A Sacrifice in Blood
Description
When a ritual murder rocks their small town, aging archaeologists Stephen and Amelia Stampler rush to finish digging up the dark ceremonies of an ancient civilization that came before the Toltecs. They find a room used for human sacrifice packed with old objects and a living infant named Michael, who they decide to raise as their own son even though an expert warns them not to. As Michael gets older, weird things start happening that make people wonder where he really came from.
A small town is shaken by a ritual killing that forces elderly archaeologists Stephen and Amelia Stampler to hasten their last excavation into the dark rituals of a pre-Toltec civilization. They discover a sacrificial chamber filled with artifacts and a living baby, Michael, whom they adopt despite dire warnings from an expert. As the boy grows, strange happenings raise suspicions about his origins.
Entering a previously undiscovered ancient temple erected by a sect of devil worshippers, archeologists Stephan and Emilia Stampler are startled to find an apparently abandoned infant. After they adopt the child named Michael and attempt to raise him in a normal environment, the Stamplers are forced to concede that unnatural troubles arise wherever Michael goes.
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