If you're already feeling the Halloween spirit, then you'll be pleased to hear that we've got some exciting news about the second season of Netflix's The Haunting anthology series.
The Haunting of Hill House premiered on Netflix last year, but the show's second instalment will feature an entirely new story with all new characters when it returns as The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Ahead of the release of his new Stephen King movie adaptation Doctor Sleep, series creator Mike Flanagan has promised "a tonne of wonderful surprises" to come in the second chapter of the hit Netflix series.
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Talking to Digital Spy for the release of Doctor Sleep, Flanagan shared some details about what we can expect from The Haunting of Bly Manor, saying: "Well, you know, the most exciting thing about Bly Manor, for me, is in the way that we got to expand on the Shirley Jackson universe in season one.
"While season two is inspired mostly by The Turn of the Screw, which has been adapted so many times, we also were able to mine the rest of Henry James's ghost stories to fill out the season.
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"Even if you know The Turn of the Screw really well, and a lot of people do – there's a new Turn of the Screw movie coming out in like January. They come out every three months, whether you need it or not."
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While not giving away too much, he teased further: "Even knowing that, there's a tonne of wonderful surprises to this season that come from some of his ghost stories that have never been adapted. But they all thematically fit together really nicely.
"So it's been a real joy crafting the narrative of this season. And I think if people liked season one, there's going to be a lot more to like in the second season."
Well, we can't say it's been a real joy for us waiting for the next season, but hey at least Doctor Sleep is released next week to tide us over.
The Haunting of Bly Manor is expected to premiere in 2020, while Doctor Sleep is in UK cinemas on October 31 and US cinemas on November 8.
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