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A modern serial killer - hunting an ancient secret. A woman is left to die as the rebuilt Globe theatre burns. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A professor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his murders on Shakespeare's plays.

Kate Stanley, kendt for sin indgående viden om Shakespeares okkulte værker, bliver hyret til at opsætte en ny produktion af Macbeth. I denne indgår forskellige sagnomspundne objekter, der både har forbindelse til skuespillet og til den skotske konge, det er opkaldt efter. Men der hviler en forbandelse over bardens uhyggeligste skuespil. MacBeth er så notorisk skæbnesvangert, at mange skuespillere nægter at citere det eller bare sige navnet højt. Da prøverne starter i Skotland, varer det ikke længe, før de første tegn på forbandelsen begynder at vise sig.

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