The Haunting Of Hill House: 10 Scariest Moments
5. The Tall Man's Introduction
Episode: 1x4 - The Twin Thing
This scene perfectly captures the sense of isolation and gloom that comes with waking up all alone in the middle of the night, when silence lays steadily, and seconds feel like hours.
As a child, Luke's mum, Olivia, finds a bowler hat in the attic, which he claims as his own. It turns out that was a bad idea.
During the night, Luke wakes to a soft thudding sound. He ventures out into the corridor where he first sees the Tall Man - a floating ghost using its cane to pull itself along in its search for its bowler hat. Luke, momentarily paralysed with fear, quietly steals back into his bedroom and hides under his bed, where the worst thing that can happen next, does. The Tall Man enters the room.
The Tall Man finds his hat and begins to leave, only to seek Luke out when he lets out a premature breath of relief. The Tall Man bends down. Luke lets out a piercing scream. End scene.
The Tall Man would continue to plague Luke throughout his drug-addled life. If only he had been taken seriously and believed, perhaps things would have turned out differently for him.