Netflix’s new horror series, “The Haunting of Hill House,” already was riding high with 90% critical approval on ratings aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes and 80% on Metacritic.
On Tuesday, however, Mike Flanagan’s reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel, released last week, received the ultimate seal of approval: a glowing review (on Twitter) from horror master Stephen King.
“THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, revised and remodeled by Mike Flanagan. I don’t usually care for this kind of revisionism, but this is great. Close to a work of genius, really,” he tweeted, speculating that the author would like it, too. “I think Shirley Jackson would approve, but who knows for sure.”
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