Among them is Criswell, who is the only one than can speak, explaining to Karl that the supposedly "fake" psychic does have genuine powers and his necromantic efforts actually work. There they are confronted by a group of undead men. As their accomplices fall to the police, Karl and Sheila attempt to escape through a mortuary room. īoth Bradford and Kelton have strange and sometimes violent confrontations within the house, and are eventually joined by reinforcements. She is concerned by the presence of the Black Ghost which is not part of their hoax, though the cynical Acula dismisses her fears. Acula turns out to be a fake psychic by the name of "Karl", as Bradford suspected earlier, and reveals that the White Ghost is an actress named Sheila. Meanwhile, at a séance, Acula and his clients share the table with human skeletons. Outside the house, Kelton arrives late and has brief encounters with both the Black and the White Ghost. A character from Bride, Lobo is depicted as disfigured from the flames which once destroyed this house. One of "the many" in the house is a remnant of its past, Lobo. Bradford convinces Acula that he is just another prospective client, so his entrance is accepted. Acula, who is dressed in a turban and cryptically mentions that there are many already in the house, both living and dead. īradford drives to the house and enters through an open door, to be confronted by Dr. Kelton has previously dealt with the supernatural in the events depicted in Bride of the Monster and Plan 9 from Outer Space. Robbins assigns Kelton to escort the Detective. Having heard the story, Bradford accepts the assignment to investigate the old house. A flashback scene establishes that the elderly Edwards couple had a terrifying encounter with the White Ghost by this house. The house was destroyed by lightning, but someone rebuilt it. But Robbins informs him that the case involves the "old house on Willows lake", which played a part in an earlier case investigated by Bradford. He was called to work while on his way to the opera, and he protests the idea of working an unexpected assignment. Bradford soon arrives, dressed in a formal evening wear.
In a police station of East Los Angeles, California, Inspector Robbins waits for Detective Bradford at his office. The murders receive press attention but are thought to be the work of a maniac. The Black Ghost, an undead creature that lurks in the woods near them, later kills the young couple. When the boy gets too aggressive, the girl slaps him and exits the car. The film then cuts to a teenaged couple kissing in a convertible. According to Criswell's narration, this is a rather typical end to "a drunken holiday weekend".
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The sequence ends with the bloody corpse of the drunk driver staring blankly at the camera.
Then a montage starts showing juvenile delinquency, street fighting, and driving under the influence. At the beginning, Criswell rises from a coffin and narrates the events of the film.