Character Relationship Map: Evilspeak

Characters

• Stanley Coopersmith (played by Clint Howard) — protagonist

  Stanley is an orphaned cadet at West Andover military academy who is bullied and mistreated by classmates and instructors. After discovering Father Esteban's black-magic diary, he uses his computer sk...

• Sarge (played by R.G. Armstrong) — protagonist

  Sarge is the drunken caretaker at the academy. He discovers Stanley in the cellar, accuses him of theft, and attacks him, but an unseen force twists his head around and kills him. Stanley hides his bo...

• Reverend Jameson (played by Joe Cortese) — supporting

  Reverend Jameson is the pastor of the academy church. He nearly discovers Stanley conducting forbidden work in the cellar and sends him to the mess, then attends the church service with the school aut...

• Coach (played by Claude Earl Jones) — supporting

  The Coach is a school athletic authority connected to Stanley's soccer team. He attends the church service with the academy's leaders while Stanley completes the satanic ritual. Once possessed by Fath...

• Miss Friedemeyer (played by Lynn Hancock) — supporting

  Miss Friedemeyer is the school's secretary who hides Father Esteban's diary after Stanley accidentally leaves it on her desk. She repeatedly tries to pry the jeweled pentagram from its cover, but the...

• Bubba (played by Don Stark) — supporting

  Bubba is one of Stanley's bullying classmates. He takes part in the persecution that threatens Stanley and Fred, and later tries to escape through the catacombs during Stanley's supernatural attack on...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Sarge → Bubba (Conflict Supernatural Executioner) — Sarge's reanimated body becomes the force that prevents Bubba's escape.

  During the climax, Bubba tries to escape through the catacombs, where a reanimated Sarge tears out his heart.

• Stanley Coopersmith → Bubba (Conflict Bully And Victim) — Bubba belongs to the bullying group that torments Stanley and threatens his dog.

  Stanley's classmates threaten him and threaten to kill Fred if he plays in the soccer game. Bubba is later identified as one of the fleeing bullies an...

• Stanley Coopersmith → Miss Friedemeyer (Conflict Competing Claimants) — Both characters become connected through the occult diary and its jeweled cover.

  Miss Friedemeyer hides Stanley's diary and repeatedly tries to pry the jewels from its cover. She is later killed by black boars.

• Stanley Coopersmith → Coach (Conflict Institutional Opponent) — The Coach becomes one of the institutional figures destroyed during the climax.

  The Coach attends the church service during Stanley's successful ritual, after which the possessed Stanley decapitates him.

• Stanley Coopersmith → Reverend Jameson (Conflict Religious Obstacle) — Jameson represents the church authority opposing Stanley's hidden ritual.

  Reverend Jameson nearly discovers Stanley performing the ritual and sends him to the mess. He later dies during Stanley's satanic transformation.

• Stanley Coopersmith → Sarge (Conflict Hostile Encounter) — Their relationship develops from confrontation into supernatural opposition.

  Sarge accuses Stanley of being a thief and attacks him in the cellar. An unseen force then kills Sarge, and Stanley later encounters his reanimated bo...

Story Analysis

An isolated cadet uses forbidden occult knowledge to pursue revenge, ultimately becoming the vessel of a returning satanic force.

Plot Progression

1. The Hidden Satanic Legacy — Stanley suffers humiliation at the academy and discovers a concealed occult room. His computer translation reveals rituals and a promise that the evil presence will return.
2. The Book Takes Its Price — The diary passes through Stanley's hands and becomes dangerous to anyone who tries to exploit it. Stanley begins researching Satanism while the school continues to isolate him.
3. Blood Beneath The Chapel — Stanley steals equipment and attempts a black mass, but lacks essential ingredients. The ritual produces masked figures, kills Sarge, and exposes a buried catacomb.
4. The Cost Of Revenge — The bullies threaten Stanley through Fred, and the puppy is killed when animal blood proves insufficient. The returning diary pushes Stanley toward a human sacrifice.
5. The Church Burns — Stanley completes the ritual and becomes possessed, unleashing violence against the church and academy authorities. The aftermath leaves him catatonic, while the computer promises his return.