The Curse of Halloween Jack

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The 31st of October

is normally the time for a safe scare.

But last night Dunwich residents faced a real life horror

as a Halloween party descended into a nightmare.

The Town Hall was engulfed in flames

and at least a dozen people are all feared dead.

The Dunwich Fire Department have yet to confirm

the cause of the blaze, but several witnesses claim

that prior to the explosion

an unidentified masked man ran amuck in the hall,

wounding and killing several party goers.

Sadie Moorhouse.

Otherwise known as Sister Sadie.

A heavy handed animal rights activist.

She has sent several threatening letters

to local businesses who rely on the meat industry.

She has a history of staging public protests,

causing public disorder and vandalizing public property.

She joined The Lords of Samhain five years ago.

Gideon Watson.

A.K.A. Brother Gideon.

Spent two years in prison for attempting to blow up

a government research lab.

He claimed they were conducting weather experiments

that were harmful to the environment.

While in prison he found a new spiritual direction

and joined The Lords of Samhain on his release.

Sister Lillith.

A Dunwich native.

Brought up by loving parents but fell into a bad crowd

in her teenage years.

Subsequently moved to Antonio Bay.

There she joined an anti-Christian group

and lobbied several politicians

to reinstate pagan traditions in the area.

She's been arrested several times for trespassing

on government property.

After her parents died she moved back to Dunwich.

It's there that she joined The Lords of Samhain a year ago.

Now,

the rockstar.

Wesley Thorn.

Brother Wesley, born in Hatfield,

but primarily a drifter from his late teens.

A highly vocal environmental activist.

His laundry list of arrests include threatening politicians,

assaulting police officers, vandalism

and the destruction of public and government property.

He describes himself as a revolutionary.

Thorn founded The Lords of Samhain.

Jim Jones style cult.

Their beliefs are akin to Celtic, monotheistic druids.

They believe there is one deity, a satanic being

called the great spirit.

But the key belief of the ministry

is the soul lives on beyond death.

The Lords of Samhain believe that on the 31st of October,

during the Festival of Samhain,

the veil is at its thinnest.

And our world and the world of the dead, blend as one.

The Lords of Samhain believe

that as the clock strikes midnight,

leading into the 31st of October,

they must make a human sacrifice

in order to appease the deity.

And they will be rewarded with eternal life

and former members of the cult

will be allowed to rise from the dead.

Are these guys on fucking acid trips or something?

Yeah come on.

Are we really wasting time with these tree-hugging looney tunes?

Sources told us that these looney tunes

plan to make a human sacrifice tonight.

Lives of innocent citizens could be in danger.

Now you've been fully briefed on the plan of action.

These suspects are potentially dangerous.

So we will be armed.

I want you all to proceed with caution.

We stand armed and dangerous

before the bloody fields of history.

Devoid of dogma

but ready to carve to defy the transient,

ready to stab forth with our penetrative will,

strain every leash,

run yelling down the mountainside of man

ready and willing

to emulate world upon world

with our stunning blaze and let them all sing

that we were here as masters

among the failing species called man.

Our being took form and defiance

to stand before your killing gaze.

And now we travel from flame to flame

and tower from the will to the glory.

We ask thee,

Oh great spirit,

to accept our humble offering.

With this gift we ask that you bestow on us

oh great one, eternal life and raise those

who have fallen from their slumber.

It's time.

Fetch the guns.

Good evening, detective.

Put your weapons down

and step forward with your hands up.

We've been waiting for you, detective.

Put your weapons down and surrender, Thorn.

Or you're going down for the dark nap.

Put the fucking gun down.

Put your weapon down, Thorn!

It's over you piece of shit.

Actually detective, it's just beginning.

-No! -

People don't respect anything these days.

Oh it's just kids having some fun, Lou.

By vandalizing our property?

Well that's what happens when you ban Halloween.

Whatever you resist will persist.

Where did you get that line?

Out of some fortune cookie?

You don't think I have wisdom of my own.

Yeah yeah, you're a modern day Nietzsche.

Hmm, don't you take this out on me.

You made the decision,

you have to live with the consequences.

Very supportive, as usual.

I told you it was more trouble than it was worth.

But you didn't listen.

-Morning. -Morning.

Some toast?

Oh yes please.

Hey Dad, can I please borrow some money?

Just until payday.

How come you don't have any?

You live here rent free.

I wait tables Dad.

The pay's crap.

What do you need the money for?

I'm going over Nancy's tonight.

I'll look pretty awkward if I can't chip in for a pizza.

You're not having a party over there are you?

'Course not.

I hope you and your friends

understand why the town doesn't celebrate Halloween.

I don't care about all that Dad.

I'm just going to Nancy's to hang out.

Thanks, Dad.

I feel like an ATM machine sometimes.

Except ATM machines don't complain

when you make a withdrawal.

I'm going out for a few hours.

I'll see you guys later.

-'Kay, have fun. -Bye.

We're very lucky you know.

With Danielle?

Yeah.

My bank balance doesn't feel so lucky.

Oh you'd soon miss her if she moved out.

I suppose so.

Do you think we've made a mistake, not telling her?

Sometimes.

She never asked any questions.

What she doesn't know can't hurt her.

Jesus, Glen, you're attacking that sandwich

just like you've been bitten

and the fucking antidote's in there.

I'm hungry.

You're always hungry.

Surprised you're not the size of a house.

Good metabolism I guess.

I also burn up a lot of energy

listening to your bullshit every day.

Carry on eating like that and you won't have to

for much longer.

You'll have a fucking heart attack.

Oh and that cancer stick is gonna ensure you

a long and happy life?

You'll end up with a hole in your throat

if you keep puffing on those.

You sound like my mother.

So Nan, what time's the party tonight?

Told everyone seven, but come 'bout half five

and we'll get ready.

Great.

Hey Dan, your old man got any clue about tonight or?

Not a clue.

Bet he'd freak if he found out.

Yeah, no shit.

Mayor bans Halloween, his own daughter flaunts it.

The Dunwich curtain twitchers'll talk about this

'til the end of time.

It wasn't just my dad, you know.