Explained: Why We Love Stories Set in Haunted Houses
There is a compelling, elusive, “something” about the image of a dark, looming Victorian mansion that seems to conceal something beastly in its vast depths. The vision harkens back to childhood, and of the collective experience of cowering under the blankets, shrinking at the slightest unfamiliar sound. In the dead of night, the size and arrangement of one’s home twists until familiar corners and hallways lose their geometry, becoming predatory places hiding an unseen threat....