Eye of the Devil

Philippe is abruptly recalled from Paris to the ancestral estate of Bellenac. At the estate, a sinister priest hands him a strange amulet, hinting at a dark fate tied to his lineage. The summons sets the family on a path toward unsettling revelations and looming danger.

The family travels to Bellenac and arrives at the chateau. Archer Christian shoots a dove, which lands at Catherine's feet, signaling a dark omen. Aunt Estelle immediately notes Christian’s wickedness and Odile’s troubling influence, foreshadowing the danger to come.

Estelle dismisses Catherine's concerns, calling Christian a wicked boy and Odile no better. She makes it clear she will not intervene, highlighting the town's dangerous history. The family begins to sense the siblings' unsettling hold over Jacques.

Odile and Christian carry the dove into a candlelit room where robed figures sit. The dove is offered to an altar whose cross resembles the amulet, and Catherine is locked out as an old man warns her to flee. The ritual marks the growing threat surrounding the family.

Catherine watches Odile enchant Jacques by turning a toad into a dove, heightening her suspicion of the siblings' fascination with her son. Philippe remains dismissive, insisting on the family's grave ancestral duties.

Jean-Claude helps Catherine uncover the Montfaucon family's history of mysterious deaths—twenty-two heads since the 1200s. The revelation deepens the sense of a curse hanging over Bellenac and its inhabitants.

Catherine visits the tomb of Edouard de Montfaucon and finds a matching carving, triggering a chase by robed figures. She faints and is revived after Philippe administers a sedative and kisses her, illustrating the entanglement of power, ritual, and threat.

Catherine awakens locked in her bedroom after a nightmare and breaks open the window shutter to signal Estelle. She then navigates through danger with the help of her maid, setting in motion a tense chase through the chateau corridors. The escape underscores the household's escalating peril.

The doctor reveals that Catherine has been given belladonna, a hallucinogenic substance. Pere Dominic conducts a Black Mass while Philippe kneels to the crowd, culminating in his public kiss of Jacques that shocks the congregation.

Estelle reveals that Alain, Philippe's father, is alive in the tower and explains that the thirteen days are the twelve apostles dancing around Christ, a living god for blood sacrifice. Pere Dominic conducts the Black Mass, signaling the deeper pagan undercurrent behind the rites.

Philippe rides away with the ritually robed group and Christian, accepting that his fate cannot be stopped and that no one will believe Catherine's testimony. The ritual intensifies as the community appears complicit in the coming tragedy.

In the forest, Christian strikes down Philippe, and his body is carried back through the vineyards to the heart of Bellenac while Jacques watches in horror. The death seals the ritual's power over the estate.

A torrential rain falls as Jean-Claude reads a newspaper account of Philippe's death and the family prepares to flee. Jacques insists on retrieving his watch, hinting at the ritual's hold on him.

In the car, a priest waits with the amulet for Jacques. He kisses the amulet and returns to the vehicle, surrendering to the ominous fate that surrounds him.

The final shot shows Odile outside in a windstorm, smiling knowingly as the car drives away. Her expression suggests the darkness of Bellenac will persist.