The Ghoul

The mansion's caretaker who senses danger and warns Daphne not to enter. He tries to guide and protect the guests, acting as a practical, if cautious, voice of reason in the haunted estate. He is ultimately killed by the cannibal in the attic, underscoring the household's lethal danger.

Adventurous and curious, Daphne disobeys the caretaker's warning and enters the mansion in search of her missing partner. Her disappearance drives the others to investigate, culminating in a brutal discovery. She is killed when the deformed man from the attic stabs her, and her flesh is cooked and fed to Simon by Ayah.

Daphne's partner in the race, he is pragmatic and protective, joining the search for answers after Daphne vanishes. He and Angela remain alive through the night and eventually escape with the others when morning rises. His role is to endure the danger and help the group survive.

Angela is determined and skeptical, joining the search for Daphne and helping the group piece together the danger they face. She remains level-headed under pressure and survives the ordeal with Billy. Her partnership with Billy proves crucial to their escape at the end.

Geoffrey is one of the race winners and a member of the group who ventures into the attic. He is killed by the cannibal, highlighting the peril that lies within the mansion. His courage is noted, even as tragedy strikes.

A former clergyman who renounces his faith after India and his son's cult influence. He preserves his son Simon in an unhealthy, protective obsession, promising Harriet he would keep him alive. He ultimately shoots Simon to save Billy and Angela before taking his own life, a sad final act of guilt.

The Indian servant who runs the estate and is involved with a sacrificial cult. She helps prepare Simon's meals and later enables Billy and Angela's escape, showing a complex mix of loyalty and treachery within the mansion's power structure.

Lawrence's son, kept in a cannibalistic state since his conversion and kept alive as part of a grim pact. He is the physical embodiment of the house's horror, ultimately killed by Lawrence when danger escalates.