

For now, all the secrets of this once-proud southern family emerge like tortured spirits from the sinister past to wrap their evil around the unsuspecting children. She said she was ill - but is that the real reason the old woman summoned the son she has not seen in so many years?The Horror: Suddenly, horribly, Mother dies inside the locked nursery. For now, all the secrets of this once-proud southern. They have come to visit Kevin's mother - hated, frightening Mother, with her slash of red lipstick, mask of bone-white powder, and a tongue that has always cut to Kevin's heart.and into his darkest nightmares. The Horror: Suddenly, horribly, Mother dies inside the locked nursery. Here, Marguerite Devereaux, fifty and childless, has cast off her dreams to care for her aged, demanding mother.The Family: Now, for the first time in twenty years, Kevin Devereaux has returned home to this secluded place with his wife and two children. And now, all the dark secrets of this once-proud family will emerge to wrap their evil around the unsuspecting children. Here, where sudden storms unleash the murderous rage of wind and sea, stands the Devereaux mansion, a once-great plantation house now crumbling amid ancient oaks dripping with Spanish moss.

Lush, a deceptively tranquil, the secluded island basks in splendid is. The House: Lush and deceptively tranquil, with its pristine beaches and blossoming vegetation, the island basks in splendid isolation off the South Carolina coast. Read 131 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.
