The story is mainly told around a century-old house. Ninety years ago, there lived a banker Thorpe in the house. He had two children, a boy and a girl, who were about ten years old. There are also two black servants living in the house, a woman named Cecile and a man named Justify. They are voodoo (Hoodoo) masters. They are often bullied by bankers, so they want to take revenge. The so-called voodoo is a kind of witchcraft. If you don't believe in it, it won't hurt people. Only if you really believe in it will you curse and work on him. I learned from a blind mother-in-law that voodoo can obtain short-lived immortality through sacrifice. In fact, it is to exchange one's soul from an old body to a young one, and thus obtain eternal life in a certain sense. But the condition for the exchange of bodies is that the other party believes in voodoo from the heart.
At a party, Cecile and Justify secretly sacrificed with the banker's 2 children in the attic of the house, exchanged bodies, surrounded by candles and mirrors during the sacrifice, and passed some special items and The spell can take effect. When Thorpe found them, the sacrifice had been completed. The banker's child contained the souls of Cecile and Justify, and the bodies of the two black servants contained the children's souls. Of course Thorpe didn't know, and was angry when he saw this, so he and Friends burn black servants together. The banker and his wife died shortly afterward, rumored to be cursed, but actually killed by Cecile and Justify (the child's body), so far Cecile and Justify used the banker's child's body to own the house and have been there lived for decades.
In the 1960s, the bodies of the two children were slowly getting old. Cecile and Justify sold the house to two young people, Violet and Ben, in the name of lack of money. They actually sacrificed with them, got young bodies, and killed each other (the body of the banker's child), and spread rumors that the banker's child died of illness after moving out.
After another few decades, Violet and Ben's bodies are slowly aging, and they have to carry out a new round of sacrifice. This time, they first tricked lawyer Luke, Ben got Luke's body, and Luke's soul. Was replaced in the body of the old man Ben. Instead of killing him right away, they gave him a stroke that left him unable to walk and talk, and searched for a sacrifice for Cecile (Violet's body), citing the need for a caretaker. At this time, the old man Ben's body is Luke's soul, the lawyer Luke's body is the voodoo master Justify's soul, and the old lady Violet's body is the voodoo master Cecile's soul.
The caregivers changed several times, but none of them believed in voodoo. When the fifth caregiver, our heroine Caloline, arrived, Violet and Luke planned an exquisite trap. The first time Violet saw Caloline, she complained to Luke because she wanted a black man as a sacrifice. Later, she carefully asked if Caloline had a tattoo and whether she smoked, and was reluctantly satisfied.
Violet gave Caloline a master key that could open all the doors in the house, and told Caloline that mirrors were not allowed in this house (detail 1: arousing curiosity, the reason why mirrors could not be placed was actually partly to prevent Ben from seeing him looks like he has been going mad and committed suicide). Once when Violet was planting flowers, Caloline asked Caloline to go to the attic to get the seeds (detail 2: guide to discover the secret of voodoo in the attic), Caloline found a door inside that could not be opened with the master key.
Ben wanted to tell Caloline to get out of here, but unfortunately he couldn't speak and could only write on the curtain, but it was hidden. One night Ben rolled down the window and tried to escape, but was caught. (Detail 3: At this time, the heroine felt that Violet wanted to persecute Ben)
Curiosity drove Caloline to secretly open the door with another key while Violet was not paying attention, and found voodoo stuff and a sacrificial record inside. Violet tells her some legends about the house's past (detail 4: induces the hostess to look up information about voodoo), from which Caloline learns, and from that strange person at the gas station, that voodoo can't be harmed. Yes, people who believe in voodoo dare not step into the area where others use brick powder and sacrifice (detail 5: At this time, the heroine does not know that sacrifice is actually a body exchange, thinking that it is killing others to increase her lifespan) ).
Caloline felt that Ben was a cursed object, so she held voodoo things and spells and wanted to wake up Ben through rituals (detail 6: At this time, the heroine felt that she did not believe in voodoo, and just wanted to help Ben in this way, In fact, she has slowly started to believe). Unexpectedly, Ben's reaction was violent, and he even spoke a little (detail 7: Strengthen the heroine's subconscious belief in voodoo).
Caloline thought it was Violet who wanted to sacrifice Ben, so Violet was dazed and wanted to drive Ben to escape, but the door was locked, so he had to hide Ben, and went to Luke to help rescue Ben. Unexpectedly, Luke was actually with Violet and caught her in the old house.
At this time, Caloline escaped. She found something hidden by Violet, an amulet, a sacrificial record, and her hair. Only then did she know that the sacrifice was not Ben but herself. She thought that she still didn't believe in voodoo at this time (detail 8: In fact, she already believed in voodoo), she used voodoo methods to keep the other party from spreading brick powder while running away, and finally she pushed Violet from the upstairs and fell Broken her leg. Caloline called 911 for help. When she called Jill, a black female friend, the phone line was cut by Violet. She had to flee to the attic and saw that the candles and mirrors for the sacrifice had been placed.
At this time, she saw the amulet in her hand and felt that since Violet believed in voodoo, she would use the voodoo amulet to deal with her, so she arranged everything according to the amulet and stood in the middle. At this time, Violet appeared and told her that this was either an amulet or a sacrificial spell. Caloline had truly believed in voodoo, and Caloline still shouted that I don't believe in voodoo, I don't believe in voodoo. At this time, it was the best time to sacrifice, and Violet then pushed the mirror sacrifice to complete. Caloline's body is now Cecile's soul.
In fact, there were some things that didn't go well. Originally, Violet should have wanted to stun Caloline through that meal and then bring it to sacrifice, but he didn't expect to be stunned, and Caloline finally arranged all the sacrifices by himself. I don't know if this is by design or by mistake.
Then the police and Jill arrived, Caloline and Luke said the old man was too frightened to talk and couldn't move, and to move out, and that Caloline inherited the property. Caloline was very satisfied when she saw that Jill was black, and asked her to meet again at that time. At this time, Jill must have believed in voodoo because of Caloline, which indicates that Jill may be the next sacrifice object immediately.
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The story is almost like this, This reminds me of a Korean movie <
Human nature has many weaknesses, why the first four caregivers were not sacrificed, but Caloline was sacrificed. In fact, at the beginning of the story, it can be seen that Caloline is a very kind person, and she is willing to help those disadvantaged groups, and from her willingness to work near the swamp, it can be seen that she Is a curious person.
It was her kindness and curiosity that Cecile and Justify were involved in such an ingenious game that she believed in voodoo in the process of trying to save Ben and completed the body swap.
In the Korean movie, the rich old man used the unearned greed of the young man to exchange his body.
In fact, it’s not that kindness and curiosity, or how sinful things are temporary greed, I just want to say that whether it is good or bad, it can become a weakness of human nature and be used by others. In today's society, it is difficult for us to trust an outsider, but when our hearts are seen through, can we still trust ourselves?
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