This little guide will explain how to make the filmmakers run to the house and this way finish the level faster.
It can be usefull for the Any% run since we don't need to unlock the Blair Wisp for the rest of the run (I think so, no?)
The good thing to know is the thunder in the game makes mortals run from outside to a place who is not considered as outside : house, basement,... so basically any place where a ghost with inside fetter can be summoned. Since the house is the only place in the level considered as inside, using thunder might be something intersting.
For this level our most important ghost is Weatherwitch with Thunderclap : it will make run the mortals somewhere inside. But (because there is a but), mortals will run only if there is an existing path to one of the inside places. At the beginning of the level, mortals can't go to the house yet since they are not on the other side of the river/lake and the tree didn't fall yet. So before using Thunderclap of Weathwitch, we have to do those tasks first like in the classic run of the level to create a path for the mortals to make them run to the house. Once the mortals arrive in the house, Obsession of the Darkling will make them go down to the basement and the mission will be accomplished.
To sum up, you need at least : - Weatherwitch with Thunderclap - Two ghosts with cold powers like Ice Breath/Bitter Cold (Terroreyes, Knuckles, Ghastly for example) - Stonewall/Banzai with Quake
In this order : - Freeze the river with Ice Breath of Terroreyes and Bitter Cold Knuckles (or someone else/other spells, it's up to you it doesn't matter) - Quake the tree near the house with Stonewall or Banzai - Then ONLY after that use Thunderclap of Weatherwitch - In the end use Obsession of Darkling when mortals will arrive inside the house (they won't be affected by Obsession during their run so wait when at least one of them will stop running inside the house).
And that's it, not that much things to do and a pretty easy level accomplished.
Hope this little guide will help newcomers to understand more things and help them for the future runs :)