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Audiences are absolutely floored by the emotional 5th episode of Netflix's 'The Haunting of Hill House'
Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House is already shaping up to be an audience favourite this spooky season. Each episode is a completely different level of terror and the fans are already turning their fear into hilarious memes. You might need someone to explain that PACKED ending to you, but one episode you'd probably rather forget is episode 5, The Bent Neck Lady.
Depending on your threshold for terror, you probably reacted to episode 5, The Bent-Neck Lady, with a mix of horror, unease, and sadness.
Warning: Spoilers ahead! So, if you don't know about the Bent-Neck Lady, you're about to.
In the episode, we follow Nell Crain from her childhood in Hill House to her adult life, where she is still trying to deal with the trauma and sleep disorder she developed as a kid, thanks to the Bent-Neck Lady.
The Bent-Neck Lady was an apparition she encountered in Hill House who would often appear standing at the foot of Nell's bed or hovering above her where she lay.
Fast forward to Nell's untimely death and we see her falling through time, back to moments in her life where she was most traumatised by the Bent-Neck Lady.
Only, now we realise that the ghostly figure wasn't just a random Hill House ghost. No, NELL was the Bent-Neck Lady the whole time. Nell. Was. Haunting. Herself.
After watching the story of the bent neck lady #TheHauntingofHillHouse pic.twitter.com/RoxWpqg5jW
— AngryRavi (@ravikiran248) October 15, 2018
thinking about the bent neck lady pic.twitter.com/E08ad8K9ra
— eraserhead baby (@vickykrieps) October 16, 2018
Did anyone else have nightmares about the "Bent Neck Lady" last night? Seriously I don't know if I can sleep anymore with the lights off. #Review coming your way tomorrow for #TheHautingOfHillHouse on @netflix 👻🌄🏡
— Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl (@TV_Fanatic_Girl) October 15, 2018
Prepared to be scared...😨😱 pic.twitter.com/jWFQ1R4ADA
Nellie realizing who the Bent-Neck Lady is:#TheHauntingOfHillHouse pic.twitter.com/QNgRRRgu5B
— PARADOX (@mizparadox) October 12, 2018
Episode 5 of The Haunting of Hill House. This is all too much. pic.twitter.com/1rlTPJl0d3
— ROACHES ! (@FiveSecondPose) October 16, 2018
The Haunting of Hill House series on @netflix is so good. Bent neck lady and bowler hat guy are creepy as hell pic.twitter.com/2y6SDqrGSU
— Vance Barnes (@Ven13Vance) October 13, 2018
One person said they were even scared to sleep because they'd also experienced sleep paralysis like Nell. Another person said that the episode had "emotionally destroyed" them. Which, same.
episode 5 of The Haunting of Hill House is one of the best episodes of television i’ve ever seen
— jonathan (@pynechone) October 14, 2018
The Haunting of Hill House is the best horror I have seen in a very long time episode 5 holy shit
— Nutritional Beast (@Facesovpain) October 15, 2018
The Haunting of Hill House is freaking bonkers. It's unsettling, intense, perfect, and terrifying.
— Mandy Romanuk (@Mandyrmk) October 16, 2018
I just finished episode 5 and I have full body shivers and am in tears.
I'm a horror junkie is this is the best thing I have watched in years. #netflix #TheHauntingOfHillHouse
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The Bent-Neck Lady episode leans on so many different emotional touch points, including grief, anxiety, and shock. The unexpected dread you feel watching Nell fall through to different moments of her life is so unusual and jarring, even in a series full of unusual and jarring moments.
People have clearly reacted strongly to this particular episode, as well as director Mike Flanagan's ability to deliver this pitch perfect horror story. We're torn between wanting more Bent-Neck Lady-esque twists in a potential season 2 and not wanting to think about her for a very long time.