Superstition

The local inspector who suspects Arlen and attributes the murders to occult forces. He pushes to inspect the abandoned house, the pond, and the church property while facing the town’s fear. He is killed by the witch in a secret room.

A teenage victim whose severed hand is found near the pond, signaling the house’s deadly reach and linking recent murders to the historical haunt.

An elderly clergyman who blesses the house but is killed by a freak accident when a table saw blade decapitates him. His death marks the church’s attempt to ward off evil.

The new clergyman who confronts the haunting with faith and the crucifix, risking himself to protect others. He ultimately falls to the witch and dies after a long struggle.

Mute caretaker living on the property who seems to serve the witch’s will. He is arrested and later killed by the witch in a secret room.

Arlen’s aging mother who hints at a mysterious mistress controlling Arlen and references the house’s haunted history.

The friendly girl who says she once lived in the house; she is revealed as a form of the witch when confronted by the living, linking present danger to the past.

One of the Leahy children whose nightmares begin to reveal the house’s horrors; she witnesses the rising danger and survives longer than her siblings.

Young Leahy daughter who is killed by the claw-handed witch in the attic as the haunting tightens its grip on the family.

Ann and Sheryl’s brother who is attacked and murdered by the claw-handed figure within the house.

George’s wife who is killed early as the haunt intensifies; her body is found in the house.

The Leahy patriarch who dies after confronting the witch and discovering his wife’s corpse, highlighting the household’s collapse under supernatural pressure.

Ancient witch executed in 1692; her lingering presence drives the haunting and she resurfaces as the true force behind the killings.