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* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Horribly subverted. Even before the house is completed, the construction crew keeps finding an unusual amount of dead wildlife at the site. Later, the House Next Door has no qualms about murdering pets to send a message.
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* OedipusComplex: Pie often pits her husband and her father against one another for her affection. Even the neighbors talk about "that weird thing [she] has with her father."
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* ElectraComplex: Pie often pits her husband and her father against one another for her affection. Even the neighbors talk about "that weird thing [she] has with her father."
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* OedipusComplex: Pie often pits her husband and her father against one another for her affection. Even the neighbors talk about "that weird thing [she] has with her father."
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* DarkSkinnedRedhead: While he's not an anime character, Kim has striking red hair and a deep tan from traveling to construction sites, and also possesses the requisite passionate, magnetic, bold personality.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Colquitt and Walter Kennedy become outcasts, lose their jobs, and end up killing Kim and burning down the house. The Kennedys lose everything (including by implication their lives), and they DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Colquitt and Walter Kennedy become outcasts, lose their jobs, and end up killing Kim and burning down the house. The Kennedys lose everything (including by implication their lives), and they DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE.]] Worst of all, the ending implies that their sacrifice was AllForNothing, as one of Kim's blueprints still exists, [[HereWeGoAgain and there are plans to build another of his houses.]]]]
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* AliensMadeThemDoIt: Two couples' lives are ruined by the house forcing one of them into sex with someone else. It almost happens to Colquitt and Kim too but she pulls away in time.
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* SuburbanGothic: Takes place in a wealthy Atlanta suburb and involving a snazzy house that does nasty. things to its inhabitants.
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* SuburbanGothic: Takes place in a wealthy Atlanta suburb and involving a snazzy house that does nasty. nasty things to its inhabitants.
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* SuburbanGothic: Takes place in a wealthy Atlanta suburb and involving a snazzy house that does nasty. things to its inhabitants.
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** Claire believes that Colquitt is trying to ruin Claire's friendship with Susan Greene out of jealousy. Colquitt just wants her to stay away from the Greenes in case the House tries to drag her down with them.
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** Claire believes that Colquitt is trying to ruin Claire's friendship with Susan Greene out of jealousy. Colquitt just wants her to stay away from the Greenes in case the House tries to drag her down with them. Claire's assumption is made more frustrating and painful by the fact that it's unclear if she really believes this or if she's being influenced by the House.
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Colquitt and Walter Kennedy live placidly in a quiet, upscale suburb full of quiet, upscale neighbors. Here, everyone lives in everyone's back pocket, everyone knows everyone's business, and everyone is too comfortable to make waves. "We've never stuck our necks out for anyone," Walter complains. The biggest scandal to hit the neighborhood for years is the introduction of a huge, modern-styled house in the long-vacant woodlot next door. Colquitt is prepared to hate the house next door, but once she finally sees it, she has to admit that it looks exactly as though it has always belonged there. [[GeniusLoci Almost as if it were alive.]]
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Colquitt and Walter Kennedy live placidly in a quiet, upscale suburb full of quiet, upscale neighbors. Here, everyone lives in everyone's back pocket, everyone knows everyone's business, and everyone is too comfortable to make waves. "We've never stuck our necks out for anyone," Walter complains. The biggest scandal to hit the neighborhood for years is the introduction of a huge, modern-styled house in the long-vacant woodlot next door.adjacent to the Kennedys. Colquitt is prepared to hate the house next door, but once she finally sees it, she has to admit that it looks exactly as though it has always belonged there. [[GeniusLoci Almost as if it were alive.]]
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* HowWeGotHere: The book opens with Colquitt stating that people as unremarkable as she and her husband don't end up on the cover of ''Magazine/TimeMagazine''. The rest of the story explains how they did just that.
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* HowWeGotHere: The book opens with Colquitt stating that people as unremarkable as she and her husband don't end up on the cover of ''Magazine/TimeMagazine''.''People'' magazine. The rest of the story explains how they did just that.
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* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Absolutely ''everyone'' calls Pie "Pie" (short for "Punkin-Pie"). We never learn her real name.
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* GeniusLoci: The house itself seems to be sentient enough to protect itself from threats.
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* GeniusLoci: The house itself seems to be sentient enough to protect itself from threats.know when someone is plotting to destroy it. It also seems to have the power to compel people inside, and a limited ability to reach beyond its own borders to harm anyone it dislikes.
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* RunOrDie: When Claire realizes that the House really has power and is targeting her, she packs up her family, leaves all their possessions behind, and moves into a rental home across town to escape it. Note that Claire didn't even ''live'' in the House; she only visited.
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* AffairBlameTheBastard: Norman Greene demands total perfection and obedience from his daughter Melissa and often drives her to tears when she can't deliver. Claire learns that he's hard on Melissa because her mother Susan had her out of wedlock. Norman mistreats Melissa to punish Susand for her perceived infidelity (even though the kid was born well before Susan and Norman married).
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* AffairBlameTheBastard: Norman Greene demands total perfection and obedience from his daughter Melissa and often drives her to tears when she can't deliver. Claire learns that he's hard on Melissa because her mother Susan had her out of wedlock. Norman mistreats Melissa to punish Susand Susan for her perceived infidelity (even though the kid was born well before Susan and Norman married).
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* HauntedHouse: Of an unusual kind. It's not built over cursed land, nor did anyone ever die there (until it killed them). The book implies that the very idea of the house was evil enough to compel someone to build it.
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* HauntedHouse: Of an unusual kind. It's not built over cursed land, nor did anyone ever die there (until it killed them). The book implies Colquitt feels that the very idea ''idea'' of the house was evil powerful enough to compel someone to build it.that it willed itself into existence.
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'''''The House Next Door''''' is a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons. The novel concerns Colquitt and Walter Kennedy, who live placidly in a quiet, upscale suburb until a house is built on a lot next door. The house exudes a strange power that violently alters the lives of everyone and everything around it, including three owners, the Kennedys themselves, and the very architect who built it.
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'''''The House Next Door''''' is a not-so-typical HauntedHouse novel by Anne Rivers Siddons. The novel concerns Siddons, a notable departure for an author otherwise known for her novels of upper-middle-class family drama.
Colquitt and WalterKennedy, who Kennedy live placidly in a quiet, upscale suburb until full of quiet, upscale neighbors. Here, everyone lives in everyone's back pocket, everyone knows everyone's business, and everyone is too comfortable to make waves. "We've never stuck our necks out for anyone," Walter complains. The biggest scandal to hit the neighborhood for years is the introduction of a huge, modern-styled house is built on a lot in the long-vacant woodlot next door. The Colquitt is prepared to hate the house exudes a strange power next door, but once she finally sees it, she has to admit that violently alters the it looks exactly as though it has always belonged there. [[GeniusLoci Almost as if it were alive.]]
But even before anyone lives in it, the House Next Door is the scene of a tragedy that claims an innocent life. Colquitt and Walter watch in horror as three families in quick succession are driven to madness and murder shortly after moving in. They begin to suspect that something terrible lives in the House Next Door, something that will destroy everyone who ever lives there. As the only witnesses, Colquitt andeverything around it, including three owners, Walter must decide if they will risk their reputations and lives to warn the Kennedys themselves, and world about the very architect who built it.
House Next Door, while suspecting it has enough power to reach beyond its own walls if anyone stands in its way.
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But even before anyone lives in it, the House Next Door is the scene of a tragedy that claims an innocent life. Colquitt and Walter watch in horror as three families in quick succession are driven to madness and murder shortly after moving in. They begin to suspect that something terrible lives in the House Next Door, something that will destroy everyone who ever lives there. As the only witnesses, Colquitt and
* AffairBlameTheBastard: Norman Greene demands total perfection and obedience from his daughter Melissa and often drives her to tears when she can't deliver. Claire learns that he's hard on Melissa because her mother Susan had her out of wedlock. Norman mistreats Melissa to punish Susand for her perceived infidelity (even though the kid was born well before Susan and Norman married).
* TheBeautifulElite: The whole neighborhood is quite well-off and seems to have more than its share of good-looking suburban housewives and handsome suit-and-tie husbands. Colquitt implies that it's only natural that success and beauty should be paired.
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* DemonicPossessionTheCassandra: After watching the house destroy three families in a matter of months, Colquitt and Walter realize they have to warn the public. The unusual story makes national headlines, but no one really believes them and their neighbors think they're nuts.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: While the neighbor women are initially sympathetic about [[spoiler:Pie's miscarriage]], they realize quickly that the tragedy might have been for the best, as she's so self-involved that it's barely a speedbump to her.
* DaddysGirl: Pie, whose wealthy and doting father has the house built as a wedding present for his little girl.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: While he's not an anime character, Kim has striking red hair and a deep tan from traveling to construction sites, and also possesses the requisite passionate, magnetic, bold personality.
* DemonicPossession: Of a strange kind: the house itself possesses its occupants, using their own fears and flaws to make them turn on each other.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: While the neighbor women are initially sympathetic about [[spoiler:Pie's miscarriage]], they realize quickly that the tragedy might have been for the best, as she's so self-involved that it's barely a speedbump to her.
* DaddysGirl: Pie, whose wealthy and doting father has the house built as a wedding present for his little girl.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: While he's not an anime character, Kim has striking red hair and a deep tan from traveling to construction sites, and also possesses the requisite passionate, magnetic, bold personality.
* DemonicPossession: Of a strange kind: the house itself possesses its occupants, using their own fears and flaws to make them turn on each other.
* TheDogBitesBack: The neighbors witness Norman Greene verbally and emotionally abuse his wife and child, and everyone suspects that behind closed doors, he's physically abusive, too. When shotguns blasts are heard in the night, all of them assume Norman finally went too far. [[spoiler:Turns out it was his cowed, passive wife who got tired of the abuse and killed her husband, her daughter, and herself.]]
* ElectraComplex: Pie often pits her husband and her father against one another for her affection. Even the neighbors talk about "that weird thing [she] has with her father."
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FaceHeelTurn: Colquitt's best friend Claire becomes involved in the house and turns on Colquitt, believing she's either vindictive or insane. She later has a HeelRealization when the House begins to act on her, just as Colquitt warned it would.
*HauntedHouseGeniusLoci: The house itself seems to be sentient enough to protect itself from threats.
* HauntedHouse: Of an unusual kind. It's not built over cursed land, nor did anyone ever die there (until it killed them). The book implies that the very idea of the house was evil enough to compel someone to build it.
* HowWeGotHere: The book opens with Colquitt stating that people as unremarkable as she and her husband don't end up on the cover of ''Magazine/TimeMagazine''. The rest of the story explains how they did just that.
* InTheBlood: Colquitt and Walter are horrified to discover that Kim, whom they've befriended, may be the unwitting agent of the evil that occupies the house. [[spoiler: It turns out that all his previous architectural projects were cancelled due to bizarre tragedies, and it's implied that either he has a sinister power he's unaware of or that an evil force works through him.]]
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* HauntedHouse: Of an unusual kind. It's not built over cursed land, nor did anyone ever die there (until it killed them). The book implies that the very idea of the house was evil enough to compel someone to build it.
* HowWeGotHere: The book opens with Colquitt stating that people as unremarkable as she and her husband don't end up on the cover of ''Magazine/TimeMagazine''. The rest of the story explains how they did just that.
* InTheBlood: Colquitt and Walter are horrified to discover that Kim, whom they've befriended, may be the unwitting agent of the evil that occupies the house. [[spoiler: It turns out that all his previous architectural projects were cancelled due to bizarre tragedies, and it's implied that either he has a sinister power he's unaware of or that an evil force works through him.]]
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* TheBeautifulElite: Whole paragraphs are devoted to how good looking Colquitt is. She happens to be the first-person narrator.
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* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Horribly subverted. Even before the house is completed, the construction crew keeps finding an unusual amount of dead wildlife at the site. Later, the House Next Door has no qualms about murdering pets to send a message.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Colquitt
* SpoiledBrat: Pie, who had both her wealthy daddy and her doting husband wrapped around her finger.
* StacysMom: The neighborhood boys find Colquitt, a thirty-something married lady with no kids, to be extremely attractive. A neighbor's teenage son makes a forward remark about Colquitt's jeans looking as if they're painted on.
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** Claire believes that Colquitt is trying to ruin Claire's friendship with Susan Greene out of jealousy. Colquitt just wants her to stay away from the Greenes in case the House tries to drag her down with them.
** Walter tries to warn Norman Greene about what happened to the previous families who lived in the House, but Norman, who's Jewish, assumes Walter's trying to drive him out of their WASP-y neighborhood.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: While there are rumors about [[spoiler: Luke Abbott]] having an affair with his law clerk (a mostly-male profession in the 70s), these are never substantiated, and the house has no need of actual pre-existing attraction to force people into having sex (although it seems to like situations where attraction would be plausible, presumably to cause more pain; see Kim and Colquitt above). So it's not clear if [[spoiler: Buddy and Luke are actually attracted to men or not.]]
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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, a young couple get the original blueprints from Kim's business partner, who is of course unaware the house is evil, and decide the design is just perfect...]]
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* KickTheDog: After the house nearly kills Pie Harralson, the first inhabitant, by making her miscarry, it starts horribly murdering wildlife, culminating with torturing her new setter puppy to death.
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* MindScrew: There are no ghosts, no creaking stairs, no strange chills in the house. You will just have odd thoughts....
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* MindScrew: There are no ghosts, no creaking stairs, no strange chills in the house. You will just have odd thoughts....thoughts...
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* TheBeautifulElite: Whole paragraphs are devoted to how good looking Colquitt is.
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The House Next Door is a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons. The novel concerns Colquitt and Walter Kennedy, who live placidly in a quiet, upscale suburb until a house is built on a lot next door. The house exudes a strange power that violently alters the lives of everyone and everything around it, including three owners, the Kennedys themselves, and the very architect who built it.
The novel is noteworthy for being a story of a contemporary haunted house and has been referred to as "The Making of A Haunted House." It was made into a TV movie in 2006.
The novel is noteworthy for being a story of a contemporary haunted house and has been referred to as "The Making of A Haunted House." It was made into a TV movie in 2006.
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The House Next Door is a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons. The novel concerns Colquitt and Walter Kennedy, who live placidly in a quiet, tony suburb until a house is built on a lot next door. The house exudes a strange power that violently alters the lives of everyone and everything around it, including three owners, the Kennedys themselves, and the very architect who built it.
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The House Next Door is a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons. The novel concerns Colquitt and Walter Kennedy, who live placidly in a quiet, tony upscale suburb until a house is built on a lot next door. The house exudes a strange power that violently alters the lives of everyone and everything around it, including three owners, the Kennedys themselves, and the very architect who built it.
