Gatz and Rizzo also find that the people Alison claimed she saw at the cat's birthday party are all deceased murderers.Īlison, who now has the ability to read Latin words that no one else can see, visits a Catholic church and confesses her sins, including her past suicide attempts and her adultery with Michael, to Monsignor Franchino. However, they later find Brenner's stabbed body dumped elsewhere, and his blood type also matches the blood found on Alison, suggesting that Alison might have murdered him. The detectives find no body in Alison's building, the blood on her matches her own blood type, and her father is confirmed to have died three weeks previously. Gatz and Rizzo suspect that Michael murdered her so that he could marry Alison. Alison is hospitalized with a nervous breakdown, and two police detectives, Gatz and Rizzo, begin an investigation, uncovering that Michael’s former wife fell to her death after refusing to divorce Michael. She escapes by stabbing him and, covered in blood, runs screaming into the street, arousing the whole neighborhood. Late one night, Brenner goes to Alison's building, while inside Alison is again awakened by strange noises, and encounters the animated, rotting corpse of her recently deceased abusive father in the stairwell.

Alison's lawyer boyfriend Michael initially believes she is suffering paranoid delusions, but secretly contacts his corrupt detective friend Brenner to look into the situation. Miss Logan proves this by showing Alison the various empty apartments, including ones Alison had recently visited and seen occupied. When Alison complains to the rental agent Miss Logan about her neighbors, she is told that the building is occupied only by Halliran and her. Later, she visits the apartment of lesbian couple Gerde Engstrom and Sandra, and is disturbed when Sandra begins openly masturbating in front of her. Alison meets her odd new neighbors, including the eccentric, elderly Charles Chazen, and attends a bizarre birthday party for Chazen's cat. Soon after moving in, Alison begins having strange physical problems, including fainting spells and insomnia, and hears strange noises from the apartment above hers.

The top floor apartment is occupied by a reclusive blind priest, Father Halliran, who spends his time sitting at his open window.

( March 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īlison Parker, a beautiful but neurotic fashion model with a history of suicide attempts, moves into a historic Brooklyn Heights brownstone that has been divided into apartments. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.

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