There's the scene where we, in an interesting, subtle way, learn the back story of the hauntings, and that is the discussion between the dad and his boss out in the field. Metaphorically it is like the devil tempting Jesus because he tells him he could have a perrfect view of the new development, and the dad is apprehensive, and we cut wide to reveal that they are standing in a cemetery. I feel like this film is one of the best haunted house films ever made. Perhaps it's a generational thing.

Also, there are no parents today that spark it up? C'mon. How does that date the film?

In my opinion, this film is about a family that is only superficially close, and through their experiences become closer, so to me the idea that they smoke pot while one kid lies in his bed terrified and the other gabs to boys way later than a high school kid should, speaks of their distance.