When young Shirley (Lulu Wilson) and Luke (Julian Hilliard) are arguing in the kitchen, there is a man reflected in the glass behind Shirley. When the camera pans to the other side, he blinks and moves his eyes.
When Shirley (Lulu Wilson) comes down the staircase at night, there is a figure standing in a doorway watching.
When Olivia (Carla Gugino) is leaving for the airport and turns to look at her family, there is a figure standing in the doorway to the right of the stairs.
When Steven (Michiel Huisman) says he never saw a ghost, Hugh (Henry Thomas) explains to him in the car that the clock repairman that Steven saw at the house as a child wasn't real, but merely a ghost. The clock repairman apparition is fixing the clock when Olivia (Carla Gugino) descends the stairs and walks by him without acknowledgment.
When Mrs. Dudley (Annabeth Gish) and Olivia (Carla Gugino) are speaking about the storm, Mrs. Dudley mentions the story in Revelation about "hailstones as heavy as a talent." When Olivia asks how much a talent weighs, Mrs. Dudley responds, "75 lbs., I think." A talent is an ancient metric of weight used by the Greeks and Romans; its specific weight is disputed - somewhere between 50 and 150 lbs, but the common metric used in the New Testament is the heavy common talent, a much more specific metric that weighs about 130 lbs.