The Haunting of Bly Manor
MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 9/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 9/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 8/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 8/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Amelia EveRahul KohliHenry ThomasCarla GuginoVictoria PedrettiOliver Jackson-Cohen
Written by
Mike Flanagan
Starring
Amelia EveRahul KohliHenry ThomasCarla GuginoVictoria PedrettiOliver Jackson-Cohen
Written by
Mike Flanagan
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The Haunting of Bly Manor Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 |
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About
"A ghost story that's really about grief and love"
An American au pair takes a job caring for two orphaned children at a sprawling English estate, only to sense that the house and its previous caretakers haven't quite left. Told partly through a framing narration that hints at tragedy to come, it trades jump scares for slow-building dread, aching grief, and a doomed love story. It's moody, literary, and patient, more heartbreak than horror, building toward an emotional gut-punch rather than a scream.
Watch it for
the slow-burn atmosphere and a devastating romance that redefines what the haunting means.
Maybe skip if
you want frequent scares rather than a mournful, dialogue-heavy slow burn.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 12020
7.948K98h 14m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Great Good Place | 7.6 | 6K | 54 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Pupil | 7.4 | 5K | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Two Faces, Part One | 7.4 | 5K | 56 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Way It Came | 7.9 | 5K | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Altar of the Dead | 8.6 | 6K | 54 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Jolly Corner | 7.5 | 5K | 66 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Two Faces, Part Two | 7.8 | 5K | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Romance of Certain Old Clothes | 8.4 | 6K | 56 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | The Beast in the Jungle | 8.2 | 6K | 51 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Amelia Eve Jamie Taylor
Rahul Kohli Owen
Henry Thomas Henry Wingrave
Carla Gugino The Storyteller, Older Jamie
Victoria Pedretti Dani Clayton
Oliver Jackson-Cohen Peter Quint
T'Nia Miller Hannah Grose
Tahirah Sharif Rebecca Jessel
Amelie Bea Smith Flora Wingrave
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth Miles Wingrave
Crew
Mike Flanagan
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