The Remains

A grieving father who purchases the house to reunite his family, but becomes consumed by the mysterious chest and its relics. His fear and fragile sanity drive him into dreams of murder, placing his loved ones in danger. He struggles to protect his children while the house asserts its control.

The elder daughter who is aloof and more interested in her relationship than the family. She later takes an active role, attempting to save her family by burning the chest, and ultimately falls to the spirit’s wrath. Her arc traces detachment to reluctant leadership under pressure.

The younger daughter who forms an attachment to the doll and later experiences possession. Her innocence makes the haunting feel personal to the family, amplifying the danger as the spirit targets the children.

The younger son who bonds with the old camera and becomes another vessel for the haunting. His attachments contribute to the escalating danger when the children become possessed at night.

The 19th-century spirit behind the haunting who manipulates the living and demands that the chest’s contents be burned. She is the source of the possession and the killer of John, and her presence reappears at key moments to torment the family.

The realtor who sells the house at the end; she understands little of its history and provides an outwardly calm, businesslike exterior to a home with a chilling past. Her comment about being right on time at 3:00 marks the continuation of the curse.

The daughter of the 1891 couple, seen in the attic; a spectral presence who speaks through the living and hints at the history that must be carried forward. Her appearance signals the return of past trauma into the present.