The Ghost of Twisted Oaks (1915)

• 73%
• 1915
• Drama
• Horror
• Sidney Olcott
• Valentine Grant
• Florence Walcott
• James Vincent

Mary Randall, who has just lost her job, is taking care of her widowed mother. Mary learns that her late uncle has left her part of his estate. She and her mother move to Florida to live on the Twisted Oaks Plantation. Mary meets her neighbor, Jack Carleton, and the two fall in love. The workers on the plantation believe in voodoo. The Voodoo Priest incites the superstitious workers. Mary orders him off the plantation, and he vows revenge. After Mary and Jack become engaged, an old mammy tells them the legend of the Ghost of Twisted Oaks: Miss Madeline was loved by all the slaves on the plantation, and was engaged to Master Billy. Justin, his rival, vied for Madeline, and fought a duel. Madeline was killed by a stray bullet. Ever since then, her ghost has haunted the plantation. Now, the voodoo followers decide to make a sacrifice out of Mary. The ghost appears to Jack and leads him to the sacrificial altar, where he saves Mary. The Voodoo Priest is killed when he accidentally sticks his hand in a snake's cage. The voodoo followers are driven from the plantation, and Madeline's spirit can finally rest.