It hails from Paramount TV and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV, with the latter’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey letting their fandom guide them to bringing this adaptation to life, as it were.
Netflix is giving the series ten poltergeist-filled episodes , which is shorter than the usual 13-strong set that most shows get, but works out for making storytelling tighter in many cases.
In the first place, anything that Netflix touches with a horror bent is going to get my approving interest, and an episodic take on Hill House guided and inspired by Shirley Jackson could give TV the top-notch ghost story audiences don’t even know they need.