Character Relationship Map: Devil Times Five

Characters

• Harvey Beckman (played by Sorrell Booke) — protagonist

  Papa Doc's conniving business associate who visits the chalet. He is killed by David, who hacks him to death with an ax while he is chopping wood outside.

• Papa Doc (played by Gene Evans) — supporting

  A wealthy real estate tycoon and Julie's father who owns the lakeside chalet. He initially allows the stranded children to stay overnight but becomes suspicious. He is eventually killed by a rigged kn...

• Rick (played by Taylor Lacher) — supporting

  Julie's boyfriend who accompanies her to Papa Doc's chalet. He quickly suspects the children of murder and sabotage. After Julie's death, he attempts a desperate escape but is caught in a trap outside...

• Ruth (played by Shelley Morrison) — supporting

  Harvey Beckman's wife who accompanies him to the chalet. She is one of the first adults attacked by the armed children. She begs for mercy but is doused in gasoline and burned alive by Susan.

• Julie (played by Joan McCall) — supporting

  Papa Doc's daughter who visits the chalet with her boyfriend. She witnesses disturbing events and attempts to flee with Rick after the deaths begin. She is cornered in a bedroom and killed by David, w...

• Lovely (played by Carolyn Stellar) — supporting

  Papa Doc's young new wife who attempts to seduce the household servant Ralph. She is later drowned in a bathtub by Sister Hannah, and her corpse is then attacked by piranhas and dragged through the sn...

• David (played by Leif Garrett) — supporting

  A cunning and violent child survivor of the van crash. He orchestrates several murders, including hacking Harvey with an ax and impaling Julie through a window. He appears highly intelligent, manipula...

• Ralph (played by John Durren) — supporting

  The mentally disabled house servant at the chalet. He is lured into a booby trap while inspecting a generator and strangled to death by the children, with his corpse later hung from a noose to stage a...

• Moe (played by Dawn Lyn) — supporting

  One of the four children from the psychiatric hospital. She participates in the murders by releasing piranhas into Lovely's bathtub. After the killings, she expresses a desire to keep playing with the...

• Sister Hannah (played by Gail Smale) — supporting

  The young nun accompanying the four children after their van crash. She actively participates in the murders, including drowning Lovely and slitting Rick's throat. She maintains a calm demeanor while...

Key Relationships

• Lovely → Ralph (Professional Employer)
• Harvey Beckman → Papa Doc (Professional Business Associate)
• Sister Hannah → Lovely (Conflict Killer)
• David → Rick (Conflict Killer)
• Sister Hannah → Moe (Power Leader)
• Sister Hannah → David (Power Leader)
• Papa Doc → Lovely (Family Husband)
• Harvey Beckman → Ruth (Family Husband)
• Julie → Rick (Romantic Boyfriend)
• Papa Doc → Julie (Family Father)

Story Analysis

A group of psychopathic children systematically murders adults at a secluded chalet before moving on to hunt new victims.

Plot Progression

1. Snowbound Descent
2. Infiltration and Sabotage
3. Systematic Elimination
4. Last Stand at the Chalet
5. Dolls and Departure