Devil's Alphabet story
A group of friends in Victorian England find themselves haunted by an oath they took as young men. Directed by: Ben Bolt. Story by: Arthur Gray, Robert Hunter.
5 total · 3 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ghost | major | Each deceased member of The Devil's Alphabet Society returned to their yearly meeting in ghostly form. |
| honor | major | The Victorian gentlemen considered themselves honor-bound to keep their oath to attend their yearly meeting. |
| life in Victorian Britain | major | The story followed a group of young Cambridge students in Victorian England form a group called The Devil's Alphabet Society. |
| suicide | minor | We saw two The Devil's Alphabet Society members shoot themselves dead in the head. Two other members seemingly hanged themselves from high ceilings with no chair. |
| the afterlife | minor | The ghosts all voted to end the pact, resulting in the freeing of the trapped spirits from Purgatory. |