From the onset, there is distinct atmospheric composure of sadness and a foreboding sense of doom interlaces the picture that is being painted. The connection of twins is strong and then you find out their mother was a twin. Aunt Julia is introduced into the fabrics by the grief she is burdened with through the death of her sister. The responsibility is laid heavily at her feet to protect the twins from something she is familiar with in the house, something that has visited before.