Sisoloko Sihlala eNqabeni libali eloyikisayo losapho lwaseBlackwood, oluhlala kuloo nqaba. Xa sidibana nabo, babekelwe bucala kwiidolophu kwaye balahleka kwixesha elidlulileyo kunye neembono zikayise. Iingxaki ziyavela, nangona kunjalo, xa umzala kaCharles Blackwood (Sebastian Stan) esiza edolophini kwaye efuna ukutshintsha indlela yabo yobomi.
Ngokusekwe kwinoveli ka-1962 nguShirley Jackson kwaye ikhokelwe nguStacie Passon, Sisoloko Sihlala eNqabeni ithathwa njengemfihlakalo, engasoze iwele umgca ukoyikeka ngokupheleleyo. I-Merricat Blackwood (iTaissa Farmiga) ifuna kuphela ukukhusela udade wayo omdala, ongenalwazi, uConstance (Alexandra Daddario), nokuba kungayiphi na indleko. Nokuba kungenxa yokuya edolophini ebadelelayo ukuze uConstance kunganyanzelekanga, okanye ukwamkela izimvo zobugqwirha ukubakhusela bobabini, iMerricat isindwa ngamaxhala abukhali kwaye ayinaye umntu wokumnceda; Kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo, abafazi abancinci babeziinkedama emva kokufa kwabazali babo ngokungummangaliso ngokufaka ityhefu.
Ngomalume wabo ogulayo uJulian (uCrispin Glover) kwindawo ezimeleyo kunye nabo, bobabini aba bafazi banokuphila ubomi babo ngaphandle kokubuzwa. Oko kukuthi, de, umzala uCharles ufike ngeliso lakhe kwilifa losapho.
Ndizifumene ndivumelana nembono kaCharles ngamanye amaxesha, ekunokwenzeka ukuba sisiphoso sam. Ngokuqinisekileyo, uyabawa kwaye ufuna ukuba yinxalenye yosapho ngemali, kodwa unenjongo yokuba i-Merricat ichitha iiasethi zabo ngokuzingcwaba eyadini, kwaye uCharles unenkxalabo efanelekileyo malunga nokungakwazi kwakhe ukufumana impahla. Kuba eyisoyikiso kwindlela yabo engaqhelekanga yobomi, kungekudala uCharles ufumanisa ukuba uhlaselwe kwaye ukhohlakele ngaphakathi kwekhaya. Ukulunga kuwo onke amaqela, ndiyaqonda ukuba avelaphi onke, kodwa intsha kum ukuba ndizive ndinovelwano ngakumbi ngokubonakala ngathi kungumbambisene kunalowo uphambili.
Le bhanyabhanya izaliswe ngabalinganiswa abangaqhelekanga, ebekwe edolophini enengqumbo engenzi mqondo ungako ngokuchasene nosapho lwaseBlackwood. Banembali yosapho edolophini kwaye abantu balapho ababathandi ngemali yabo, kodwa loo nzondo enkulu yabemi ibonakala ngathi isendele nzulu kwinto esingazange sayibona. Le yindawo enokuphuculwa ngcono. Okwangoku, loo ntiyo ibaleka kuyo yonke imovie kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo yenza ubomi bunomdla kubo bobabini iMerricat kunye neConstance. Eyona nto ityebileyo ngokutyebileyo kukuba inqaba yonke-yasemoyeni, ikhredithi kwingqondo kaJackson, umbono kaPasson, kunye nokubulawa kweqela lakhe.
Kwintliziyo yayo, ezona ndawo zoyikisayo zale bhanyabhanya zizinto zemihla ngemihla njengoko zinjalo gothic: ukuxhatshazwa, ingcinezelo, ukubawa, iimfihlo zosapho, kunye nokungaqondani okungaphakathi kubo.
Sihlala Sihlala eNqabeni iyamangalisa ngokubonakalayo, ukujonga ngokutsha ibali likaShirley Jackson, kwaye unoloyiko olwakha kancinci oluza kuhlala nawe. Yinto etshabalalisayo, kodwa hayi eyoyikisayo. Ngaba uSebastian Stan akananto engenanto ebhafini? Ewe Nceda!
(umfanekiso: Imithombo yeendaba yeBrainstorm)
Ngaba ufuna amanye amabali anje? Yiba ngumbhalisi kwaye uxhase indawo!
-UMary Sue unomgaqo-nkqubo ongqongqo ongavumiyo, kodwa ungaphelelanga apho, ukuthukwa kwabantu nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —
