The Haunting of Hill House creator says follow-up is "a lot more frightening," but there won't be a direct link

Entertainment Weekly

“It’s scarier,” says Mike Flanagan of The Haunting of Bly Manor. “It’s a lot more frightening, just on a visceral level.” He adds that there's a different vibe from the original. “There’s not a narrative connection, but there are little Easter eggs, for sure, not only in small details but in moments of dialogue and in some of the ideas from Hill House,” he says. “There are definitely going to be things that will set off that little dopamine rush that those kind of connections create. But it’s not a direct connection from a story point of view.”