Marcus Kliewer

We Used to Live Here

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Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Lively—about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house's previous residents unexpectedly visit.
As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can't believe the killer deal they've just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they're working in the house one day, there's a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.
As soon as the strangers enter their home, uncanny and inexplicable things start happening, including the family's youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can't seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when…
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  • minkatrilerhas quoted12 days ago
    I pretended I was getting better, bit by bit. Saying anything I could to shorten my time locked up here. To avoid those secure-cell wings.

    But all the while, I knew what the truth was. You don’t need a PhD to know that actual psychotic delusions and hallucinations don’t resemble what I experienced—so sudden and impossibly intricate. These weren’t hallucinations. These weren’t delusions.
  • minkatrilerhas quoted12 days ago
    Some say it’s a sanctuary for some kind of ancient entity. Some say it is a sprawling labyrinth that spreads across space and time and traps unsuspecting civilians in a maze of never-ending terror. Some say it’s simply a metaphor——a mirror into humanity’s fascination with long-abandoned structures. There are hundreds of theories. Long story short, when it comes to Old House and the surrounding lore, you’ll get a different story depending on who you ask and how many bong hits deep they happen to be.)
  • minkatrilerhas quoted14 days ago
    She stared into the fire, as if the solution might be hidden in the embers, conjured up in red, flickering letters. But of course, there was only fire, smoke, and ash. “I just, I never should have invited them in,” she thought aloud.

    Charlie scoffed. “You think they’re vampires?”

    “No.” Eve paused, tilting her head. “Maybe…?”

    Charlie smirked and took a swig of beer.

    “Would’ve been a quick night if I answered the door…”

    “Hello miss.” Eve pretended to be Thomas. “Can we come in?”

    “Nope.”

    “Roll credits.” Eve snorted.

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