Lovely 23++ Henry Thomas Haunting Of Hill House. The first season is loosely based on the 1959 novel of the same name by shirley jackson. The events of hill house permanently scarred luke to a degree that he turned to drugs. The haunting of hill house (original title). In the new adaptation of shirley jackson's novel, the haunting of hill house, henry thomas plays hugh crain, the father of the troubled crain family.