In 'The Haunting of Hill House,' horror meets science fiction, with time woven into the Crain family's struggles, challenging traditional ghost story conventions in a haunting way.
When The Haunting of Hill House hit Netflix, it instantly became a phenomenon. Critics called it one of the most terrifying horror stories ever told, but what if we’ve been watching it wrong this whole time? What if Hill House isn’t really horror at all, but science fiction disguised as horror?
This isn’t just a stretch. Once you look at the show’s final episode, the “ghosts” start to look a lot more like physics problems than supernatural ones.
Author's summary: Examining Hill House as science fiction.