


Downer Ending: Colquitt and Walter Kennedy become outcasts, lose their jobs, and end up killing Kim and burning down the house.Turns out it was his cowed, passive wife who got tired of the abuse and killed her husband, her daughter, and herself. When shotguns blasts are heard in the night, all of them assume Norman finally went too far. The Dog Bites Back: The neighbors witness Norman Greene verbally and emotionally abuse his wife and child, and everyone suspects that behind closed doors, he's physically abusive, too.Demonic Possession: Of a strange kind: the house itself possesses its occupants, using their own fears and flaws to make them turn on each other.Dark-Skinned Redhead: While he's not an anime character, Kim has striking red hair and a deep tan from traveling to construction sites, and also possesses the requisite passionate, magnetic, bold personality.Daddy's Girl: Pie, whose wealthy and doting father has the house built as a wedding present for his little girl.Convenient Miscarriage: While the neighbor women are initially sympathetic about Pie's miscarriage, they realize quickly that the tragedy might have been for the best, as she's so self-involved that it's barely a speedbump to her.The unusual story makes national headlines, but no one really believes them and their neighbors think they're nuts. The Cassandra: After watching the house destroy three families in a matter of months, Colquitt and Walter realize they have to warn the public.Big Fancy House: The house is consistently described as stunning.Colquitt implies that it's only natural that success and beauty should be paired. The Beautiful Elite: The whole neighborhood is quite well-off and seems to have more than its share of good-looking suburban housewives and handsome suit-and-tie husbands.

So it's not clear if Buddy and Luke are actually attracted to men or not. Ambiguously Gay: While there are rumors about Luke Abbott having an affair with his law clerk (a mostly-male profession in the 70s), these are never substantiated, and the house has no need of actual pre-existing attraction to force people into having sex (although it seems to like situations where attraction would be plausible, presumably to cause more pain see Kim and Colquitt above).Norman mistreats Melissa to punish Susan for her perceived infidelity (even though the kid was born well before Susan and Norman married). Claire learns that he's hard on Melissa because her mother Susan had her out of wedlock. Affair? Blame the Bastard: Norman Greene demands total perfection and obedience from his daughter Melissa and often drives her to tears when she can't deliver.From co-writer/director Deon Taylor (Fatale, The Intruder), as the Meet the Blacks universe expands, it will be up to Carl to figure out what his neighbor is up to in the middle of the night before it’s too late for him and his family. Mamuwalde (Williams), who may or may not be a vampire. And nothing could be more freaky than his new neighbor Dr. (Alex Henderson) but everyone who drives him crazy: Cronut (Lil Duval), Freezee (Andrew Bachelor), Rico (Tyrin Turner), and an entire neighborhood of characters who seem to attract strange activity after dark. *Carl Black (Mike Epps) is about to face off with the neighbor from hell (Katt Williams) in The House Next Door.Carl has only ever wanted the best for his family, but after surviving the events that led to his (not-so-)bestselling book, he’s moving everyone to his childhood home, where’s he’ll contend not only with his wife Lorene (Zulay Henao) and kids Allie (Bresha Webb) and Carl Jr.
