| The Keep is a little fortress in Europe that has been uninhabited, but under regular maintenance for centuries. When the Nazis take over the town, they try to inhabit the Keep, despite warnings from local villagers. They soon find out that something is "eating the men" as corpse after corpse turns up in the morning, impaled. The soldiers look to an elderly man and his daughter to find out if ancient lore of the mysterious keep are indeed, true. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Horror Story? Yes Horror plotlets - Why do they stay in the haunted house/boat? descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - natural phenomena Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Has special powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: Motive of antagonist - power Monster of some sort? Yes Kind of monster: - vampire How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Genius Setting Small town? Yes Small town people: - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Unusual forms of death - impaled Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - little dialog |
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