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The Haunting of Bly Manor is an American supernatural and horror series created by Mike Flanagan for the Netflix platform. Based on the horror novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. It is the second part of Flanagan's anthology, the first part of which was the series The Haunting of Hill House. In The Haunting of Bly Manor mini-series plot, a young girl Dani Clayton gets a job as a governess in the house of a wealthy English lord, who became a guardian for his young nephews Miles and Flora after the sudden death of their parents. The new governess will have to live and work in a large family manor, where a housekeeper, cook, and gardener also work. Dani soon learns that her predecessor, the last governess, has died. At the same time, no one from the house's tenants wants to say under what circumstances she died, which does not alarm Dani. She is not afraid of either the gloomy mansion or the strange behavior of children. She does not want to be left alone with her ghost. Dani, like the manor, also keeps a terrible secret. Compared to The Haunting of Hill House series, The Haunting of Bly Manor series is not so scary. But it fully conveys the intended atmosphere. It's no secret that Mike Flanagan knows how to create a special atmosphere; the first glance at a gloomy manor is enough to cause an irresistible desire to be as far away from it as possible. Flanagan also added all the frightening elements: homemade dolls, strange children, ghosts, stories of a mysterious death.

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