Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-25008763-20170523223607/@comment-25008763-20170523230849

meseket, there's a horror writer that made a nice distinction in terms of Haunted Houses versus Haunting Houses.. Haunted Houses simply contain ghosts, goblins and spectres while Haunting Houses are actually malevolent spirits that take on the guise of a house.

I believe the Amityville Home is an interesting take on this as in most tales it is a Haunted House, being the residence of witchcraft cultists and later demons.. however in the movie series about Amityville Horror there was an extended mythos that the Home itself was somehow evil, that the demons were simply extensions of the Home's own evil will.. that would make the film version of the Amityville Home its own character (a Haunting House).. I'm not sure we should really add it here as it may stretch the line too far and open it for abuse but it is a concept that is interesting to look at.