We Are Still Here (2015) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A grieving couple enters a cursed house where buried injustice and supernatural hunger consume the surrounding community.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Grief Enters the Old House

Paul moves the family to rural New England after Bobby's death, hoping the new home will help Anne recover. Strange claims about Bobby's presence and a neighbor's warning establish the house as dangerous.

Key Events

• Bobby's Fatal Crash — The death of Bobby leaves the family devastated and Anne deeply depressed. Characters: Paul Sacchetti Location: Rural New England
• Relocation to the Country — Paul relocates the family to a rural home hoping the move will help Anne recover. Characters: Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House
• The House's Funeral Past — The house was built by the Dagmars as a funeral home in the 1800s. Characters: Lassander Dagmar Location: The Dagmar House
• Anne Senses Bobby — Anne begins claiming that Bobby is present inside the new home. Characters: Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House

Visitors Meet the Apparition

Spiritualist friends join the grieving couple, and a dinner outing briefly delays the house's history from becoming central. Harry is killed in the basement, followed by Daniella's death after her escape.

Key Events

• A Neighbor's Warning — A neighbor warns the couple to leave the house. Characters: Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House
• Spiritualist Friends Arrive — Anne invites spiritualist friends to help contact Bobby. Characters: Paul Sacchetti, Jacob Lewis Location: The Dagmar House
• Dinner Before the Horror — The two couples go out to eat before the supernatural killings begin. Characters: Paul Sacchetti, Jacob Lewis, Daniella Location: Restaurant
• Basement Apparition — Daniella witnesses Harry being killed by an apparition in the basement. Characters: Daniella Location: The Dagmar House basement
• Daniella's Flight — Daniella flees in horror after witnessing the basement killing, but is killed. Characters: Daniella Location: Outside the Dagmar House

The House Demands Souls

A restaurant conversation reveals the house's thirty-year hunger and its threat to the town. Jacob persuades Paul to attempt a séance, opening the way for Lassander's possession.

Key Events

• The Thirty-Year Hunger — Dave explains that the house must feed every thirty years or the evil seeks fresh souls. Location: Restaurant
• A Reluctant Séance — Jacob persuades Paul to conduct a séance while their wives are away. Characters: Paul Sacchetti, Jacob Lewis Location: The Dagmar House
• Lassander Possesses Jacob — The séance ends with Jacob possessed by Lassander Dagmar's spirit. Characters: Jacob Lewis, Lassander Dagmar Location: The Dagmar House
• The Sacrifice Revealed — Lassander reveals that villagers sacrificed his family to the evil beneath the house. Characters: Jacob Lewis, Lassander Dagmar Location: The Dagmar House

The Sacrifice Is Remembered

Lassander reveals that his family was sacrificed by the villagers rather than expelled. His rage overwhelms Jacob, who dies before the townspeople enter the house to satisfy its hunger.

Key Events

• Jacob Takes His Life — Overcome by Lassander's rage, Jacob kills himself. Characters: Jacob Lewis, Lassander Dagmar Location: The Dagmar House
• The House Receives Victims — The townspeople arrive at the house, determined to give it what it wants. Characters: Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House
• Bobby Urges Escape — Paul and Anne hear Bobby's voice urging them to leave and flee upstairs. Characters: Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House

The Spirits Claim the Town

The Dagmar spirits massacre most of the townspeople and kill the final attacker. Once satisfied, the spirits depart, but the surviving couple still follows Bobby's voice into the cellar.

Key Events

• The Dagmar Massacre — The Dagmar spirits violently kill most of the invading townspeople. Characters: Lassander Dagmar, Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House
• Dave's Final Attack — Dave attempts to kill Paul and Anne but is killed by Lassander's spirit. Characters: Paul Sacchetti, Lassander Dagmar Location: The Dagmar House
• The Spirits Depart — After the carnage satisfies the spirits, the Dagmar family leaves the house. Characters: Lassander Dagmar, Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House
• Into the Cellar — Anne follows Bobby's call into the cellar, and Paul follows her downstairs. Characters: Paul Sacchetti Location: The Dagmar House cellar

Story Breakdown

• Grief Forces Relocation — Paul moves the family after Bobby's death, hoping distance and a new home will ease Anne's depression.
  • Bobby's Fatal Crash — Bobby's death creates the emotional wound that drives the move.
  • Country House Move — Paul relocates the family to rural New England.
• The Funeral Home Secret — The new home carries a history involving the Dagmar family and deceptive funeral practices.
  • Dagmar Family History — The house was built as a funeral home in the 1800s.
  • Empty Casket Scandal — The Dagmars were accused of selling corpses and burying empty caskets.
• Warnings Go Unheeded — Reports of Bobby's presence and a neighbor's warning fail to make the family abandon the house.
  • Bobby's Apparition — Anne claims that Bobby is present inside the house.
  • Neighbor's Warning — A neighbor tells the couple to leave the property.
• Visitors Face Death — The arrival of spiritualist friends coincides with a series of killings connected to the house.
  • Spiritualist Gathering — Friends are invited to help contact Bobby.
  • Basement Apparition — An apparition kills Harry, and Daniella is killed after fleeing.
• Lassander's Vengeful Return — The séance uncovers the truth behind the Dagmar family's disappearance and unleashes Lassander's rage.
  • Possession Through Séance — Lassander possesses Jacob during the séance.
  • Sacrifice Revelation — Lassander says the villagers sacrificed his family to the evil beneath the house.
• The House Claims Souls — The townspeople attempt to feed the house, but the Dagmar spirits turn the sacrifice into a massacre.
  • Townspeople Invade — The villagers break into the house to satisfy its supernatural hunger.
  • Dagmar Massacre — The spirits kill most of the townspeople and the final attacker.
• An Unfinished Escape — The spirits leave after the massacre, but the surviving couple remains drawn toward the cellar.
  • Spirits Depart — The Dagmar spirits leave once the house is satisfied.
  • Bobby Calls Below — Paul follows Anne into the cellar after hearing Bobby's voice.

Directed by

Ted Geoghegan

Key Cast

• Barbara Crampton — Anne Sacchetti
• Andrew Sensenig — Paul Sacchetti
• Lisa Marie — May Lewis
• Larry Fessenden — Jacob Lewis
• Monte Markham — Dave McCabe