critics saying this just as good as season 1:
Kimberly Root: "I worried there was no way Mike Flanagan could follow up The Haunting of Hill House with something equally scary, yes, but also as intimate, detailed and heartbreaking as Season 1 of his anthology horror adaptation. I shouldn’t have worried. Season 2, loosely based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, has me simultaneously freaked out and moved, just like the plight of the Crain children did in Season 1. Oh, and I’m back to thinking I see things moving in my periphery at night, so that’s fun."
Nick Caruso: "The Haunting of Hill House was a work of art, so I’m happy to report Bly Manor is just as effective. We follow an American nanny who moves to the English countryside to care for orphaned siblings whose last au pair suffered a mysterious death. Of course, it’s not long before things go bump in the night, but a subdued tone and fresh approach help this Turn of the Screw adaptation stand on its own feet. Cue the soul-crushing grief!"