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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest the haunting of Hill House
moments before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
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to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at the
scenes from this adaptation of Shirley
Jackson’s 1959 novel that chilled us
thrilled us and filled us with dread a
few spoilers and ghosts ahead number 10
double storm it’s a tale of two storms
as the episode alternates between Nels
wake in the present and the family
search for Little Nell in the past with
thunder and lightning shaking the house
Olivia strikes off alone to find her
daughter in one room she encounters an
old lady sitting on a bed staring
silently back at her door number two
isn’t any better revealing a boy in a
wheelchair just waiting for her to open
it more effective than she’d jump-scares
moments like these are what make the
show so unnerving number nine back from
the grave this scary moment is pre
staged at the graveside when Luke sees
too bad no one ever believes poor Luke
after the funeral vo and Hugh follow a
trail of dirt – Shirley’s office as they
clean up
Olivia’s ghostly corpse suddenly crawls
out from under the desk reaching for her
daughter it’s a quick but effective
scare and since the O and her father
both see the same thing there’s no more
pretending that it’s all in her head
number 8 hidden ghosts even before the
cranes realized something’s up
eagle-eyed viewers can confirm that Hill
House is definitely haunted throughout
the series ghosts speak out from dark
hiding places in the background you
might not always notice them but when
you do it is a jolt
examples include this sinister ghost
waiting behind the ladder in the
basement and this one peeking around the
corner as Hugh inspects mold damage
here’s another in the hall as Olivia
leaves the house they always seem to be
watching having a subconscious level of
foreboding and terror oh and it’s not
just the ghosts keep an eye on those
statues number 7 trick or treat
following nails funeral Shirley just
wants to remain alone at the funeral
parlor and clean up although it’s
Halloween trick-or-treaters are the last
thing on her mind so when the doorbell
rings she tries to ignore it but the
when Theo shows up Shirley insists it’s
just kids playing a prank
until the sounds become too much to
rationally explain the moment mirrors
the scene in Episode two when his girls
they heard knocking all over the walls
without you can never really leave the
past behind number six
flight from Hill House in the opening
episode oldest son Steve is awakened by
his panicked father who tells him they
have to flee the house just then as they
watch in silent terror the doorknob
slowly starts to turn when the coast is
clear
Hugh tells Steve to close his eyes but
as they make a break for it Steve can’t
help but look and catch a sight of his
mother or at least something that looks
departure the car the confusion and
guilt this leaves inside him set the
tone for the rest of the show’s dark
events
number five Nell pays Steve a visit
Steve isn’t having a great night back
from an assignment he finds his brother
Luke robbing him and that his sister
Nell has broken into his apartment and
done nothing to stop it
but it turns out she has a good reason
for acting strange when Steve talks to
his dad on the phone he’s told that Nell
has actually killed herself he turns
around to realize that the woman in his
house is a ghost
the chilling moment shows viewers right
away that in this ghost story things are
often far from what they seem number
four mr. smiley as a child psychologist
adult Theodora helps kids deal with
serious traumas in spite of the fact
after one patient tells her about mr.
smiley a scary entity that lives in the
basement of her foster home
Neil wakes up in the middle of the night
to see mr. smiley at the end of the bed
not only is mr. smiley a terrifying
figure the circumstances of his
appearances are also devastating turns
out mr. smiley is the coping mechanism
that our patient made up to deal with
the fact that she’s being abused by her
foster father number three dumbwaiter
descent playing in an old dumbwaiter
what could possibly go wrong as a boy
Luke asks Theo to send him upstairs in
the dumbwaiter but he finds himself
descending instead all the way to a
cellar filled with old barrels dust and
rats SPO struggles to get the machine
working again
Luke’s flashlight starts to flicker and
in its dying light a ghost scrambles
it’s a terrifying claustrophobic scene
made even worse by the fact that no one
believes his story
despite the rips in his shirt number two
the gentleman giant hearing something in
the night young Luke looks out in the
corridor only to see a
disproportionately tall ghost hovering
through the hall knocking the floor with
a cane as it tries door after door Luke
hides under his bed just as the spectre
enters his room it looks around for a
moment then retrieves the bowler hat
that Luke had been wearing Luke tries
his best to hold his breath but at the
last second lets out a gasp it is a
tense nightmarish scene that left us
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions if she
eats meat from the inside and I burst
like your mother number one the bent
neck lady’s origin revealed as a girl
the ghost the terrified Nell the most
was the bent neck lady while the rest of
her family seems to have escaped the
horrors of Hill House as an adult she
[Music]
terrorised she decides that she needs to
return to Hill House and prove there’s
nothing to be frightened of but back at
the house the boundaries between what’s
real and what’s not begin to blur and it
turns out there’s a lot to be frightened
of the bent neck lady was a scary enough
character on its own but the reveal of
this ghosts true nature is truly
horrifying it’s time to wake up do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
walks there scares the heck out of us
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest the haunting of Hill House
moments before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell
to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at the
scenes from this adaptation of Shirley
Jackson’s 1959 novel that chilled us
thrilled us and filled us with dread a
few spoilers and ghosts ahead number 10
double storm it’s a tale of two storms
as the episode alternates between Nels
wake in the present and the family
search for Little Nell in the past with
thunder and lightning shaking the house
Olivia strikes off alone to find her
daughter in one room she encounters an
old lady sitting on a bed staring
silently back at her door number two
isn’t any better revealing a boy in a
wheelchair just waiting for her to open
it more effective than she’d jump-scares
moments like these are what make the
show so unnerving number nine back from
the grave this scary moment is pre
staged at the graveside when Luke sees
too bad no one ever believes poor Luke
after the funeral vo and Hugh follow a
trail of dirt – Shirley’s office as they
clean up
Olivia’s ghostly corpse suddenly crawls
out from under the desk reaching for her
daughter it’s a quick but effective
scare and since the O and her father
both see the same thing there’s no more
pretending that it’s all in her head
number 8 hidden ghosts even before the
cranes realized something’s up
eagle-eyed viewers can confirm that Hill
House is definitely haunted throughout
the series ghosts speak out from dark
hiding places in the background you
might not always notice them but when
you do it is a jolt
examples include this sinister ghost
waiting behind the ladder in the
basement and this one peeking around the
corner as Hugh inspects mold damage
here’s another in the hall as Olivia
leaves the house they always seem to be
watching having a subconscious level of
foreboding and terror oh and it’s not
just the ghosts keep an eye on those
statues number 7 trick or treat
following nails funeral Shirley just
wants to remain alone at the funeral
parlor and clean up although it’s
Halloween trick-or-treaters are the last
thing on her mind so when the doorbell
rings she tries to ignore it but the
when Theo shows up Shirley insists it’s
just kids playing a prank
until the sounds become too much to
rationally explain the moment mirrors
the scene in Episode two when his girls
they heard knocking all over the walls
without you can never really leave the
past behind number six
flight from Hill House in the opening
episode oldest son Steve is awakened by
his panicked father who tells him they
have to flee the house just then as they
watch in silent terror the doorknob
slowly starts to turn when the coast is
clear
Hugh tells Steve to close his eyes but
as they make a break for it Steve can’t
help but look and catch a sight of his
mother or at least something that looks
departure the car the confusion and
guilt this leaves inside him set the
tone for the rest of the show’s dark
events
number five Nell pays Steve a visit
Steve isn’t having a great night back
from an assignment he finds his brother
Luke robbing him and that his sister
Nell has broken into his apartment and
done nothing to stop it
but it turns out she has a good reason
for acting strange when Steve talks to
his dad on the phone he’s told that Nell
has actually killed herself he turns
around to realize that the woman in his
house is a ghost
the chilling moment shows viewers right
away that in this ghost story things are
often far from what they seem number
four mr. smiley as a child psychologist
adult Theodora helps kids deal with
serious traumas in spite of the fact
after one patient tells her about mr.
smiley a scary entity that lives in the
basement of her foster home
Neil wakes up in the middle of the night
to see mr. smiley at the end of the bed
not only is mr. smiley a terrifying
figure the circumstances of his
appearances are also devastating turns
out mr. smiley is the coping mechanism
that our patient made up to deal with
the fact that she’s being abused by her
foster father number three dumbwaiter
descent playing in an old dumbwaiter
what could possibly go wrong as a boy
Luke asks Theo to send him upstairs in
the dumbwaiter but he finds himself
descending instead all the way to a
cellar filled with old barrels dust and
rats SPO struggles to get the machine
working again
Luke’s flashlight starts to flicker and
in its dying light a ghost scrambles
it’s a terrifying claustrophobic scene
made even worse by the fact that no one
believes his story
despite the rips in his shirt number two
the gentleman giant hearing something in
the night young Luke looks out in the
corridor only to see a
disproportionately tall ghost hovering
through the hall knocking the floor with
a cane as it tries door after door Luke
hides under his bed just as the spectre
enters his room it looks around for a
moment then retrieves the bowler hat
that Luke had been wearing Luke tries
his best to hold his breath but at the
last second lets out a gasp it is a
tense nightmarish scene that left us
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions if she
eats meat from the inside and I burst
like your mother number one the bent
neck lady’s origin revealed as a girl
the ghost the terrified Nell the most
was the bent neck lady while the rest of
her family seems to have escaped the
horrors of Hill House as an adult she
[Music]
terrorised she decides that she needs to
return to Hill House and prove there’s
nothing to be frightened of but back at
the house the boundaries between what’s
real and what’s not begin to blur and it
turns out there’s a lot to be frightened
of the bent neck lady was a scary enough
character on its own but the reveal of
this ghosts true nature is truly
horrifying it’s time to wake up do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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