The final, and definately hardest act. The beginning of this act almost deserves to be its own act. An old spookhouse agent, Hamilton Killian, forced to retire, has requested aid in dealing with a small demon outbreak. He lives in an enormous estate, and small implike creatures are running rampant in his graveyard, along with skeletons, which rise minutes after shot down. Stranger comes and solves an intricate black-magic puzzle, which although tedious, is far below the abilities of the retired monster hunter. Suspicious, Stranger accuses Killian of foul play, and is consequently spirited away somewhere.
The screen opens with Stranger in a sealed room with a chained werewolf. The room has what appears to be the body of his (ex-)partner Moloch. The entire house proves to be a monster-torture palace riddled with traps and puzzles. It features a dungeon complete with rack, fire bed, and guillitine, a grandiose stairway with vampiress-guards, an electric floor, secret passageways, mind-puzzles, bad opera music, an elevator shaft (no elevator), and even a naked woman (really!). All this with only a claw-like spear for a weapon. It would appear that Killian has lost his mind, and is sending Stranger through this hell-house to test him. It's got a surprise ending.. wouldn't want to spoil you though.....
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