Novel vs TV: ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson’s 1959 gothic horror novel THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been adapted numerous times—including two movies, a stage play, and the TV show.
Hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE details the experiences of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House.
Dr. Montague is an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”…
Theodora is his lighthearted assistant…
Eleanor is a friendless, fragile young woman well-acquainted with poltergeists…
Luke is the future heir of Hill House…
At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own…
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“It might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad.”
— Shirley Jackson (THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE)
Book Vs Netflix: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
On YouTube, Marie McWilliams compares thre book with the show:
“The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is a masterpiece in gothic literature and classic horror and the Netflix series adaptation is, in my opinion, not just an incredibly successful adaptation of this classic but probably the best book to movie/TV adaptation I have ever seen.”
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