The Star of ‘E.T.’ Joins Netflix’s “Haunting of Hill House”

Brad Miska · August 14, 2017

HENRY THOMAS as Father Tom in "Ouija: Origin of Evil." Inviting audiences again into the lore of the spirit board, the supernatural thriller tells a terrifying new tale as the follow-up to 2014’s sleeper hit that opened at No. 1. In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

E.T. star Henry Thomas, “Grey’s Anatomy” grad Elizabeth Reaser and Hush‘s Kate Siegel have joined Netflix’s “Haunting of Hill House”, reports THR.

Ordered straight to series, the 10-episode project is described as a modern re-imagining of Shirley Jackson’s classic 1959 novel and centers on four people living in an 80-year-old mansion.

They join recently cast Michel Huisman and Carla Gugino (San Andreas, Sin City, American Gangster, Watchmen) in the untitled horror drama series from genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus, Hush), Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and Paramount TV.

The Netflix version of “The Haunting of Hill House” draws from the original classic ghost story while expanding on the mythology of the Crane family.

Flanagan is writing and directing as well as executive producing alongside his producing partner, Trevor Macy, and Amblin TV’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey.