Classic of the Haunted House genre. Clear influences on, or parallels with, The Shining, the Beginning Place, 2001, Star Trek episodes (DS9 “Dramatis Personae” & “Civil Defense”), etc. The house "watching" the inhabitants couldn't but remind me of Alexa & other "smart house" technology, & of the pervasive surveillance we now take for granted. Would fit well on the reading list for a fantastic & phantasmagorical literature class.