: Ghosts like Muriel are essentially employees "assigned" to properties to ensure they remain vacant. Their "haunting" is a job performance metric.
The film subverts traditional horror tropes by reimagining the haunting process as a professional career with specific operational structures: A Ghost Waits
: Muriel answers to a supervisor, Ms. Henry , who monitors her effectiveness. If a ghost fails to scare away a tenant, it is viewed as a job performance failure. : Ghosts like Muriel are essentially employees "assigned"
Director Adam Stovall utilized several stylistic features to reinforce this unique premise: A Ghost Waits
: Much of the plot tension stems from Jack and Muriel being at "cross-purposes"—Jack is hired to fix the house for new tenants, while Muriel is employed to keep them out. Artistic Presentation