Danvers (played here by a shade-throwing Kristin Scott Thomas) who makes the nameless protagonist's married life hell. Perhaps it's the ghoulish head housekeeper Mrs. Its genre is actually quite slippery: Romance? Horror? Coming of age? Is spooky season even the right time to watch? (Is any season the right time to watch?)Įven identifying a villain is a deceptively elusive endeavor. The story of Rebecca - whether the novel, the Hitchcock adaptation or this 2020 version directed by Ben Wheatley - is a bit of a Rorschach test. And while it's not a very scary movie (especially when compared with the Oscar-winning 1940 Alfred Hitchcock film adaptation), it has the potential to send a chill down your spine. With the help of Lily James and Armie Hammer, the streaming service resurrected the haunted house of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca from the ashes just in time for Halloween 2020.

Last year, Netflix took us to Manderley again, only it wasn't a dream. Armie Hammer and Lily James in the 2020 Netflix adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, directed by Ben Wheatley

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