BUT NOW WE must go further, venture past the threshold, if you will, because though we are welcomed into these homes, that is not all a home offers. Hanson grieves her home, and The Visitors inhabit an abandoned, dilapidating house. Amidst the warmth, we know there is an element of decay. We’ve established that the human mortality referenced illustrates the sense of how a home is temporary, and can be lost or threatened. The house itself will deteriorate with time, and while this can give us a comforting sense of being ‘lived-in,’ this can also give us a sense of something more uncanny, a sense of impending loss and consequent mourning.