these stupid puppets
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest things from the haunting of
blind manor you didn't notice the first
time
i've actually never liked blind the
people here
most of them they're born here they die
here i had a bad dream
whoa i hopped it well you're not gonna
eat anything
for this list we're looking at small
details you likely overlooked while
watching this netflix original horror
series
we'll also be highlighting character
moments story arcs and lines of dialogue
that take on way more significance once
you know how things
end this list comes with a major spoiler
warning
if you haven't finished the season yet
go binge and come back
did you prefer the haunting of blind
manor or hill house tell us why in the
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number 10 the plague doctor mitch
clayton
i was just about to tuck you in we're
starting off with this creepy figure
because you definitely noticed him at
least once or twice throughout the
season
this is also the first of blind manor's
resident ghosts that our attention is
overtly drawn to by the camera
as dany gets a late night cup of tea and
snack a long-nosed mask
and hooded shoulder come into focus in
the foreground this happens around 33
minutes into the episode
but this isn't his first appearance not
only can you see a silhouette in the
background moments earlier
but the plague doctor is actually hiding
beside the stairwell when danny gets her
initial tour of bligh manor
but you mustn't run on them if you fall
you can end yourself and the stairs are
not forgiving
not forgiving in the least do you see he
then proceeds to hide in plain sight all
throughout the series
well we do get ramblers sometimes people
that want to look at the gardens
number nine owens foreshadowing
introductory speech to bligh
anyone who grew up in a small town can
relate to owen's speech about bly
i've actually never liked blind the
people here
most of them they're born here they die
here he describes the town as a
gravity well a place where people tend
to get stuck
even those who really intend to leave
case in point
owen traveled to france where he studied
the culinary arts but
now he's back in bly cooking at the
manor despite never having liked the
place
your first time through this just seems
like a bit of character development
adding meat to the cook's backstory
but owen repeatedly uses the word stuck
which is a significant bit of
foreshadowing i can't leave
play i can't get past the end of the
drive
i walk and i run and the moment
the moment i reach the edge of the
property i'm right back here
though he himself doesn't know it he's
actually describing a very real effect
that bly manor has on those who die
there
her gravity seemed to invented gravity
that held her to the grounds
that kept her in purgatory it would
hold others too number eight miles
questions to his professor
bly manor uses a lot of flashbacks on
your first watch through
these detours into the past can be a bit
off-putting due to the lack of scares
this is especially true of miles time at
boarding school
in hindsight however this lengthy
flashback is far
more significant than we ever could have
initially imagined
in class miles asks his teacher a number
of very specific
questions about demonic possession they
needed permission
the demons permission to to enter the
pigs
ah yes they did
did they need it for him though do they
need it for the man
the elder wingrave child has already
established himself as rather odd by
this point
so we just assume he's exploring his
dark interests you asked some
excellent questions today by the way
episodes later however
when we learn about quint's habit of
possessing him his interest in the
exorcism of the jerusalem demoniac makes
a lot more sense
many times spinning these kids up
taking advantage of their good
intentions
shameful you're supposed to warn me
i'm sorry i do i don't like it when you
don't warn me i know i'm sorry
number seven the narrator's behavior
netflix made no mention of carla
gugino's involvement in the second
season of the haunting
as such fans were absolutely delighted
when hers was the first face they saw
upon clicking play on the first episode
but now alone i lie
and weep beside the tree
gugino plays the narrator whose actual
identity we don't learn until the very
end of the series
given her limited screen time you likely
didn't give a second thought to her
actions
even after learning who she actually is
but in that first episode
she exhibits some rather odd behaviors
like leaving the door to a room ajar and
staring longingly into both a sink and
bathtub full of water
on second viewing however you understand
that she's hoping to be visited by the
ghost of her love
[Music]
please
six flora's drawing for miles it's
not often that a a student gets any post
on the first day and
judging by her writing on the envelope i
assume it's from you
let's be honest unless you're dealing
with a child prodigy the drawings that
kids make are always a little creepy
they're just such crude weirdly
monstrous representations of the subject
matter
at the end of the flashback to miles's
time at boarding school we learned that
everything he did was a self-destructive
bid to be sent home
[Applause]
the reason flora's letter and drawing
only the letter from flora delivered
when he arrived forgotten in the
dormitory
would offer a possible clue as to why he
tried
so so hard to be sent home
we only have a few seconds to look at
the drawing and the words come home are
what the viewer's gaze is naturally
drawn towards
at this point in time we haven't really
learned much about quint or
jaisal and as such not much thought is
given to the other two figures in the
picture
but there is a pretty serious
implication
number five the little boy ghost
terrifying
utterly terrifying while all the various
ghosts in the haunting of blind manner
are scary in their own right there's
just something about
undead children that chills us to the
bone we get up close and personal with a
little boy on a couple of occasions
he also gives us one of the show's best
and earliest scares when he's hiding
amidst the dolls in the basement and
suddenly moves
given how creepy he is you might be
happier not knowing but
like the plague doctor he also pops up a
number of times in the background of
various scenes
he's better at hide and seek than the
doctor and often blends into his
surroundings
there you are don't be scared
i'm sorry i was scared before but when
you do spot him
we guarantee he'll make you jump every
time
number four hannah's behavior hannah
gross is easily one of blime manor's
most compelling characters
tania miller delivers a wonderfully
nuanced performance
but one that you really can't fully
appreciate the first time around
well you're not gonna eat anything oh no
i already ate just here for the company
the housekeeper is hyper-organized and
extremely well put together
and yet there are these fleeting moments
when she seems distracted
or as if she's lost hi maya so pleased
to meet you my lady
oh what what the gentleman and this was
me mrs gross
hi i'm sorry um goodness i was miles
away
you'll also notice that she rarely ever
seems to eat or drink
and suffers from sharp pains in the back
of her head when we learn of her fate
every moment we spent with hannah takes
on new significance
especially the cracks in the walls
because miles is always saying creepy
stuff
you likely didn't think twice about his
dream i had a bad dream
whoa in retrospect however
it serves as a major piece of
foreshadowing number three
all the times peter quint was in control
you're miss clayton
you must be and you're so pretty
i told mars you'd be pretty from the
time we meet miles and flora
it's clear that however endearing they
might be they are also
rather odd flora has some peculiar
mannerisms and can clearly see something
the rest of us cannot
but when miles begins to behave oddly
his aura is far more threatening than
that of his sister
these stupid puppets these stupid
puppets who had forgotten so we pulled
on their strings
and it hurt as we eventually learn miles
often cedes control of his body to peter
quint
even on a repeat viewing it can
sometimes be hard to tell
who is who but there are a few moments
that become all the more chilling in
retrospect when we consider that quint
was likely behind the wheel
like when miles spies on dany changing
oh
i'm sorry may i come in or when he
touches her hair
such a draining thing dealing with
children
quint does have a taste for nannies
number two
the dollhouse little kids always make
for a spooky addition to a horror film
or series
the same goes for dolls now what's that
oh this just a silly thing really
just a moment but add the two together
and you get a never-ending case of the
creeps
is that me why no silly you're you
it's just a dolly flora doesn't just
like to play with dolls however
she's obsessive and very serious about
their placement
miss have a lot of dolls and we are
going to learn
how to pick them all up before we go to
sleep okay
everything about her dollhouse inspires
a serious
no feeling with everything else going on
in the show what you might not have
noticed however
was the importance of the dolls they are
stand-ins for the residents of bly manor
living and dead and they seem to serve
as a marauders map of sorts as to where
everyone is at a given time
miss clayton please don't move things
around my dollhouse
oh i have a very particular system
for example that male doll looming over
miles's bed strongly suggests that quint
was recently in control
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number one the soldier in one of the
show's many flashbacks
we see henry wingrave comforting flora
telling her to give a story to the
mysterious little boy she claims to have
seen in her room
he mentions having done the same with a
soldier when he himself was her age and
living at blind manor
was he happy when you gave him one oh he
was
so maybe i could do that the whole thing
is framed like they're talking about
imaginary friends
but this is bly manor so we know it's
actually ghosts
we only managed to spot henry's ghost
story once in the background of episode
three
see if he can offer any other advice he
expected rather a lot from the police if
memory serves me correctly
that he'd probably sit in touch with
your superior actor andrew neil mckenzie
is credited as the soldier ghost on imdb
however and he's listed as appearing in
six episodes
have you managed to spot this elusive
ghost tell us where in the comments
below
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