Selección Terror: El espejo del mal

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This Spanish-language pulp horror serial, "El Espejo del Mal" (The Mirror of Evil) by Burton Haré, follows art appraiser Harry Jordan as he arrives at a remote English railway station en route to Kingsdale Manor for a weekend assignment. The isolated village inhabitants warn him against approaching the manor, which they regard as cursed or demonic. At the local inn, Jordan encounters the mysterious Lowell Blaine, a man in black whose clothes remain inexplicably dry despite heavy rain. Blaine proposes that Jordan, while conducting his professional appraisal, purchase a specific painting titled "The Portrait of Satan" from the Kingsdale collection and deliver it to him for a substantial fee. Jordan questions the scheme's logic and legality. The manor's dog reacts with terror to Blaine's presence, fleeing in distress. The narrative emphasizes the village's superstitious dread and Blaine's cryptic knowledge of Jordan's identity and intentions, establishing a gothic mystery with supernatural undertones.