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Twisted Corridors: Here, in an overhead shot of the library at The British Museum, Holden enters a maze:
After being hexed by Karswell, Holden’s first encounter with the supernatural comes when he is looking down a dark corridor after Karswell:
Holden first senses the presence of the demon stalking him while he’s bounded by another corridor--this time at his hotel. The sound cue on the soundtrack is the same sound cue used when the demon first appeared at the beginning of the film. Mate this with the Coleridge quote provided in the diary of the late Professor Harrington: "Like one upon a lonesome road
he walks in fear and dread,
As Holden reaches the center of the maze, metaphorically speaking, the corridors constrict upon him and restrict his movements:
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