The Haunting of Bly Manor
Netflix have released first look images at The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Some of the original stars of the Hill House series will return in entirely different roles for this spin-off.
It drops in Autumn, and we can't wait to get our hands on it!
The Haunting of Bly Manor is loosely based on the 1898 book The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James.
As per Vanity Fair, aspects from James' other books The Jolly Corner and The Romance of Certain Old Clothes have also inspired the story.
The plot
The Haunting of Bly Manor follows the story of an American tutor named Dani Clayton.
She starts a new job teaching two orphans named Miles and Flora Wingrave at their stately mansion in the English countryside.
However, she soon discovers everything is not as it seems.
This home has a very dark history.
The cast
Hill House stars Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Henry Thomas will return for the new series.
Pedretti will play Dani, while Thomas will play the children's distant uncle Henry Wingrave.
Jackson-Cohen will play Henry's suspicious colleague, Peter Quint.
And the children will be played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Amelie Bea Smith.
It's believed Kate Siegel will return, but her role has been kept under wraps.
What to expect...
Showrunner Mike Flanagan told Vanity Fair that viewers can expect to see some frightening figures throughout the series.
However, unlike Hill House, the ghosts lingering around the background will be explained.
Flanagan said, 'This season we wanted our hidden elements to tell their own story.'
'And very much unlike the first season, they’re actually going to be explained.'
'By the end of the season, you’re going to know who they are and why they’re there.'
A new home. pic.twitter.com/VXBBsGamdC
— The Haunting of Bly Manor (@haunting) August 24, 2020
The Haunting of Bly Manor is out this Autumn.
