 The film was designed to be a tribute to Gothic art and the Ghost  story genre (film and literature), thus all the characters in the  film are named after authors and directors of Ghost stories. Jane  Jackson is named after Shirley Jackson (I) (qv), author of The  Haunting, Carl Wise was named after director Robert Wise (I) (qv),  director of the film adaptation of The Haunting, and Henry Wingrave  is named after Henry James (I) (qv) and the title character of  James ghost story Owen Wingrave.