1) How does the "meta" filming or found footage structure contribute to the overall effect of the film?
2) How is surveillance itself a form of horror? Or, put another way, why does this particular genre work as a horror genre? Is there something scary about surveillance itself?
3) What parallels do you see between this and The Exorcist?
4) Discuss the role of photographs in the film. How is "the image" a form of haunting?
5) How is the camera a character in the film? What roles does it play? How does it contribute to the haunting?
6) What role does the house play?
7) Why are the suburbs--and tract homes in particular--a great setting for a horror film?
8) How does Katie's body become a battleground? Bring in parallels to The Exorcist and Jennifer's Body where you can.
90 Discuss the role of the male characters in the film. How do they contribute to the situation? From a feminist perspective, how do they reflect certain cultural attitudes toward women? Do they fall into any cliched horror tropes?
10) How is the camera an extension of the body? How is the house?
11) Analyze the final scene in the film, considering all that you've talked about in your prior answers.
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