Review:
When Margaret and Hal bought their home somewhere between three and four years ago, it was supposed to be a dream come true. They'd both always wanted to own their own home, but for various reasons it had never been in the cards. Now their daughter is all grown up and living on her own, Hal is doing better than he has in a while, and the house, due to a few deaths in its history, is reasonably priced despite being a beautiful Victorian.
The basement is a problem right from the start - something about it just feels wrong - but it's not hard to avoid going there. However, it's September when the house reaches its fully haunted potential. Hal can barely stand to be there during their first and second September, and by their third he's determined to find a solution. Margaret, meanwhile, just develops a set of rules and follows them. It's now time for her fourth September in the house, and she's fully prepared. Then her daughter calls, wants to know where Hal is, and won't take "he's busy" for an answer.
Hal left the house a month ago, unable to take its creepy ghost children and September's bleeding walls and constant nighttime screaming. Margaret is made of sterner stuff. She isn't about to let a few ghosts push her out of her dream home, and besides, it's generally a nice place to live 11 months out of the year. But she and Hal never told their daughter, Katherine, about the house's issues, and Margaret had never intended for her to find out. Now Katherine's insisting on visiting during the worst month of the year, determined to track Hal down since it doesn't seem like Margaret's going to, and Margaret has no idea how she's going to hide all of the house's oddities from her.
