Film vs. Novel

During the film I noticed that there were major differences between the book and the movie. First of all in the book the doctor's name was Dr. Montague and in the movie his name changes to Dr. Markway. Eleanor's last name also changes from Vance to Lance. The film emphasizes on Eleanor the most and it has many signs that the house chose her. Like the book, the film showed a sign in a wall that said “welcome home Eleanor“, which was the first sign that showed that Eleanor was the chosen one. Eleanor at first was scared out of her mind at that house, but she soon realized that her mission was to help the souls. The souls were being haunted by the creator of the house, Crain, even though they were all already dead. The film started off with the doctor being accompanied by his two assistants, Mary and Todd. However Mary has an injury and they both leave to go to the hospital. Throughout the movie there's foreshadowing because there's like this ominous music every time something bad is about to happen. There was also a point in the movie in which Crain came out to try to attack Eleanor and they kept showing high angle shots and point of view shots. They showed how Eleanor saw him and then how he saw her. In the end of the film, Eleanor’s soul was taken by the children so she could be with them peacefully. Nevertheless, in the book Eleanor committed suicide.