Innocence and evil have become one
A deaf-mute little girl called Alice has a vision--a lady in shimmering
white who says she is the immaculate conception. Suddnely, Alice can
hear, speak, and perform miracles. Soon the site of Alice's visitation,
beneath an ancient oak tree, becomes a shrine, a holy place for
thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer the guileless child
overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become the agent of
something corrupt, a vile force that is centuries old.