Director Mike Flanagan managed to put together a compelling family drama under the theme of a horror, meaning that sometimes we were so engrossed in the plot, we led our guard down.

The best example of this is undoubtedly the car jump scare in episode 8, where a tense scene between Theo and Shirley was broke up with the ghost of Ellie jumping in between them. Honestly, we could have woken the dead with our screams.

No doubt it got you too, and many others. One wise guy managed to capture the moment his mum watched it, and well, it's very relatable.

 

If you can handle it, here's a reminder of that moment.

If you fancy sticking around, you can read our review of 'The Haunting of Hill House' or there's also 11 things you probably didn't know about 'The Haunting of Hill House'.