NETFLIX) EPISODES VIEWED 9 OF 9
SHOWRUNNER Mike Flanagan
CAST Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Tahirah Sharif, T’Nia Miller
PLOT Hired as governess for a pair of orphaned children, American Dani Clayton (Pedretti) starts her new job at a country estate in Essex. Once there, however, she is troubled by her charges’ strange behaviour and begins to wonder if there is more going on at Bly Manor than meets the eye.
HENRY JAMES’ GOTHIC novella, , is oft held up as one of the greatest. It’s even been adapted once this year already, as dreary yarn . In spite of all that, James’ screw receives one further turn here, this time as the second instalment in Mike Flanagan’s anthology.
