Mu mawu ocheperako, wotsogolera ndi wojambula Mike Flanegan. Ngati opanga adatengera momwemo m'chigawo choyamba cha chipembedzocho chifukwa maziko a Schirley Jackson, tsopano flanegan ndi gulu lake adayang'ana pa ntchito za Henry James. Kuyankha pa Makhalidwe a "Zizindikiro za Estate of Blya," Shouranner adati:
Monga "mizukwa ya nyumba paphiripo", ndidafunanso kusewera ndi mutu wa mizimu, womwe umakhala ngati njira yosonyezera mabala athu. Ndikudabwa momwe zakale komanso zomwe zilili zitha kuzimiririka. Nthawi izi zimalumikizana sizigwirizana ngati mafupa akugwa a domino, koma monga amabalalika conttitti.
Ngakhale "mizukwa ya nyumba yomwe ili paphiri" yotchula fanizo lokhudza banja lolumikizana kwambiri, "malo a Blyge" anganene za alendo, ndiye kuti, za banja lomwe likukwaniritsidwa. Anthu onse okhala ndi Bly ali ndi chiyambi chosiyana kwambiri. Adzadziwana wina ndi mnzake kudzera muubwenzi, kusokonezeka, kusamvana ndi chikondi. Chinthu chodziwika bwino cha "malire a Byly" ndichakuti, makamaka, nkhani yachikondi ya Gothic.
Zochita za "mizukwa ya mbiri ya Bly" idzalowa m'ma 1980s. Pakati pa chiwembucho padzakhala mayi wachichepere Dany Clayton (Victoria Pedretti), omwe amalembedwa ntchito ngati wolamulira kwa ana awiri osakhazikika. Zigawo zonse zisanu ndi zinayi za nkhani zatsopanozi zidzapezeka pa Netflix kuyambira Okutobala 9.