Synopsis

A relentless series of misfortunes is befalling the venerable Smythe-Webster family of Upper Walden, and the long-simmering animosity between the two villages flares anew. The first tragedy strikes with the sudden death of young actor Larry Smith—born Laurence Smythe-Webster—in a film publicity stunt gone horribly wrong. *House of Satan*, the film in question, is adapted from a book by Ellis Bell, the late resident of Lower Walden, a village whose inhabitants are, according to the Reverend Simon