The House

**The House** was released in 2023.

A group of rowdy high school students become peculiarly accustomed to the presence of ghosts in a decrepit house on their block.

## Plot

Two self-described urban explorers, Scott and Jenny, explore the abandoned house on 932 Claudia Street in the downtrodden, lower middle class neighborhood they live in. Jubilant to be inside, they tour the entire place and record it on video. Midway through, they stop recording and try to run out of the house. Their fate however, was unknown, as they wind up on the missing kids list.

Half a block away, the rowdy group of high schoolers Aidan, Callum, and Tyler were all hanging out and chatting behind a local bar, illegally smoking and drinking acquired from the patrons inside, and they talked about that same abandoned house on that street and were interested in exploring it themselves because they thought it was cool. They decide to do it that night and skip school yet again to go there and do whatever they desired. They walk down the streets, discussing what they all expected to see inside the house, and then approach it at midnight

At school the following day, a teacher notes that the three were absent, and though the teacher shrugs it off out of relief, but their friend, Ivan, is oddly concerned as they are always there when he is there, and not when he is not, so it must be weird for him for some reason. Later that afternoon, Ivan hits up his friend, Todd, and they decide to skip the rest of the school day for some downtime. Ivan expresses his concern over his three friends to Todd; referencing the historical events that happened at the house. It involved

The ghosts inside the house expressed their disapproval over their plan to share information of the house to the public, stating that they wanted to keep on partying without interference for all eternity.

The film ends with Henry and George killing Aidan, Callum, and Tyler. Those three have now joined alongside them, partying forever.

## Characters

* Aidan - the one who is more knowledgeable and smarter than his peers yet is still rowdy and will still tag along with his group
* Callum - the most loudmouth and pseudo-frontman/leader type of the group
* Tyler - a quieter yet most destructive and most rebellious member of the group
	+ All three are the rowdiest teenagers you can expect; skipping from school and hanging out as a group all night. They don't feel as if they have a purpose in their lives nor do they have supportive parents who care about them, which is a major influence on why they do the things they do.
* Ivan - a friend of the three who is not directly associated with them and doesn't tag along with them yet still is somewhat close with them. He's that blend between being dismissive and uncaring about academics or other things important yet never making stupid decisions like smoking or trespassing or any criminal activity. Hence why he never tags along with them.
* Todd
* Scott
* Jenny

### Ghosts and Spirits

* Henry Hughes
* George Pickerington
* Clara Pickerington

## Production Notes

* The ending is not explicitly stated to the audience, but rather, visually and auditorily implied.
* Motifs for exploring the house:
	+ Scott and Jenny for posting to their urban exploration channel on youtube
	+ Aidan, Callum, and Tyler because "they thought it was cool," also for vandalizing and stealing cool artifacts from it.

### Flaws

* This film is similar, both in structure and plot, to **The Shining (1980)**, especially with its ending when the three main characters are killed off by the ghosts of 932 Claudia Street.

## Trivia

* Tommy, Aiden, and Cameron make subtle references to certain horror novels such as () , showing their love of horror while also referencing novels that are relevant to their research project and exploration of the abandoned house.

## Soundtrack

* Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson (1927)

## Quotes

* "Ghosts or people? Which, of the two, are more terrifying?"