I’m back everybody!
Whether you like it or not.
My days of watching from afar from inside Jack’s beard are behind me.
So here I am, once again in the flesh, to bring you, by popular demand, the Top 5 Scary
Easter Eggs You Missed In The Haunting of Hill House - Part 2.
Hey guys, welcome back to Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m your host Lucy McPhee, make sure to
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Be sure to leave us a comment down below which your favourite easter egg is and if we missed
any on our list.
Let’s jump in.
5 The Basement Now I had a lot of you SCREAMING in the comments
section of our first video about this little easter egg, so here it is.
During episode 7 titled Eulogy, Hugh spends most of the ep dealing with the mold issue
in the basement.
During 2 particular moments you can clearly see a ghost with long blonde hair creeping
behind walls in certain frames.
Here’s the first one, take look behind the the detective at the back of the room, you
can see a hand on the wall, and the blonde hair poking out behind him.
Creepy.
And, more noticeably, during the scene where Hugh is shining a flashlight into the wall
where the mold is spreading from, on the floor behind him is the same ghost, peeping her
little head out, watching on at the chaos going on around her.
NO THANK YOU.
4 Twilight Now this is a subtle easter egg that even
a low-key lover of Twilight like myself missed.
As most of us know, Elizabeth Reaser, who plays Shirley in the show, also appeared more
famously in the Twilight Saga.
It’s ok if you want to pretend that didn’t happen, most us do...except for me, again,
low-key fan.
In episode 2 titled “Open Casket” Shirley decides that she is the best person to prepare
Nell’s funeral.
God bless Shirley.
During this episode she argues with her husband about the arrangement, and he drops a doozy
of a line, he says, I quote, “Why not sent her to Carlisle?
They’ll do a great job there.”
So, did you catch it?
Well, Carlisle is the name of Reaser’s on-screen husband in Twilight.
It’s not the most common of names so fans can only assume it was a subtle easter eggs
for the Reaser lovers out there.
3 Speak Up - Part 2 So this easter egg comes from the comments
section of our part 1.
Nathan Forbush Burnett commented “2.27, crawling on the ground behind Theo”.
Well, before we take a look at what he’s referencing I should say that when I saw this
I was truly terrified.
I missed this little easter egg completely, even after watching the clip a dozen times
for our first video.
It’s subtle, but when you notice it you can never unsee it.
Apologies in advance, it’s unnerving, disturbing, and just plain creepy to watch.
2 Screaming Meemies Episode 9 of there series was by far the most
jam packed with hidden ghouls and spirits.
And also, significantly less subtle this time.
The ghosts are right in our face, hiding in plain sight.
I’m going to be listing off a few here so prepare yourselves.
You have been warned.
Towards the beginning of the episode Olivia is laying on the sofa with the youngest of
her children, Nell and Luke, she begins to dissociate once again, and when she awakens
Hugh is now holding Luke, and in the right hand corner of the frame we catch a quick
glimpse of a shadowy figure standing in the archway.
Take a look.
Next, and by far the creepiest in my opinion occurs during the penultimate scene of the
episode.
As Olivia is hurrying around the kitchen making tea to cure one of her many headaches, we
are blessed with this camera ready ghost.
I’m not going to tell you where it is, you’ll see it.
And the last ghost to make an appearance in episode 9 makes their debut as Olivia is saying
goodbye to her children and leaving the house for a short trip away.
As we get a shot of the kids lined up by the stairs, to the right we catch a glimpse of
a shadowy man stood in the doorway.
Now, most people caught this, including me, but still, it’s creepy as hell.
1 The Novel This easter egg focuses mostly on the Novel
of the same name written by Shirley Jackson in 1959.
However, the novel follows a team of psychics who explore a notorious haunted mansion in
hopes of documenting the weird goings on.
Now fans of the show won’t be privy to these hidden gems, but Jackson fans certainly will.
To start, almost all of the names are taken directly from the original novel, most notably
Nell, who’s full name is Eleanor Vance, just like the protagonist in Jackson’s book.
Not only do the names draw ties, but also the personality traits.
Nell in both versions feels isolated by the world, and is drawn to the creepy manor.
And, spoiler, in both versions Nell dies on the property in a violent manner.
Another little nugget is the scribblings on the wall we find in episode 5.
Olivia confront Nell about a message on the wall that says “Nell”, but it later revealed
in its entirety to read “Welcome home, Nell.”.
Creepy.
Now in the book the same sitch occurs, except the writing reads “Eleanor Come Home”,
and it is far more ambiguous whether Nell herself did it or some frightening entity
playing tricks.
Now there are a TON more easter eggs from the novel, but we’ll hand with one of the
more famous ones, the Cup of Stars.
In the show Nell quotes the book verbatim during a conversation with Mrs. Dudley after
discovering a tea cup with stars.
She describes how she saw a little girl refuse to drink her milk at a restaurant because
it didn’t come in her cup of stars.
Nell then says, I quote “Don’t do it; insist on your cup of stars, once they have
you trapped into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again.”
It’s a sad quote the ultimately describes the loss of innocence, and I think we’re
all pleased they kept it in the show.
So, what do you guys think?
We still haven’t covered ALL of the easter eggs because bloody hell did they jam pick
this show with hidden ghosts and connections to the original novel.
It’s VERY impressive actually.
If you want more make sure to leave us a comment below and perhaps we can do a part 3.
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