▁ref uses ▁and ▁threat ens ▁to ▁shoot ▁him ▁if ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁leave . ▁Watch ing ▁through ▁a ▁window , ▁Ed ▁witness es ▁the ▁man ▁caught ▁and ▁killed ▁by ▁a ▁gro tes que ▁mon ster . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁present , ▁Ed ▁Har ley ▁own s ▁a ▁small ▁store ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁He ▁briefly ▁leaves ▁his ▁young ▁son ▁Billy ▁alone ▁while ▁he ▁runs ▁an ▁err and . ▁A ▁group ▁of ▁te en age ▁camp ers ▁stop ▁by ▁Har ley ' s , ▁and , ▁while ▁r iding ▁their ▁d irt ▁b ikes , ▁they ▁mort ally ▁inj ure ▁Har ley ' s ▁son . ▁One ▁te en , ▁Steve , ▁stays ▁with ▁the ▁boy ▁until ▁his ▁father ' s ▁return ; ▁the ▁rest ▁fle e ▁the ▁scene . ▁At ▁their ▁cabin , ▁the ▁camp ers ▁fight ▁about ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁to ▁call ▁the ▁police . ▁Jo el , ▁who ▁is ▁personally ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁boy ' s ▁injury ▁and ▁is ▁on ▁prob ation ▁for ▁a ▁similar ▁incident , ▁r ips ▁out ▁the ▁phone ▁cord , ▁knock s ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁friends ▁un cons cious ▁and ▁lo cks ▁him ▁and ▁another ▁girl ▁in ▁the ▁clos et ▁to ▁stop ▁them ▁from ▁contact ing ▁the ▁authorities . ▁ ▁Har ley , ▁with ▁his ▁pet ▁dog ▁Gy ps y , ▁goes ▁to ▁see ▁a ▁supposed ▁w itch , ▁who ▁says ▁she ▁cannot ▁bring ▁his ▁son ▁back . ▁Instead , ▁Har ley ▁says ▁that ▁he ▁wants ▁reven ge ; ▁the ▁w itch ▁agre es ▁to ▁help ▁Har