2020 · 1 season · Horror, Romance, Gothic
The Haunting of Bly Manor is Mike Flanagan's follow-up to The Haunting of Hill House, an anthology ghost story inspired by Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. Set at an English manor in the 1980s, it's a more romantic and melancholy story than Hill House — a ghost story about love, loss, and memory as much as horror.
The Haunting of Bly Manor streams on Netflix. All 9 episodes are available with any Netflix subscription.
Both are part of Mike Flanagan's Haunting anthology — same creator, many of the same actors in different roles, but completely different stories. Watch Hill House first.
Most viewers find Hill House scarier. Bly Manor is more romantic and melancholy — described by Flanagan as a 'love story with ghosts' rather than a horror story.
Bly Manor has 9 episodes, each running approximately 45–72 minutes.
It's inspired by Henry James's 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw and other James ghost stories, though it takes significant creative liberties with the source material.