Exactly... It's a tradgety with a horror backdrop... The horror isn't even the foremost aspect of this story... Its the tradgety of the people who live it...
The bent neck lady was always Nell. Time isn't linear in Hill House, apparently you can be haunted by ghosts past, present and future, even your own ghost lol. What a horrifying concept!
NoseKey it’s not a new concept either. Back in the day when people did witchcraft they would use necromancy to talk to ghost so that they could get the ghost to tell them things that would happen in the future and the past. Traditional ghost lore has pretty much always said that they’re not bound by a linear time line
Fun little detail - each of the other Crain children had a vision of Nelle in their episodes and each time she was wearing the clothes they last saw her in, further reinforcing the fact that the ghost of her haunting them represents how they failed her and drove her to her semi-isolation and decision to go to the house
The Flower of Spades well yeah of course it’s not the first time something like this has happened. But just as is for this show the twist was shocking for most people including me. Nothing groundbreaking but you know, It’s still pretty cool :)
@@TheFlowerofSpades Can you tell me in what? To me the reason it wasn't predictable is because you would have to understand that time wasn't fluid in that story and you really had no way to know that until this episode. I'm usually pretty good at guessing endings, but this hit me by surprise.
Luke doesn't see the "Bent Neck Lady" because she is not a ghost. Nell is sensitive like her mom and has 'premonitions' due to her sleep condition where she can access parts of her mind we don't normally have access too. Her husband did indeed die from an aneurysm. At least that is my interpretation. The bent neck lady didn't show up until AFTER her husband died and obviously once you know it's Nell, she would never harm him.
Yeah, my interpretation was that Nell's ghost was drawn to particularly traumatic moments in her life, like a moth to the flame. Her breakdown at the end, her depression and embarrassment over Luke, the loss of her husband.
@@ianwestc Yes that is typical and inline with all of the siblings, in times of anxiety they are prone to things like this. I really loved how they would blend metaphor, the real, the hallucinations or dreams with the supernatural in a way that the characters and the audience no longer know what exactly is real or not.
Now that we've covered the flashbacks of all 5 siblings.. the director revealed that the Crain kids represent the 5 stages of grief: Steven - Denial Shirley - Anger Theo - Bargaining Luke - Depression Nell - Acceptance Also another fun fact: the guy playing Nell's therapist was in the 1963 adaptation film as a character named Luke
@@Collsy100 immediately after Nell took Luke to get his last fix she went home and dumped all her medication so that Luke would also no longer need to rely on drugs
This is one of my favorite episodes, I love Nell, Victoria Pedretti's acting as Nell is incredible and the child actress who played her younger self too. Great reactions as always. Peace✌
Oh man, when I see this episode. I almost broke down for Nel. Finding out she was the Bent Neck Lady was insane. It did make me think about how people say that your life flashes before you at the end. What if each person is their own ghost here in our reality.
@Samael Too busy getting scared by everything? Its a horror show and they haven't missed any aspects so far and are enjoying the show. Not a pity at all lmao
@@gandhialwaysleavesanonion679 I agree. Ghost stories are the best!! They are the only thing that can scare me, and it's so much fun to be scared like this. So glad Nikki and Steven started reacting to this show, or else I would never had known it existed. I'm loving it so far😁
This is a show that turns from spooky horror to just flat out family tragedy and back in a heartbeat. So well done by everybody involved. All I gotta say is rest up for next week, 'cause....damn.
Nelle has been trying to warn herself throughout her entire life. She’s such an intuitive like her mother and Theo. Her visions just manifest differently than Theo’s ‘touch’ premonition. Unfortunately she wasn’t able to interpret those visions in time to stop them. That was my take on it.
This is my favorite episode of the series! The fact that Nell had been haunting herself for her whole life, is just crazy! As someone who suffers from sleep paralysis, this is a very accurate depiction of what happens. I've only ever seen myself floating above too, but there are people that see demonic like things when they experience sleep paralysis
I have episodes of sleep paralysis once every blue moon. The difference in my case is that I can't open my eyes. Luckily since my eyes are stuck closed, I can't see horrifying things that I've heard other people describe. However, it's still scary to not be able to open my eyes or move. I start heavy breathing like Nelle. I'd say my scariest episode was when my face was partially buried into my pillow. It made it even harder to breathe and I panicked more.
@@itsdre9x9 Only times I ever got sleep paralysis was when I was trying to induce lucid dreams. Sometimes I would fuck it up and instead of entering a dream-state, I'd get sleep paralysis instead, When it came to hallucinations I never saw anything physically, I only could hear voices and sometimes a presence walking around near by.
@@itsdre9x9 same! I had it one time where I 'woke up' but couldn't move or open my eyes, but could hear something/someone walking around my room and then I started trying to scream but couldn't open my mouth and heard a little girl say right by my head "oh, she's waking up. We have to go now". Then felt a breeze and they were gone. Freaked me the fuck out, even though it wasn't exactly a typical sleep paralysis type vision. Ugh.
@Aaron Lawson I agree with you, it's a very accurate depiction. Would be hard pressed to ever find a better one anywhere imo. I've suffered from sleep paralysis too, since I was little, and often - that's exactly what it's like. And yes, you're awake. I've also, like you, have never seen any demonic figures - except see myself floating around, til I was like 3 or 4 as you - but I do feel and hear them. Luckily, i always seem to be facing the other way. You try and call out for help, but moving your body is impossible, but when you do finally, it is THAT hard, and it takes forever. The one that reoccurs the most with me is when my blankets are being pulled on either side of me like it wants to strap me in (once I feel the blankets moving I know it's game over), then it holds me down and then starts to try to smother me unconscious. Its weight is right over my body, or lying down behind me while I'm on my side, as it's got its arm around me holding me firm so I cant move, eventually making its way to my throat and face with its hand, or holding my head down firmly into the pillow. Sometimes it - it's often male - goes straight to touching my face and throat. Then it tries to cover my head completely so I can't breathe. Its weight gets heavier, or it gets stronger, bolder and more aggressive. The more scared I am, the more encouragement they get, and the harder it is for me to move or scream. Like as soon as I start saying, (or moaning, cos I can't speak), "no no no no... " the faster it escalates, and the worse it becomes. I heard a maniacal laugh over my bed once when I was 13 and was sure I was going to be murdered. So I kept my eyes shut until I thought I heard him walk away and leave the house. And when I was little, I would hear men's voices suddenly moaning around my head and sometimes they'd get louder, really loud, all while I was awake. The only thing that works these days to get me completely out of it is by screaming myself fully awake. But like with Nell, it's REALLY REALLY hard. And it takes a while. But once I do, then I can sit up. Turn my light on. Get my heart rate down. Otherwise, I'm trapped and can't move a muscle. Doesn't seem to matter that I know what it is and I've had it all my life... it never gets any easier when I'm in it.
Interesting thought! I always figured that she stopped taking her meds because she finally believed that the BNL was part of her sleep paralysis, and then when she saw her while she was awake and taking her meds she thought the meds were making her hallucinate!
When Nell is having the sleep paralysis episode. Steven: "That's got to be horrifying!". For anyone who has had sleep paralysis, those first few times.... f*ck yes!
That was easily some of the most terrifying horror I’ve ever seen. Not terrifying because it was necessarily super scary, but holy hell when you soak it all in it’s beyond tragic. The Bent-Neck Lady was Nell trying to warn herself of her own death.
Shes such a great actress.. Really sold the whole sleep paralysis thing, and the death or her husband was just heartbreaking 😣 Can't wait to see her in the new Tarantino movie with Brad Pitt, DiCaprio, Margot Robbie.. 23 years old and already getting some killer roles! 👏
That sleep pharalysis is a real thing. I had it a long long time, many times. And in this episode they show it quite right. It feels like that, you are a wake, cant move, see ghosts. And it is absolutely terrifying. But I learnd how to live with that.. But yeah, its real thing what Nell is experiensing.
Man it's such a rough scene the last dance. Makes me cry like a child, all Nellie wanted was her brother to share the happiest moment of her life with. What a cruel thing to do to someone.
I've watched this show in it's entirety twice now, and a 3rd here with the both of you. This episode floored me. Episode 6 is a cinematic masterpiece...I hope you notice what they accomplish in the next episode with the camera work. It's amazing. The show runners said before this show even premiered that this is a one and done stand alone series. The Director, Mike Flanagan, also did Gerald's Game, a Steven King story, and Hush which stars Theo! Both are on Netflix, and definitely worth a watch, maybe a reaction to them once your done with this show. Flanagan is also writing and directing Dr. Sleep, a shining sequel adapted from Steven King's book of the same name! This dude is on fire!! such a good film maker.
Problem with a second season is that Mike Flanagan won't be involved...unless they wait until like 2022 or something, he's a busy man; and he wrote, produced, edited, and directed this entire 10 episode series...which nobody does except David Lynch (and if you haven't seen Twin Peaks: The Return, please see it, well worth the 18 hour adventure) If a season 2 happens it won't hold up to season 1 and will be a pure cash grab.
It doesn't need it, Flanagan is way to busy to do it anytime soon. I'm sure if it is happening Netflix will rush it out, hire an entire team of people to replace Flanagan, and it won't be anywhere near as good. It will probably completely miss the point and be a generic haunted house story with a basic "burn the bones" plot line...I hope it doesn't turn out this way. but if a second season happens I will be very pessimistic about it being any good..hope I'm proven wrong but Flanagan set the bar extremely high on this one, and as far as I'm concerned this story is over and wrapped up with a nice little bow on it.
The first time I watched this, I was stunned to realize that I was crying over a character I knew so little about and the show was only 5 episodes in. To me, that is so rare to find in any series. Even Game of Thrones didn't do that for me until the Red Wedding. This series just dominated my senses and there wasn't one moment where I didn't get chills. Beautiful handling of the original material.
Also re: Nikki's question at the end, there is a book called the Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson but the show is only loosely based on the book. In the book the characters are four strangers who are sensitive to the paranormal who are brought to the house by a psychiatrist to see if the house is haunted. Most of the characters have the same names as in the show.
So the reason you see Luke following the mom up the stairs is alluded to earlier in the episode. After their dad brings all the kids to the hotel, Luke says that he and Nell had a tea party in the Red Room with Abigail and their mom. Also, Nell is the bent neck lady and always have been. The confusion probably comes from the idea the show plays with, where hauntings and time aren't necessarily linear. Either ghosts exist outside of time themselves, or they do in the house because it's special. She died in that house, and so she haunted herself her entire life, and young Nell was haunted by her death.
That reveal at the end of the episode was so freaking shocking to me! What an amazing show! Each episode was getting better and better. Love your reactions Nikki and Steven. 😉😊👍🏼👍🏼
The idea of time doesn't apply in the house, so once she is to die inside it, her spirit/ghost has always been there. Remember the writing on the wall.
I caught that the bent neck lady was Nell all along is right at the start of the episode, when the bent neck lady said "no no no" when hovering above little Nell. Idk i just noticed the articulation is very similiar to Nell's even though it was distorted.
The final appearance in the corridor is what made it twig for me. It's the first time that you actually you actually see the bent neck lady drop and come to an abrupt stop which tells you she broke her neck from hanging. Prior to that point we only ever saw the bent neck lady from Nell's point of view stationary (after the drop). Knowing that Nell died from hanging I had my suspicions at that point.
“I’m affected” 🤣 I’m sorry Nikki but I’m hysterically laughing because you re adorable and Steven’s face goes into a grimace. You both look like I felt after this episode. I’m guessing the her haunted mom is calling the most vulnerable of her kids home first. Nell has been haunted by the house and her own death her whole life but could have used the horrifying bent neck lady as a warning not to go to the house. So sad. Terrifying but sad too
It's been one of my favorite songs for years, I was so excited to hear it in such a great show. Fun fact: Patty Griffin says she wrote it about her dog. Lol
I must admit I love hearing Nikki swear 😁 What I found the most horrific in that ep is that when Olivia is giving her necklace to Nell, she’s actually giving her the noose to put around her neck.
This is an amazing episode, my second favorite. My favorite one is episode 6 for all the camera and acting job, such a fantastic cinematic experience :)
Victoria Pedretti became one my favourite actresses last year (along with Hailee Steinfeld). The actor playing the psychiatrist was Luke in the 1963 movie version adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House called The Haunting.
When Nell dies she sees herself fall and travel through the past revealing that she herself is the Brent-Neck Lady haunting her younger self, becoming a ghost of the house.
Fun fact: The actor who plays Nell's therapist was in the original 1963 version, which was called "The Haunting". He was also in the great movie "West Side Story"
it’s so scary to think that she was haunted by her own death her entire life and didn’t even know it. that mind fucked me when I watched that part! btw, before you guys watch next episode, can you keep in mind that the entire episode 6 was done in a total of only 4 shots. each shot lasted about 15+ mins. it was amazing camera work! y’all are gonna love it
I saw an easter egg video, telling us that the Screaming Lady on luke’s drawing was her sister. He also said that nell wasn’t the only one who has a premonition.
Yes! I have been waiting for your reaction to this. This and Luke's episode are probably my favorites. This one is just so f*cking emotional. I cried like a goddamn baby during that whole ending scene where Nell sees everybody and dances with Arthur.
This is the episode where it adds heartbreaking sadness in with the scary. The house gives her everything she wants: to be believed, her mother, her brother clean and healthy, her husband...all just to kill her. I cried through every episode from this one, to the end of the season.
finding out that nell is the bent neck lady was one of the craziest things ever, the mom who died in that house wanted her family back, your reactions WERE SPOT ON.
She was haunting herself, she was the only one that knew *the whole time.* It's a mind$&^% for surrrre! I wish y'all would release these quicker. Haha. Much Love 😁💚
I'm not sure where they drew inspiration from the porch light thing but it reminds me of this episode I was watching that was sort of a documentary.. in the old days during slavery, a woman I think that was the maid or something of a slave trader would use the back porch light and flick it off and on twice to signal at some people waiting in a field and let them know when their "master" was asleep so that they could run and save and help escape some slaves.
I've been waiting for this reaction since I discovered your channel. This episode is my favorite in the entire series regarding story and that insane plot twist, and the next episode is one of the most incredible displays of technical camerawork, set design, and actor direction I've seen in film. I'm so excited to see what you think of it.
Nell's story is horrifying but more so tragic than anything. Her undoing had been haunting her her whole life, so it was emotional for me. I think episode 6 is going to be emotional for you guys as well as it was for me. 6 is so well crafted in technique and filming and acting and editing. All in all this show was cathartic for me in dealing with many things in my own life that were themes in the show itself.
Nell's psychiatrist was played by Russ Tamblyn, who also played Dr. Jacoby, Laura Palmer's psychiatrist, on Twin Peaks. (Also, he was in a bunch of old Hollywood musicals back in the day, notably West Side Story and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.)
I know I'm like, a year late, but this is my favorite episode! I think the minute Nell entered Hill House, her path was set. The only time her path altered was when she was happy with Arthur, but his aneurysm put her firmly back on her path to Hill House. Nellie was sensitive too, in a different way from Theo, and in particularly traumatic times she glimpsed her fate. This episode changed the story from horror to tragedy for me. Love these reactions!
I had 3 times sleep paralysis in my life, like 10 years ago. It was like a dark entity over me, in my bed.. it was trying to kill me, holding my neck.. I couldn’t breath. Later I knew it was a sleep paralysis, but before I was really sure that it could be a dark spirit or something like that.. it was really maddening and terrifying. WHAT AN EPISODE! Poor Nell 😭
you guys..... the next episode is so amazing. The entire episode is only like 5 different shots. 5 to 15 minute long ass steady cam shots. Even the child actors hold their own. Can't wait for you to see it
I'm thinking that ghosts, spirits, monsters, apparitions and everything in between have an annual meeting, trying to figure out the best most fucked up way to mess with people.
I never got notified when this video dropped!! :( Thankfully it popped up on my feed or I wouldn't have known. Great reaction!. I've been looking forward to this one!
so i saw you react to this and just put it on as background noise but this one i really watched and i was like wow ok its actually kinda cool so i spent the last day and a half binging this show and i just have to say WOW this truly is my favorite show of all time now and i cant wait for you guys to finish this especially the next episode since i know steven loves camera work. before this i had game of thrones as my all time favorite but the story of this just blew it out of the waters. this really is an EXCELLENT show and i just wish i could see all your reactions now but trust me this show has so many good twists and turns and i dont want to spoil anything but again please keep watching this bc youre reactions are some of the best. thank you for reacting to this show because otherwise i would have never found it
I've experienced sleep paralysis and it is terrifying. It hasn't happened in a long time but when I was younger, I used to see a tall shadowy figure wearing a fedora-like hat standing in my doorway illuminated only by the night light in the bathroom or the moonlight. It was only recently that I discovered that the Hat Man has been reported by sleep paralysis sufferers all over the world for years. Luke's episode especially terrified me because of this.
The fact that Nell was haunted by her own death her whole life is terrifying and so well done. Love this episode 🖤
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Even worse, I think Nell had the ability to see the future, like Theo has touch senses. Unfortunately, she always ends up seeing her own death.
That is one of my favorite episodes.
Terrifying and broke my heart for Nell that much more.
I agree with the OP wholeheartedly. Probably my favorite episode.
This episode goes from scary to heartbreaking.
The whole episode is heartbreaking
To neckbreaking.
@@rickbotic6063 😂😂😂
@@rickbotic6063 LMAOOOOO
@@rickbotic6063 damn, you beat me to it
This episode changed the show from scary to tragic for me.
Amazing show, acting, and writing.
Exactly... It's a tradgety with a horror backdrop... The horror isn't even the foremost aspect of this story... Its the tradgety of the people who live it...
@Carlos Saraiva um how?
@Carlos Saraiva source?
I don't fuk with horror shit because im prone to having fucked up dreams about the shit but i fuck with this
Yeah this show blew me away
Haunted by her own death. Just like Hodor
Is hodored a verb now?
She gots Hodored!
@@ColinPoole Seems about right
YOOOOOO- i didnt even connect thoseeee!
This episode was way better. Hodor wishes he was Nell
The bent neck lady was always Nell. Time isn't linear in Hill House, apparently you can be haunted by ghosts past, present and future, even your own ghost lol. What a horrifying concept!
NoseKey it’s not a new concept either. Back in the day when people did witchcraft they would use necromancy to talk to ghost so that they could get the ghost to tell them things that would happen in the future and the past. Traditional ghost lore has pretty much always said that they’re not bound by a linear time line
Honestly the time shenanigans in this show have given me such inspiration!
@@tylergannon7398 No one has ever used necromancy.
@@SnailHatan it’s a cultural practice
you put it so well here!
Fun little detail - each of the other Crain children had a vision of Nelle in their episodes and each time she was wearing the clothes they last saw her in, further reinforcing the fact that the ghost of her haunting them represents how they failed her and drove her to her semi-isolation and decision to go to the house
Braden Grant it took me forever to realize that yes they all see her with the clothes she was wearing the last time.
Considering that every single person here seems to have a completely different interpretation, this is just one more theory.
omg WOWWWW great notice!!!
That twist had me shook for a couple days. Mike Flanagan is a genius.
Sanity Is Radical I find it actually kind of predictable, because that kind of concept has been done for a couple of times in the past.
The Flower of Spades well yeah of course it’s not the first time something like this has happened. But just as is for this show the twist was shocking for most people including me. Nothing groundbreaking but you know, It’s still pretty cool :)
@@TheFlowerofSpades Can you tell me in what? To me the reason it wasn't predictable is because you would have to understand that time wasn't fluid in that story and you really had no way to know that until this episode. I'm usually pretty good at guessing endings, but this hit me by surprise.
@@BatmanFanGirl There were plenty, but I think the most recent one was Insidious 2
@@TheFlowerofSpades Ah well I haven't seen that one so I can't speak to it.
Luke doesn't see the "Bent Neck Lady" because she is not a ghost. Nell is sensitive like her mom and has 'premonitions' due to her sleep condition where she can access parts of her mind we don't normally have access too. Her husband did indeed die from an aneurysm. At least that is my interpretation. The bent neck lady didn't show up until AFTER her husband died and obviously once you know it's Nell, she would never harm him.
Yeah, this is how I interpreted it, too.
Yeah, my interpretation was that Nell's ghost was drawn to particularly traumatic moments in her life, like a moth to the flame. Her breakdown at the end, her depression and embarrassment over Luke, the loss of her husband.
@@ianwestc Yes that is typical and inline with all of the siblings, in times of anxiety they are prone to things like this. I really loved how they would blend metaphor, the real, the hallucinations or dreams with the supernatural in a way that the characters and the audience no longer know what exactly is real or not.
But the BNL showed up before she got married, she was a little kid. Still, otherwise the theory is sound.
I was wondering...how many times did she 'drop' into her past? I'll have to go back & count, but I bet it's either 5 or 7...
The house exists outside time and Nells spirit is trapped there. Nell’s being haunted by her own ghost in and endless loop.
Now that we've covered the flashbacks of all 5 siblings.. the director revealed that the Crain kids represent the 5 stages of grief:
Steven - Denial
Shirley - Anger
Theo - Bargaining
Luke - Depression
Nell - Acceptance
Also another fun fact: the guy playing Nell's therapist was in the 1963 adaptation film as a character named Luke
The infamous Russ Tamblyn!
@@Dularr what does that make Nell?
They did confirm that
@@Dularr That makes no sense, the stages line up with their ages. And pain isn't even a stage.
@@Dularr You might want to double check that.
Nell is definitely the bent neck lady. Ghosts are not constrained by time, they exist in all time. She had haunted herself her entire life.
And she was always haunted when she was alone. In her bedroom, when her Mom left her alone downstairs, when her husband died, etc.
It’s not time bending,it’s probably just premonition
@@la7127 Not to get spoilery, but they flat out state that ghosts exist outside the confines of time in episode 10
This whole conversation is a bit spoilery
@gary jones Obviously the show given ghosts aren't real and we aren't children playing pretend
Stephen was a great brother as a child. He changed after Hill House, so that's how his trauma presented. It's so sad.
I cried so hard.....I felt so badly for Nell.
You two were reacting to this episode, and there was a Ghost behind you all the time!
XD
I see what you did there...
Last episode Ghost's head was bent to the side. I told them they had a "Bent-neck ghost" right behind them! Guess they missed that comment.
@@mojoriot2293 They must have, otherwise Nikki would have freaked
Lol! Good one.
@Diana Gero 😁
The fact that Nell stopped taking her meds because she knew it was affecting her twin's drug habit ugh this episode is heartbreaking
Wait, I'm sorry, but what? I love it, but when was that said?
@@Collsy100 it is inferred
@@skymorgue5892 *implied
The script implies it, you infer it. Which scene implied it, though? I'm still down for this theory.
@@Collsy100 i think the whole episode! The episode is called “its a twin thing” and we see how their emotions are connected.
@@Collsy100 immediately after Nell took Luke to get his last fix she went home and dumped all her medication so that Luke would also no longer need to rely on drugs
This is one of my favorite episodes, I love Nell, Victoria Pedretti's acting as Nell is incredible and the child actress who played her younger self too. Great reactions as always. Peace✌
Victoria Pedretti who plays Nell should be nominated for all the awards. She is amazing in this episode (and the whole show)
Oh man, when I see this episode. I almost broke down for Nel. Finding out she was the Bent Neck Lady was insane. It did make me think about how people say that your life flashes before you at the end. What if each person is their own ghost here in our reality.
The reaction we've all been waiting for!
@Samael Too busy getting scared by everything? Its a horror show and they haven't missed any aspects so far and are enjoying the show. Not a pity at all lmao
That and episode 8!!!! 😉 lol
@@gandhialwaysleavesanonion679 I agree. Ghost stories are the best!! They are the only thing that can scare me, and it's so much fun to be scared like this. So glad Nikki and Steven started reacting to this show, or else I would never had known it existed. I'm loving it so far😁
Samael it’s LMAOOO you thought this was it huh?
@Samael Its scarier than most horror shows/movies because the horror in this show carries far more weight than most.
The bent neck lady has always been Nell
Yes. Basically the show suggests that once you become a ghost you're outside of time.
@@zolibako4816 rather the house doesn't give two shits about time and once you die in it it has complete control over your actions...
If Nell was always bent neck, why did she kill Arthur?
@@sjw4life546 he died of a natural cause. An aneurysm
@@Ne0ne Ahhh. So he really did die of an aneurysm. Ok.
This is a show that turns from spooky horror to just flat out family tragedy and back in a heartbeat. So well done by everybody involved. All I gotta say is rest up for next week, 'cause....damn.
Damn indeed... That one shot... The whole damn one shot... WOW!!!
Nelle has been trying to warn herself throughout her entire life. She’s such an intuitive like her mother and Theo. Her visions just manifest differently than Theo’s ‘touch’ premonition. Unfortunately she wasn’t able to interpret those visions in time to stop them. That was my take on it.
This is my favorite episode of the series! The fact that Nell had been haunting herself for her whole life, is just crazy! As someone who suffers from sleep paralysis, this is a very accurate depiction of what happens. I've only ever seen myself floating above too, but there are people that see demonic like things when they experience sleep paralysis
I have episodes of sleep paralysis once every blue moon. The difference in my case is that I can't open my eyes. Luckily since my eyes are stuck closed, I can't see horrifying things that I've heard other people describe. However, it's still scary to not be able to open my eyes or move. I start heavy breathing like Nelle. I'd say my scariest episode was when my face was partially buried into my pillow. It made it even harder to breathe and I panicked more.
@@itsdre9x9 Only times I ever got sleep paralysis was when I was trying to induce lucid dreams. Sometimes I would fuck it up and instead of entering a dream-state, I'd get sleep paralysis instead, When it came to hallucinations I never saw anything physically, I only could hear voices and sometimes a presence walking around near by.
@@itsdre9x9 same! I had it one time where I 'woke up' but couldn't move or open my eyes, but could hear something/someone walking around my room and then I started trying to scream but couldn't open my mouth and heard a little girl say right by my head "oh, she's waking up. We have to go now". Then felt a breeze and they were gone. Freaked me the fuck out, even though it wasn't exactly a typical sleep paralysis type vision. Ugh.
@Aaron Lawson I agree with you, it's a very accurate depiction. Would be hard pressed to ever find a better one anywhere imo. I've suffered from sleep paralysis too, since I was little, and often - that's exactly what it's like. And yes, you're awake. I've also, like you, have never seen any demonic figures - except see myself floating around, til I was like 3 or 4 as you - but I do feel and hear them. Luckily, i always seem to be facing the other way. You try and call out for help, but moving your body is impossible, but when you do finally, it is THAT hard, and it takes forever. The one that reoccurs the most with me is when my blankets are being pulled on either side of me like it wants to strap me in (once I feel the blankets moving I know it's game over), then it holds me down and then starts to try to smother me unconscious. Its weight is right over my body, or lying down behind me while I'm on my side, as it's got its arm around me holding me firm so I cant move, eventually making its way to my throat and face with its hand, or holding my head down firmly into the pillow. Sometimes it - it's often male - goes straight to touching my face and throat. Then it tries to cover my head completely so I can't breathe. Its weight gets heavier, or it gets stronger, bolder and more aggressive. The more scared I am, the more encouragement they get, and the harder it is for me to move or scream. Like as soon as I start saying, (or moaning, cos I can't speak), "no no no no... " the faster it escalates, and the worse it becomes. I heard a maniacal laugh over my bed once when I was 13 and was sure I was going to be murdered. So I kept my eyes shut until I thought I heard him walk away and leave the house. And when I was little, I would hear men's voices suddenly moaning around my head and sometimes they'd get louder, really loud, all while I was awake. The only thing that works these days to get me completely out of it is by screaming myself fully awake. But like with Nell, it's REALLY REALLY hard. And it takes a while. But once I do, then I can sit up. Turn my light on. Get my heart rate down. Otherwise, I'm trapped and can't move a muscle. Doesn't seem to matter that I know what it is and I've had it all my life... it never gets any easier when I'm in it.
Please pay attention to the cuts in episode 6! The shots are incredible! Please moderators! Inform them.
Pretty sure they will recognize it without any foreknowledge.
The camera pans so slowly, it kind of points itself out how well its cut.
Trevor Reznik I really hope they do. They’re my favorite. I like seeing them on the edge yk?
The sad thing about it is that Nell stopped taking her meds because she knew that if she continued, so would Luke
Interesting thought! I always figured that she stopped taking her meds because she finally believed that the BNL was part of her sleep paralysis, and then when she saw her while she was awake and taking her meds she thought the meds were making her hallucinate!
When Nell is having the sleep paralysis episode. Steven: "That's got to be horrifying!".
For anyone who has had sleep paralysis, those first few times.... f*ck yes!
It is horrible,
I have them atleast once a month. It's the most terrifying thing you can imagine.
@@courtneythames5718 I used to have them with about the same frequency, for about 20 years. Then it suddenly stopped about 5 years ago.
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That was easily some of the most terrifying horror I’ve ever seen. Not terrifying because it was necessarily super scary, but holy hell when you soak it all in it’s beyond tragic. The Bent-Neck Lady was Nell trying to warn herself of her own death.
Shes such a great actress.. Really sold the whole sleep paralysis thing, and the death or her husband was just heartbreaking 😣 Can't wait to see her in the new Tarantino movie with Brad Pitt, DiCaprio, Margot Robbie.. 23 years old and already getting some killer roles! 👏
Salmonero really?! What’s its name? I need to see her acting again 🙌🏻
@@selimjadue7865 Once upon a time in Hollywood 👍
Salmonero thanks!
Haunted by her own death throughout her whole life!
That sleep pharalysis is a real thing. I had it a long long time, many times. And in this episode they show it quite right. It feels like that, you are a wake, cant move, see ghosts. And it is absolutely terrifying. But I learnd how to live with that.. But yeah, its real thing what Nell is experiensing.
Man it's such a rough scene the last dance. Makes me cry like a child, all Nellie wanted was her brother to share the happiest moment of her life with. What a cruel thing to do to someone.
I've watched this show in it's entirety twice now, and a 3rd here with the both of you. This episode floored me. Episode 6 is a cinematic masterpiece...I hope you notice what they accomplish in the next episode with the camera work. It's amazing. The show runners said before this show even premiered that this is a one and done stand alone series. The Director, Mike Flanagan, also did Gerald's Game, a Steven King story, and Hush which stars Theo! Both are on Netflix, and definitely worth a watch, maybe a reaction to them once your done with this show. Flanagan is also writing and directing Dr. Sleep, a shining sequel adapted from Steven King's book of the same name! This dude is on fire!! such a good film maker.
i thought there was talk about making a season of the actual hill family.
Problem with a second season is that Mike Flanagan won't be involved...unless they wait until like 2022 or something, he's a busy man; and he wrote, produced, edited, and directed this entire 10 episode series...which nobody does except David Lynch (and if you haven't seen Twin Peaks: The Return, please see it, well worth the 18 hour adventure) If a season 2 happens it won't hold up to season 1 and will be a pure cash grab.
I’m pretty sure a second season has been greenlit, not sure if Flanagan is returning but I hope he does
It doesn't need it, Flanagan is way to busy to do it anytime soon. I'm sure if it is happening Netflix will rush it out, hire an entire team of people to replace Flanagan, and it won't be anywhere near as good. It will probably completely miss the point and be a generic haunted house story with a basic "burn the bones" plot line...I hope it doesn't turn out this way. but if a second season happens I will be very pessimistic about it being any good..hope I'm proven wrong but Flanagan set the bar extremely high on this one, and as far as I'm concerned this story is over and wrapped up with a nice little bow on it.
That’s good horror right there. Something that’ll leave you shocked, terrified, and on the verge of tears! Magnificent!
The first time I watched this, I was stunned to realize that I was crying over a character I knew so little about and the show was only 5 episodes in. To me, that is so rare to find in any series. Even Game of Thrones didn't do that for me until the Red Wedding. This series just dominated my senses and there wasn't one moment where I didn't get chills. Beautiful handling of the original material.
The bent neck lady reveal was my favourite scene in this whole show.
Also re: Nikki's question at the end, there is a book called the Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson but the show is only loosely based on the book. In the book the characters are four strangers who are sensitive to the paranormal who are brought to the house by a psychiatrist to see if the house is haunted. Most of the characters have the same names as in the show.
I'm currently reading the book it's brilliant!
So the reason you see Luke following the mom up the stairs is alluded to earlier in the episode. After their dad brings all the kids to the hotel, Luke says that he and Nell had a tea party in the Red Room with Abigail and their mom.
Also, Nell is the bent neck lady and always have been. The confusion probably comes from the idea the show plays with, where hauntings and time aren't necessarily linear. Either ghosts exist outside of time themselves, or they do in the house because it's special. She died in that house, and so she haunted herself her entire life, and young Nell was haunted by her death.
This was my favourite episode of the season. Finding out that Nell was the bent neck lady was mindblowing
That reveal at the end of the episode was so freaking shocking to me! What an amazing show! Each episode was getting better and better. Love your reactions Nikki and Steven. 😉😊👍🏼👍🏼
The idea of time doesn't apply in the house, so once she is to die inside it, her spirit/ghost has always been there.
Remember the writing on the wall.
I caught that the bent neck lady was Nell all along is right at the start of the episode, when the bent neck lady said "no no no" when hovering above little Nell. Idk i just noticed the articulation is very similiar to Nell's even though it was distorted.
The final appearance in the corridor is what made it twig for me. It's the first time that you actually you actually see the bent neck lady drop and come to an abrupt stop which tells you she broke her neck from hanging. Prior to that point we only ever saw the bent neck lady from Nell's point of view stationary (after the drop). Knowing that Nell died from hanging I had my suspicions at that point.
finding out Nell was the bent neck lady all along was fucking terrifying. That gave me goosebumps.
“I’m affected” 🤣 I’m sorry Nikki but I’m hysterically laughing because you re adorable and Steven’s face goes into a grimace. You both look like I felt after this episode.
I’m guessing the her haunted mom is calling the most vulnerable of her kids home first. Nell has been haunted by the house and her own death her whole life but could have used the horrifying bent neck lady as a warning not to go to the house. So sad. Terrifying but sad too
Possibly best twist in tv horror and wouldnt be suprised with all horror film?
Outstanding TV. Horrifying and Tragic. I almost stood up and applauded this masterpiece when I first saw it
That wedding song is just beautiful, I had to find it on you tube
Heavenly Day - Patty Griffin
It's been one of my favorite songs for years, I was so excited to hear it in such a great show. Fun fact: Patty Griffin says she wrote it about her dog. Lol
Nell's story is so tragic. How she's going through all those things after dying and then realizing that it was her own death all that time. Just sad.
"I'm affected"... That was exactly how I felt.
"I'm affected" sums it up perfectly lol.
Nell was haunted by her own ghost/death her entire life. Heartbreaking episode!!!
Nell's actresses in both her ages are just the cutest things ever.
I must admit I love hearing Nikki swear 😁 What I found the most horrific in that ep is that when Olivia is giving her necklace to Nell, she’s actually giving her the noose to put around her neck.
This and the previous episode were heartbreaking to me. I love this so much! Thank you guys for watching this!
This is an amazing episode, my second favorite. My favorite one is episode 6 for all the camera and acting job, such a fantastic cinematic experience :)
Victoria Pedretti became one my favourite actresses last year (along with Hailee Steinfeld). The actor playing the psychiatrist was Luke in the 1963 movie version adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House called The Haunting.
When Nell dies she sees herself fall and travel through the past revealing that she herself is the Brent-Neck Lady haunting her younger self, becoming a ghost of the house.
No shit Sherlock
Fun fact: The actor who plays Nell's therapist was in the original 1963 version, which was called "The Haunting". He was also in the great movie "West Side Story"
Pat Hurd and Twin Peaks as Dr. Jacoby
it’s so scary to think that she was haunted by her own death her entire life and didn’t even know it. that mind fucked me when I watched that part! btw, before you guys watch next episode, can you keep in mind that the entire episode 6 was done in a total of only 4 shots. each shot lasted about 15+ mins. it was amazing camera work! y’all are gonna love it
This episode had everything. I was on the edge of my seat. As soon as Nell saw Arthur in the house I was sobbing!
I saw an easter egg video, telling us that the Screaming Lady on luke’s drawing was her sister. He also said that nell wasn’t the only one who has a premonition.
Time means nothing to ghosts or the house is what I gathered. She was literally haunted by her own ghost/death. Mind blown!
Yes! I have been waiting for your reaction to this. This and Luke's episode are probably my favorites. This one is just so f*cking emotional. I cried like a goddamn baby during that whole ending scene where Nell sees everybody and dances with Arthur.
This episode made me cry. So touching and incredibly well written. It's one of my favorite episodes in television ever.
I'm really enjoying re-watching this with you two. You're both great company...
This episode was so intense! So heartbreaking too. 😳😢
Your reaction, "I am so affected by this" was perfect. This episode is when I started to question what I thought I new about the show.
This is the episode where it adds heartbreaking sadness in with the scary. The house gives her everything she wants: to be believed, her mother, her brother clean and healthy, her husband...all just to kill her. I cried through every episode from this one, to the end of the season.
When watching this I had to take a break after that. Like... a full day's break.
Theo saw everything Nell did in this last episode - all flashbacks of the bent neck woman. That is why she feel back and screamed.
finding out that nell is the bent neck lady was one of the craziest things ever, the mom who died in that house wanted her family back, your reactions WERE SPOT ON.
She was haunting herself, she was the only one that knew *the whole time.* It's a mind$&^% for surrrre! I wish y'all would release these quicker. Haha. Much Love 😁💚
@Diana Gero 😁💚
I'm not sure where they drew inspiration from the porch light thing but it reminds me of this episode I was watching that was sort of a documentary.. in the old days during slavery, a woman I think that was the maid or something of a slave trader would use the back porch light and flick it off and on twice to signal at some people waiting in a field and let them know when their "master" was asleep so that they could run and save and help escape some slaves.
I've been waiting for this reaction since I discovered your channel. This episode is my favorite in the entire series regarding story and that insane plot twist, and the next episode is one of the most incredible displays of technical camerawork, set design, and actor direction I've seen in film. I'm so excited to see what you think of it.
Steve did see two ghosts. Nell at his apartment and his mom at the fertility clinic. She was behind the glass pane looking at him and his wife.
Nell's story is horrifying but more so tragic than anything. Her undoing had been haunting her her whole life, so it was emotional for me. I think episode 6 is going to be emotional for you guys as well as it was for me. 6 is so well crafted in technique and filming and acting and editing. All in all this show was cathartic for me in dealing with many things in my own life that were themes in the show itself.
Nell's psychiatrist was played by Russ Tamblyn, who also played Dr. Jacoby, Laura Palmer's psychiatrist, on Twin Peaks. (Also, he was in a bunch of old Hollywood musicals back in the day, notably West Side Story and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.)
I know I'm like, a year late, but this is my favorite episode! I think the minute Nell entered Hill House, her path was set. The only time her path altered was when she was happy with Arthur, but his aneurysm put her firmly back on her path to Hill House. Nellie was sensitive too, in a different way from Theo, and in particularly traumatic times she glimpsed her fate. This episode changed the story from horror to tragedy for me. Love these reactions!
I had 3 times sleep paralysis in my life, like 10 years ago. It was like a dark entity over me, in my bed.. it was trying to kill me, holding my neck.. I couldn’t breath. Later I knew it was a sleep paralysis, but before I was really sure that it could be a dark spirit or something like that.. it was really maddening and terrifying. WHAT AN EPISODE! Poor Nell 😭
you guys..... the next episode is so amazing. The entire episode is only like 5 different shots. 5 to 15 minute long ass steady cam shots. Even the child actors hold their own. Can't wait for you to see it
Yes, this show is for sure one of the best executions of the horror genre I've ever seen. And this ep had a profound impact on me. Great reaction!
18:16 just cracked me up lol “it’s fine it’s totally fine” 😭
Nell's old therapist is the actor that played Luke in the orignal 1963 movie, the Haunting.
Does anyone else wonder if “the other lady” at the tea party in the red room was in fact grown up Nell?
I'm thinking that ghosts, spirits, monsters, apparitions and everything in between have an annual meeting, trying to figure out the best most fucked up way to mess with people.
And this was the episode that I connected this to the Haunting lol. It all started making sense to me why some lines sounded eerily familiar.
Lmao, the little "Nope....Nooooopppeee...." LMAO!
I never got notified when this video dropped!! :( Thankfully it popped up on my feed or I wouldn't have known.
Great reaction!. I've been looking forward to this one!
OMG this episode!!! I was waiting for this!! SO excited!!
The tension that they had when Nell entered the house perfectly matches my emotions too. I was literally shaking watching it.
The fact that now is her own bent neck lady is the best twist ever in a TV show or movie. It was done so well
The hodor scene of this show ❤️❤️
Just blew my mind away 😱😱😱
Just phenomenal, too bad this masterpiece is so underrated
so i saw you react to this and just put it on as background noise but this one i really watched and i was like wow ok its actually kinda cool so i spent the last day and a half binging this show and i just have to say WOW this truly is my favorite show of all time now and i cant wait for you guys to finish this especially the next episode since i know steven loves camera work. before this i had game of thrones as my all time favorite but the story of this just blew it out of the waters. this really is an EXCELLENT show and i just wish i could see all your reactions now but trust me this show has so many good twists and turns and i dont want to spoil anything but again please keep watching this bc youre reactions are some of the best. thank you for reacting to this show because otherwise i would have never found it
This episode is a masterpiece.
4:13 Notice the Clock sound. Also note the "No..No...No"... Nell started sleep paralysis pretty early.
One of the best twists I’ve seen in a tv horror. Being scared her whole life of herself 😱
The look on both your faces is the reason I love this show and hoped you watched. Fantastic episode!
Did anyone recognize the "young dad"? I couldn't place him so I paid attention to the credits. Ir's Henry Thomas who played Elliot in E.T.
I've experienced sleep paralysis and it is terrifying. It hasn't happened in a long time but when I was younger, I used to see a tall shadowy figure wearing a fedora-like hat standing in my doorway illuminated only by the night light in the bathroom or the moonlight. It was only recently that I discovered that the Hat Man has been reported by sleep paralysis sufferers all over the world for years. Luke's episode especially terrified me because of this.
This is my favorite episode. Such an amazing twist!