When looking through Netflix’s lineup for October 2025, I noticed a movie I hadn’t heard of before: “We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” The title alone was enough to catch my attention, but after reading the premise, I was even more intrigued. Not to mention it’s based on the novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson, the brilliant mind behind “The Haunting of Hill House.”
“We Have Always Lived in the Castle” is an obscure little mystery thriller that follows two sisters living in isolation after a family tragedy, their quiet world disrupted by the arrival of a manipulative cousin. Safe to say, it wasn’t what I expected (in a good way), and it plays almost like a gothic family drama that completely subverts expectations.
