Right, before I even begin, I need to clear some things up.
A lot, and I mean, A LOT of you guys had questions about my number 3 point in part 2 of this
list.
Personally, I, and most people in this office saw the creature from the basement that attacked
Luke crawling behind Theo on the bed, but after reading your comments, and rewatching
the video a dozen times, I think we can safely say it was just Luke’s foot.
Ok?
Ok.
Hey guys, I’m Lucy McPhee and we’re back with another installment of the Top 5 Easter
Eggs You Missed In The Haunting of Hill House, this time with a part 3.
The show is a gift the just keeps on giving, seriously.
I changed this list around so much, because new easter eggs just keep emerging, and even
better, a lot of the ones on our list have been confirmed by Mike Flanagan himself.
Now, I’ve steer cleared of ghost and ghouls, and just included small moments and lines
from the show that if you blink you might miss.
And thank you as always for the comments on the previous videos, some of these numbers
were made known to me because of you guys.
Before we jump in, let me know down below what you thought of the ending, I was personally
a fan, and after reading up on the alternate ending the almost went down, I am so pleased
there was a little light at the end of the tunnel.
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5 Stories This easter eggs pops up in episode 2 of the
series, and it focuses on a particular line Olivia says to Shirley during the death of
the box of kittens.
I’m still torn up and emotionally scared because of that.
So what is the line, Olivia states, “When we die, we turn into stories.
And every time someone tells one of those stories, it’s like we’re still here, for
them.
We’re all stories in the end.”
It’s a very touching moment, considering we know at this point that the mother is dead,
but we’re unsure how, and more heartbreaking we know the family steer clear of her stories.
I love Olivia, I love her so much...I don’t know if I’ve made that clear enough yet.
Anyway, as touching as the moment was, some fans were VERY quick to draw comparisons to
a certain Doctor Who episode.
Back in 2010, Matt Smith’s version of the time traveller states “I’ll be a story
in your head.
But that’s okay.
We’re all stories in the end.
Just make it a good one, yeah.”
Folks were unsure whether this was deliberate, but on October 12th, Mike Flanagan took to
twitter to confirm the theories.
He attached an article discussing the theory, and wrote “This is my favourite article
so far...and yes, Mr. Moffat, it’s absolutely a deliberate tribute.”
Now, Mr Moffat was the showrunner of Doctor Who at the time, so this is a very sweet nod
to the show.
4 Theo This is a short, but very sweet easter eggs.
And a cute nod to the original novel.
In episode 2 a young Theo can be seen reading The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, aka, the author
of The Haunting of Hill House.
3 Seven This is a very sweet nod to the relationship
Nell and Luke shared, though short, it has a lasting effect.
In the show, there a numerous occasions where Luke counts to seven, usually when he’s
scared.
He also tells Nell to do the same when she is haunted by the bent-neck-lady in her younger
years.
He says “It has to be seven… that keeps you safe.
Sometimes you have to do it a lot.”
First of all, the seven is the number of Crane’s in the family, but it’s also the amount
of steps it takes to get from Luke’s bed to Nell’s.
As well, the twins share a very special bond, and when Nell dies, Luke struggles to cope
without her, almost killing himself in the progress of dealing with his grief.
Another little easter egg, is during the final episode when the gang are celebrating Luke’s
2 year sobriety.
There are 7 of them.
The number that makes him feel safe.
So sweet.
2 The 5 Stages of Grief Now this popular theory poses the question,
do all the Crane children represent the 5 stages of grief.
If so, it’s a very very smart easter egg planted in their by Mike Flanagan.
To begin, Steve is Denial.
As we know, through the show Steve refuses to believe that the events from their childhood
at Hill House were real.
As well as the fact that the death of Nell could in any way have paranormal ties to the
house.
Shirley is anger.
Throughout the show, Shirley is angry.
She’s pretty much always angry.
Her anger however, particularly revolves around Steve’s book, and the money he wants to
share with the family.
Not only that but she’s also very angry about Nell’s death, and that she would even
consider doing what mum did.
Theo is bargaining.
To quote buzzfeed “Theo is constantly bargaining for a better outcome.”
As we know her power is touch, allowing her to feel what people have gone through, no
matter how tragic.
However, when she touches Nell’s corpse she feels nothing, and ultimately can no longer
feel, even begging with Shirley for the universe to let her feel again.
Luke is depression.
Which of course explains is drug addiction but not just that, also is desire to destroy
himself after the death of his twin.
Feeling as though he can no longer go on without her.
He suffers the hardest after Nell’s death, sinking into a black hole of pain and dispair.
Lastly, Nell is acceptance.
During the final episode of the show, when the family is all gathered together in the
red room, Nell says, I quote, “I loved you completely.
And you loved me the same.
That’s all.
The rest is confetti.”
This destroyed me.
But it also shows that she has no resentment towards her demise, and her families abandonment
of her.
She’s accepted her fate, and she wants her family to accept it too.
Now, this theory just began as a rumour but on October 23rd, Mike Flanagan confirmed this
little easter egg, attaching the buzzfeed article and writing “Good catch”.
1 Mirror From Oculus In the very first episode of the Haunting
of Hill House, Nell returns, slipping completely into the madness of the house and dancing
around in an almost possessed way.
During this scene we catch a glimpse of Nell in a mirror, but not just any mirror, The
Lasser Glass, aka, the mirror from Mike Flanagan’s film Oculus.
It’s a nice little detail thrown in there by Flanagan, and fans of his work were very
quick to point it out.
More interestingly though, Oculus is a film about a girl that believes an old antique
mirror is bringing misfortune and death to her family, so the fact Flanagan included
this in Hill House, a menacing place that twists the mind and sucks those into their
own dark imaginations is VERY fitting.
Well there we have it.
Did you catch any of these easter eggs?
Were there any we missed?
Leave us a comment down below and perhaps we can do a part 4.
Honestly I feel like we can do a dozen parts with the amount of easter eggs and theories
surrounding this show.
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See ya later!