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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018) Episodes 5-6 REACTION! | First Time Watch | Mike Flanagan

2025-10-16 Entertainment
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Analyzing the Terrifying Truth: 'The Haunting of Hill House' Episodes 5 & 6 Reaction

Unpack the terrifying origins of the Bent Neck Lady and witness the Crain siblings confront their deepest traumas during Nell’s funeral.

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  • Experience the emotional and terrifying payoff regarding the Bent Neck Lady reveal in Episode Five.
  • Analyze the intense confrontation where long-held secrets and resentments surface during the funeral gathering.
  • Explore the house's specific leveraging of Nell's vulnerability and the complexities of family grief.

This review covers episodes five and six, diving deep into the series' midpoint and the subsequent emotional fallout. Reviewers Achara and Kristen provide nuanced analysis of character motivations, supernatural explanations, and the devastating family dynamics exposed.

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Achara and Kristen watch the creepy yet moving Mike Flanagan Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House for the very first time! The Haunting of Hill House follows a fractured family confronting haunting memories of their childhood in a mysterious mansion, where past and present collide as they face the terrifying secrets of Hill House. The Haunting of Hill House was created and directed by Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass, Gerald’s Game). The main cast includes Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones, The Age of Adaline, Orphan Black) as Steven Crain, Carla Gugino (Gerald’s Game, Watchmen, Sin City) as Olivia Crain, Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Gangs of New York, Doctor Sleep) as Hugh Crain (young), Elizabeth Reaser (The Twilight Saga, Grey’s Anatomy, Young Adult) as Shirley Crain, Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Invisible Man, Emerald City, Mr. Selfridge) as Luke Crain, Kate Siegel (Hush, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher) as Theo Crain, Victoria Pedretti (You, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Shirley) as Nell Crain, Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People, The Falcon and the Snowman, Leverage) as Hugh Crain (older), and Mckenna Grace (Gifted, Annabelle Comes Home, Captain Marvel) as young Theo. OTHER REACTIONS YOU'LL ENJOY! • The Conjuring: https://youtu.be/xnJ0r1HnM7c • The Conjuring 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ0wq-j9CVY • Annabelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KB-sx4_qYs • Annabelle: Creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYWr5qfeiPA • The Nun: https://youtu.be/O1ZwaWAm0yQ • Annabelle Comes Home: https://youtu.be/DZ2zgUmi8sY • The Others: https://youtu.be/uVucFJmIe9Q • Alien Romulus: https://youtu.be/aBV32ZKwzCI • Zombieland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnPFJ1cLMkU • Jeepers Creepers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0mA0izkJk • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRb_cAAoxW8 • It (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GQCKPvifQA • REC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-wEsvOw2Nk • Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kb-ao3G3gg • Shaun of the Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glk9fULF49w • Hereditary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nl9cyAcpY • Midsommar: https://youtu.be/uvZ6WdaUrFc • Arachnophobia: https://youtu.be/5nOWGg7nzWI • Doctor Sleep: https://youtu.be/QK6BFsCSxHs • Misery: https://youtu.be/3_khKSQJcxU • Poltergeist: https://youtu.be/8joFzzI4XSI • Child's Play: https://youtu.be/8joFzzI4XSI • Agatha All Along 1x4: https://youtu.be/RBPLFbGr3mM ____________________ Edit by CineJump Team & Praper Media Thumbnail by Praper Media www.CineJump.com www.PraperMedia.com ___________________________________________________ SOCIAL MEDIA: ~CINEPALS~ YouTube: @CinePals Insta: https://instagram.com/TheCinePals Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCinePals ~ACHARA~ YouTube: @Achara Instagram: ‪@Acharakirk‬ KRISTEN STEPHENSONPINO~ Instagram: @Kris10Kesp ___________________________________________________ SHORT FILMS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34B19BA788E18384 Click here to subscribe and know when the next video drops: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=jabykoay Thanks for watching!!!

Top Comments (10)

@dramatticdevon4741 2025-10-16

"I was here the whole time but nobody could see me"

794 12 replies
@JBeck33 2025-10-16

5 is great because of the reveal. But, 6 is a masterpiece.

608 13 replies
@theseus2776 2025-10-16

These episodes are genuinely peak cinema

598 3 replies
@QuestionableLifeChoices 2025-10-16

FINALLY, people who understand that the cup of stars speech from mrs dudley is actually super sweet! i don't understand how or why some people think it's creepy when she's literally just telling her to never lose her shine lol

408 7 replies
@nope19568 2025-10-16

Nellie deserved infinitely better than what she got, the dancing scene gets me everytime 😭😭😭 and dont even get me started on "i was right here the whole time and none of you could see me, nobody could see me" absolutely heart breaking especially with the context of her (once again) trying to keep the family together at her own funeral...

360 1 replies
@dsarni 2025-10-16

Fun fact - Nell's therapist (Russ Tamblyn who is also Amber Tamblyn's father) is Luke from the original Haunting of Hill House Movie in 63

261 9 replies
@minxiv7 2025-10-16

The beauty of this show is that The Haunting is meant in so many different ways. Haunted by ghosts, by memories, by trauma, by mental illness, by loss, this family is haunted in so many different, yet terrifying ways. It's not your typical horror, which is probably why I love this series so much. Hold on to your hats, because it does come full circle. Continue to pay attention to every part of every scene. That's my best advice. I'm honestly not a fan of horror as a genre in general, but this series, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher are all exceptions to that rule.

242 10 replies
@dalipadilla3508 2025-10-16

Bent neck lady went from scary to tragic. 😢

201 2 replies
@sirius7871 2025-10-16

The twin thing works like crazy. When Nell is on meds, luke on drugs and vice versa. Twin thing. If one gets bad, the other one too 😢

197 1 replies
@QuestionableLifeChoices 2025-10-16

theo was right about shirley and the money; she had no right to dictate that no one wanted steve's money without ever consulting the others and giving them no leeway to disagree with her, and then get pissed when people decided for themselves and kept it from her after her little soapbox speech

133 8 replies

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