The Haunting of Bly Manor

The Haunting of Bly Manor
Genre
Created byMike Flanagan
Based onThe work of Henry James
Starring
ComposerThe Newton Brothers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
  • Darryl Frank
  • Justin Falvey
  • Trevor Macy
  • Mike Flanagan
  • Diane Ademu-John
Producers
  • Kathy Gilroy
  • Leah Fong
Cinematography
Editors
  • Brian Jeremiah Smith
  • Mike Flanagan
Running time46–66 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseOctober 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)
Related
The Haunting of Hill House
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The Haunting of Bly Manor is an American gothic romance supernatural horror drama television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and released on October 9, 2020 by Netflix. The second entry in Flanagan's The Haunting anthology series, it mostly acts as an adaptation of the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, but also includes other elements either based on James' other works or created for the show. It features much of Hill House's crew and some of the same cast, such as Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Amelia Eve, T'Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Tahirah Sharif, Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and Henry Thomas. Although Pedretti, Jackson-Cohen and Thomas returned from Hill House as different characters, as did Kate Siegel, Carla Gugino, and Catherine Parker in recurring roles, the two series' narratives are not connected.

Following a nonlinear narrative, The Haunting of Bly Manor follows the events occurring in the eponymous countryside manor in the United Kingdom, mostly upon the arrival of a young American hired as an au pair for the two children living at Bly, and who is unaware that the manor is haunted. It was released on October 9, 2020, and like its predecessor received positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised the performances of Pedretti and Miller. At the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series. At the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards, it received nominations for Best Horror Series and Best Actress in a Horror Series (Pedretti and Miller). At the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Pedretti won the award for Most Frightened Performance.

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