Character Relationship Map: Our House

Characters

• Ethan (played by Thomas Mann) — protagonist

  Ethan is a college student and passionate inventor who creates ELI, a machine intended to generate wireless electrical power. After an unauthorized experiment contributes to a blackout, he returns hom...

• Hannah (played by Nicola Peltz Beckham) — protagonist

  Hannah is Ethan's girlfriend and a participant in his unauthorized university experiment with ELI. She later reviews footage from the first test, helps identify the supernatural threat, investigates t...

• Becca (played by Kate Moyer) — supporting

  Becca is Ethan's younger sister, whom he returns home to care for after their parents die. She becomes convinced that the supernatural activity may involve their parents, but is instead lured into dan...

• Matt (played by Percy Hynes White) — supporting

  Matt is Ethan's younger brother and part of the family affected by the supernatural activity surrounding ELI. He initially shares the belief that the apparitions could be their parents, then helps Han...

• Marie (played by Marcia Bennett) — supporting

  Marie is an elderly neighbor who knows the history of the house and its former occupants. When Ethan and Hannah ask for help understanding the supernatural events, she tells them about a child who dis...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Becca → Matt (Family Siblings) — They share the danger created by the machine and the house.

  Becca and Matt are both described as Ethan's younger siblings and remain together during the supernatural events.

• Ethan → Matt (Family Older Brother) — Ethan becomes Matt's primary protector during the haunting.

  Ethan returns home to care for Matt, identified as his younger sibling, after their parents die.

• Ethan → Becca (Family Older Brother) — Ethan assumes responsibility for Becca's safety.

  Ethan returns home after the death of his parents to care for Becca, identified as his younger sibling.

• Ethan → Hannah (Romantic Partner) — Their romantic relationship is also tested by the supernatural crisis.

  Hannah is identified as Ethan's girlfriend and joins him during the unauthorized university experiment.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Hannah → Marie (Social Information Seeker) — Hannah helps obtain historical evidence about the haunting.

  Hannah joins Ethan in asking Marie about the house's previous occupants and the disturbing history connected to it.

• Ethan → Marie (Social Investigation Contact) — Marie supplies crucial background for Ethan's investigation.

  Ethan and Hannah ask Marie about the house's previous occupants, and Marie provides information about a missing child and the house's history.

• Hannah → Matt (Alliance Rescue Partners) — They cooperate during the emergency in the house.

  Hannah and Matt search for Becca together after Ethan goes to switch off ELI.

Story Analysis

A grieving family confronts a supernatural force unleashed by an electrical invention and escapes only after destroying its source.

Plot Progression

1. The Dangerous Invention — Ethan leaves his family to conduct an unauthorized experiment with ELI. The machine releases a black mass and causes a campus-wide blackout.
2. A House Without Parents — Ethan learns that his parents have died and returns home to care for Becca and Matt. His attempts to continue developing ELI begin to disturb the house.
3. Voices Beyond The Family — The siblings interpret the supernatural contact as communication from their parents. A supernatural entity and escalating disturbances challenge that belief.
4. The House Remembers — Hannah and Ethan investigate the house's history with Marie. The doll and the hidden past reveal that the supernatural threat is not their parents.
5. Breaking The Connection — Becca is dragged underground while the family confronts the murderous ghosts. Ethan destroys ELI, allowing the family to escape and begin again elsewhere.