![]() Enraged by the stranger’s intrusion, Linus tries to throw him out, but he asks if his wife, Marianne, is being tricked by the house.įinally, the stranger reveals the truth about the Halls. He further asks if he has heard any whispers or voices or had any temptations. He says the manor the reverend’s family has taken residence is built on the ruins of the Minassian Order, who are known for their misogyny, violence, and brutality. The stranger knows everything about Linus and talks about the Minassian Order, to which the local monastery belonged long ago. Upon hearing this, the stranger, a veteran of the Great War, ridicules him for his judgment. Linus asks his wife and daughter to go to a movie in the town. ![]() Adelaide asks, “Are you talking about voices?” The kid says nothing when Marianne presses her on what she’s talking about. It’s morning, and at the breakfast table, Marianne talks about noises, and Linus says it could be mice or rats. Is it a vision Marianne has, or is it a memory from the past? Who is beyond the wall? As she peers into the hole in the wall, we get a glimpse of Marianne herself, walking through the darkly lit corridors of what looks like a mental asylum. ![]() The camera looks at her through a small hole in the wall. She can feel someone or something’s gaze on her. Meanwhile, Marianne hears a noise while sitting in front of a dressing mirror. He rebuffs her advances, and they sleep in different rooms.īefore going to sleep, Linus reads the same verses regarding ‘sexual immorality’ as Stanley Hall in the opening scene. However, the Reverend feels great shame as he is about to kiss his wife. Later, Marianne tries to consummate her marriage with Linus. As it’s the case with most of the haunted house films featuring kids, Adelaide has an imaginary friend or companion named Veronica, who ‘whispers things’ to her. Later in the night, as Marianne tucks Adelaide into her bed, she looks at the weird doll and also at the even more creepy monk dolls of three adorned with brown hoods. Linus also looks too pious and controlling as he mildly reprimands Adelaide for touching the dinner before he finishes his prayer. Linus sounds anxious about building the congregation anew, and Marianne is supportive and encouraging. The Bishop has told Linus that the Halls have moved to Australia. Through Linus and Marianne’s conversation, we learn that the murder-suicide of previous residents Stanley and Beatrice Hall isn’t known to them. The ten or 11-year-old Adelaide is quick to explore the house and finds a creepy eyeless doll in the playroom, whereas the adults look at the well-maintained garden by the deaf housekeeper, Betsy (Jean St. His new wife, Marianne (Jessica Brown Findlay), and her daughter, Adelaide (Anya McKenna-Bruce), are the other two occupants. Reverend Linus Forster (John Heffernan) is transferred to the region by Bishop Malachi, asking him to restore the faith of the Churchgoing people in these times of doubt and uncertainty. Known as the Morley Manor, a family of three move into it. Then the title card says ‘Three Years Later,’ as new residents arrive at the secluded manor. ![]() During the opening credits, we see a strange red-headed man ( Sean Harris) dancing a tango with a woman.
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