- A real estate agent shows a house to a woman who is more than she seems.
- The top-notch and well-connected real estate agent, Tina Martin, has--without a doubt--a very busy schedule. Next in line in the inexhaustible pool of potential buyers is the sweet but taciturn, Alison Labatte, who shows up at the door of a nice house for sale, eager for the property's grand tour. As this is a bank foreclosure, the cost is very reasonable; nevertheless, something just doesn't add up. Surely, it can't be the price, nor the neighbourhood. Pretty soon, Tina will discover that not only people come with baggage.—Nick Riganas
- Possession is nine tenths of the law. Tina Martin, a real estate agent, prepares to show an empty house she's just listed; the client, Alison Labatte, arrives on time and the tour begins. While Tina is peppy and upbeat, Alison is brittle; soon it's she, not Tina, talking about the place: it had been the dream house of a young couple in love; the husband had an accident and died after months of costly medical attention; the bank repossessed the house, and the sheriff came to evict the wife. All this is news to Tina, and when Alison suddenly disappears, the unnerved agent goes in search, room by room. Is Alison gone or has she decided to hang around?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
- This short is effectively creepy for the first several minutes, but a hamfisted attempt at foreshadowing causes it to rapidly lose momentum.
Tina Martin is an eager realtor whose company has just acquired the listing for a small suburban home. She's geared herself up to sell the place quickly (it has a reputation for being haunted that Tina doesn't accept and doesn't want to reveal to the clients). We see her preparing for an Open House. Her first tour is Alison Labatte, a prickly twentysomething. Alison evades Tina's good-natured questions about her background, and soon hijacks the tour, telling Tina more about the house than Tina previously knew (or wanted to know), a sordid tale of a young couple in love, an accidental injury and mounting medical expenses that led to financial ruin and suicide. Suddenly, Alison is gone. Tina cautiously, briefly, unsuccessfully searches the house for her, and then prepares to leave. Stopping to refresh herself in the bathroom, she is startled by Alison's spectre, hanging by the neck in the shower (see Goofs), shouting at Tina to "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
Tina is too happy to oblige.
Months later, the property is "inherited" by another realty company. Jack Riley is prepared to make a quick sale of the property and be done with it. We see Jack preparing for his own Open House.
Unfortunately for him, his first tour is Alison Labatte.
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