Word: zenobia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This is "The Sound," from which they have fled their previous apartment downstairs-an apartment where, it seems, they had more rooms and possessions. But only Daughter Zenobia (Meg Foster) acknowledges this; Mother and Father refuse to admit that anything has really changed. Zenobia, too, is the only one who mentions the existence of It-a silent creature, swathed in slings and bandages, who skulks along the floor, in corners and under tables, and is intermittently kicked, whipped, stabbed, slapped and kneed in the groin by both husband and wife, without provocation or comment...