First, the palatial but dilapidated old mansion won them over with its charms...then it (literally!) sucked the life out of its caretaker family. In the end, the house got a complete makeover (new roof, paint, even flowers blooming in the garden!). The unwitting summer vacationers, who sacrificed their lives in the process, were added to the photo gallery that had seemed so curious to them upon their arrival. Only mom (played by the late Karen Black) survived...transformed into the attic-dwelling old matron of the estate.
Think Psycho meets Flip that House with a little Poltergeist thrown in.
Thing is, it's not really that much of a stretch. If you think about it, it's actually a metaphor for what happens to many, when we allow our possessions to possess us. We break our backs and our bank accounts, pouring our hearts and souls into things that don't last. In the end we wind up in the photo gallery...and our possessions wind up outliving us. Isn't there something wrong with that picture?
Maybe 2014 will provide us with an opportunity to do what Timeless Wisdom has suggested all along, and we'll store up treasure in places of eternal meaning instead of chasing after material perfection--a fiction we can all live without.
Try something new in 2014!
"...where moth and rust do not destroy."
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