History Series / TheHauntingOfBlyManor

In the 1980s, Dani Clayton (Pedretti) leaves America for England, and begins to work as a governess for orphans Miles (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) and Flora (Amelie Smith). Dani becomes increasingly involved in learning why the orphans are so disturbed, and in doing so, unravels the dark history of Bly Manor and its inhabitants.

->- "Alright then. A ghost story. Again this story isn't mine, but it is full of ghost of all sorts. And if a child gives the effect, another turn of the screw...what do you say to two?"

It airs on Creator/{{Netflix}} in October 2020.

* AdaptationalVillainy: As a result of the name-swap listed under Adaptational Heroism above, Perdita becomes the one who [[spoiler: is hinted to be seducing her sister's husband, and the one who urges him to break his promise to the dying Viola.]] Additionally, [[spoiler: Perdita outright murders her sister here, something neither her nor Viola came close to doing in the original short story (there, Perdita simply dies due to complications from childbirth).]]

** Owen's [[spoiler: restaurant]] is called "A Better Place," purely so he can make people groan by telling them they're in, [[DontExplainTheJoke well...]]

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** First and foremost there is Peter and Rebecca. After stealing a hefty amount of money from the manor, Peter flees, therefore leaving Rebecca alone with her sorrow and pushing her to drown herself in the lake.[[spoiler:[[ItsComplicated Only it isn't that cut and dry as we are first led to believe.]]]]

''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is the follow-up to ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''. This time, its time-spanning ghost story adapts the works of Creator/HenryJames, specifically ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' and ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes''. It is again created and directed by Creator/MikeFlanagan, and features the return of several actors from ''Hill House'': Victoria Pedretti (as Dani Clayton), Creator/OliverJacksonCohen (as Peter Quint), Creator/HenryThomas (as Henry Wingrave), Creator/CarlaGugino (as the Storyteller) and Kate Siegel.

%%* AdaptationAmalgamation: The series adapts several of James's stories, specifically ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'', ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes'', and ''The Jolly Corner''.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Rebecca, working together with Flora, enacts a plan to stop Peter from possessing Miles, Dani saves Flora by accepting Viola’s spirit into her body and it frees all of the ghosts from Bly Manor including Hannah, Rebecca, and Peter. Owen finally goes to Paris and opens up a restaurant in Hannah’s memory. Dani and Jamie move to America together and even exchange wedding rings, but when Viola’s vengeful spirit arises to strangle Jamie in her sleep, Dani takes it upon herself to drown herself and become the new Lady of the Lake, sealing Viola’s curse. Henry steps up as guardian of the children, but as evidenced when it’s revealed that the narrator was an older Jamie, mourning the loss of her true love, and neither an older Flora and an older Miles never recall memories of Dani, Hannah, Rebecca, or anything of what happened at Bly Manor.]]
* CreepyChild: While Miles and Flora are both really sweet and lovely children, Dani begins to find there is something rather off about them. [[spoiler:Subverted in that the children are charming and lovely, even going as far as to attempt to protect Dani, but the spirits possessing them...]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dani is haunted by a menacing figure in reflections with glowing eyes. [[spoiler:Its learned that he is her ChildhoodFriend and former fiancé, Edmund, who died seconds after she broke his heart by calling off their wedding.]]

** [[spoiler: We learn Peter didn't go missing like the staff at Bly Manor first believe, but that his ghost has been haunting Rebecaa, which she learns, when he has her pass his hand through hers.]]
** [[spoiler:Likewise Hannah had been killed moments before she met Dani, when a Peter possessed Miles pushed her down the well.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Dani was a school teacher before she became the Wingraves' Governess. When asked by Henry why she would want to be the au pair to his niece and nephew she answers she wanted a chance to make a real difference in a child's life, than she could as just a teacher.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dani gives herself to Viola/The Lady in the Lake to save Flora and in turn releases all the ghost caught in her gravity. In time however, the curse overtakes her almost a decade later, and she drowns herself, to keep Viola's curse at bay, so no one else will ever be taken by it. Eventually, it’s discovered the kids completely forgot about her, everything she did to save them, and the spirits of their loved ones who died at the Manor when The Narrator/an older Jamie finishes her story and the bride reveals herself to be an older Flora who doesn’t remember her childhood at all.]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Dani and her fiancé Edmund. While she did love him, she began to realize that it was platonically and not romantically, as she started to awaken her sexuality as a lesbian.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Owen playfully tells Flora while making lunch that she can't put in too much salt or the food police will take her away "for assalt and buttery".
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler:Its never fully confirmed if the story is true or imaginary. Though the Storyteller/Jaime tells the eager listeners its the latter, some hints throughout the ending throw her claim into questionable territory.]]

* NiceToTheWaiter: Dominic and Charlotte Wingrave, had treated the staff at Bly Manor more like family than employees. Hannah in particular had a close friendship with Charlotte.

** First and foremost there is Peter and Rebecca, who after being abandoned by him, after he stole from the manor, in her sorrow, drowned herself in the lake.[[spoiler:[[ItsComplicated Only it isn't that cut and dry as we are first led to believe.]]]]
** Then there is William [[spoiler:and Charlotte. He loved her deeply, but she was committed to her husband and children. Then when both she and Dominic went on a trip to India to rekindle their marriage, the accident happened.]]
** Dani and [[spoiler:Jaime. The two do fall deep in love, and have many long years together. But one day Dani, leaves in the middle of the night and drowns herself in the lake on Bly Manor's estate, becoming the new Lady in the Lake, to protect the world from Viola's curse.]]

** [[spoiler:Peter, he tricks Miles into letting him take over his body, so his soul can escape from Bly. He does show regret later, apologizing to Miles before passing over with Rebecca.]]

* WouldNotHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Rebecca... Her love for Flora makes it that she cannot bring herself to take possession of the girls body, even if she herself withers and decays into a former shell of herself like the rest of the ghost at Bly Manor. She has Flora pretend that she was taken over, to trick Peter, then begs Dani to take Flora away from the Manor and its curse.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: William was having an affair [[spoiler:with Charlotte behind Dominic's back. An affair that produced Flora.]]

''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is the follow-up to ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''. This time, its time-spanning ghost story adapts the works of Creator/HenryJames, specifically ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' and ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes''. It is again created and directed by Creator/MikeFlanagan, and features the return of several actors from ''Hill House'': Victoria Pedretti (as Dani Clayton), Creator/OliverJacksonCohen (as Peter Quint), Creator/HenryThomas (as Henry Wingrave), and Kate Siegel.

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Viola/The Lady in the Lake, the former Lady of the Manor, who after being murdered by her jealous sister, has been haunting the house for so long that her soul is just a husk of its former self, simply doomed to repeat the cycle of killing all those unfortunate to cross her path.]]

* CreepyChild: While Miles and Flora are both really sweet and lovely children, Dani begins to find there is something rather off about them.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dani gives herself to Viola/The Lady in the Lake to save Flora and in turn releases all the ghost caught in her gravity. In time however, the curse overtakes her almost a decade later, and she drowns herself, to keep Viola's curse at bay, so no one else will ever be taken by it.]]

** First and foremost there is Peter and Rebecaa, who after being abandoned by him, after he stole from the manor, in her sorrow, drowned herself in the lake.[[spoiler:[[ItsComplicated Only it isn't that cut and dry as we are first led to believe.]]]]

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Viola, the former Lady of the Manor, who after being murdered by her jealous sister, has been haunting the house for so long that her soul is just a husk of its former self, simply doomed to repeat the cycle of killing all those unfortunate to cross her path.]]

** First and foremost there is Peter and Rebecaa, [[spoiler:who after being abandoned by him, after he stole from the manor, in her sorrow, drowned herself in the lake.[[ItsComplicated Only it isn't that cut and dry as we are first led to believe.]]]]

* StoryWithinAStory: The series itself is a ghost story being told at a rehearsal dinner the night before a young couple weds in a supposedly haunted castle.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: We learn Peter didn't go missing like the staff at Bly Manor first believe, but that his ghost has been haunting Rebecaa, which she learns, when he has her pass his hand through hers.]]

** First and foremost there is Peter and Rebecaa, [[spoiler:who after being abandoned by him, in her sorrow, drowned herself in the lake. Yet her ghost in vengeance killed him, and dragged his corpse back to the same lake with her.]]

!!'''Tropes Used''':

* AdaptationAmalgamation: The series adapts several of James's stories, specifically ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'', ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes'', and ''The Jolly Corner''.

''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is the follow-up to ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''. This time, its time-spanning ghost story adapts the works of Creator/HenryJames, specifically ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' and ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes''. It is again created and directed by Creator/MikeFlanagan, and features the return of several actors from ''Hill House'': Victoria Pedretti (as Dani Clayton), Creator/OliverJacksonCohen (as Peter Quint), Creator/HenryThomas (as Henry Wingrave), and Katie Siegel.

''Tropes'':