Showranner yeiyo nhevedzano "mapoinzi kumba pachikomo" Mike Flanegan, achipindura mubvunzo akabvunzwa naye, akataura kuti kusikwa kwemwaka wechipiri kunoratidza sei:
Basa rakakwana. Tiri kufamba maererano nehurongwa, takakwanisa kupedzisa kupfura kuti tiratidze, timu yekugadzira-yekugadzira iri kushanda pane chirongwa kubva kumba. Nhevedzano ichave inoshamisa. Ini ndafara kwazvo. Hapana chikonzero chekufunga nezve izvo zvichaendeswa. Paakagadzirira, Netflix achazivisa zuva rekuburitsa.
Mwaka wekutanga wenhevedzano raive risina chinhu chebhuku reAmerican Shirley Jackson. Iyo yechipiri inoenderana nebasa rekunyora. Sehwaro, iyo nyaya "tendeuka iyo screw" Henry James, mudzidzi weTurgev uye Farimert. Asi hazvizivikanwe kuti kusvika kure sei flanegan vachienda kubva kune yekutanga sosi.
Munyaya yeLondon Lord yakatsausa muzvikamu zvake zvechidiki uye hutongi hwakabatanidzwa kwavari. Musikana anotenda kuti mweya yakaipa inoda kuparadza vana vanogara muimba. Akakwanisa kuziva kuti vashandi vaviri vakafa mumba muno. Vatsoropodzi vanoramba vachipokana, vangangodaro vaona kukunda kwezvipoko zvevakafa, kana ichi chibereko chekufungidzira kwake, zvichiratidza kuvapo kwematambudziko nepfungwa.