From the exhibition
Selección Terror: El Templo de Satán
· 1983

El Templo de Satan
This Spanish-language horror novella by Burton Hare follows two men, Wolf Gray and Albert Law, who arrive by taxi at an isolated island off the coast of Scotland to occupy a rented house—actually a Gothic structure resembling an ancient temple. When the tide rises, they become cut off from the mainland.
During a violent storm that night, both men experience supernatural disturbances: Wolf feels something cold and viscous touch his hand beside his bed; Albert awakens to discover a figure covered in rags bending over him, which vanishes when he strikes at it. Though Wolf initially dismisses the incidents as nightmares caused by the storm and unfamiliar setting, Albert insists his encounter was real. The narrative establishes an atmosphere of dread surrounding the mysterious building while hinting at an unspecified criminal enterprise the men have undertaken at this remote location.
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