Working at the haunted house was a precise punishment of my own ... ♦ Published in the print edition of the July 12 & 19, 2021, issue. Emma Cline is an author whose books include “The Guest.” ...

The spooky-home trope lives on in Daniel Craig's Dream House, Guillermo Del Toro's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and the Paranormal Activity franchise. Why? The haunted-house film may just be the ...