'Til Death story
Land owner Logan Andrews woos the haughty, snobby, and wealthy Margaret Richardson to help finance a development project. While Margaret initially rejects his advances, Logan wins her over with a potion from his ex, voodoo priestess Psyche, that contains a deadly warning. Things quickly go awry when Logan does not heed said warning, resulting in an undead Margaret amorously chasing him without end. Also starring Aubrey Morris. Directed by: Chris Walas. Story by: Jeri Barchilon.
16 total · 8 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Richard courted Margaret and they started living as a couple, after she returned from the grave. |
| facing financial ruin | major | Logan took to underhanded means to court a wealthy socialite in response to finding out that his ill-contrived development project was going to cost him millions of dollars that he didn't have. |
| greed for riches | major | Logan pursued Margaret, high-strung as she was, because of her fortune, which he needed to finance his ill-fated construction project. |
| hell hath no fury like a woman scorned | major | In the end, Logan was tied down and tormented by his ex-lover the voodoo priestess Psyche who, perhaps, had orchestrated the snafu with the love potion in the first place. |
| human vs. monster | major | Logan gave Margaret an excess of a love potion. This made Margaret fall so madly in love with him that, when she was shortly after killed by black magic, she returned from the dead to be with him. At this point she was a decomposing corpse and Logan tried first to kill her again, and then to kill himself, but all in vain. |
| love potion | major | Central to the story is the unexpected efficacy of a potion d'amour: The object remained besotted even after she expired, and came back to haunt Richard. |
| voodoo magic | major | The love potion and some other supernatural effects were brought about by voodoo performed by Richard's disgruntled old flame, Psyche. |
| zombie | major | Margaret became a zombie besotted with Logan. |
| disembodied head | minor | In the final scene, Freddy's disembodied head taunted his old friend Logan with these words: "I always said you'd get ahead, Logan". |
| funeral rite | minor | Margaret was laid to rest in the Christian tradition. |