The Gateway

The Gateway tells the story of a beautiful but mysterious house in the mountains. It is infested with demons which got in when the original owner committed suicide by diving from the stair landing and smashing in his head on the floor thus opening a gateway to a nether region of evil. The Hawthorne family who buy the house from the estate have to learn to live with the demons without breaking any of their rules for fear of death or worse.Nell the youngest child learns at an early age about the actual gateway. However the little statue of Pan in her mothers garden who may or may not be in league with the demons seems to protect her from their worse depredations. Nell grows up and marries Rick an engineer with an oil company. They move into the Barn an old carriage house down the hill from the Gateway. Eventually over Ricks horrified objections they have to move into the Gateway. Because of difficult circumstances after Ricks death Nell finds she has to sell the house that she loves so much. The demons wreak their rage and retribution on the hateful man who buys it.