Mr. Laszlo is the unsettling, effete butler of Robert Suydam. He moves like smoke and speaks like a draft down a stairwell, strange, deferential, and vaguely inhuman. To the untrained eye, he is simply an unnerving manservant. But there’s something wrong with Laszlo. Something off. Whether he is a supernatural creature bound to Suydam or simply touched by eldritch corruption is never fully explained, and perhaps shouldn’t be.

Laszlo’s loyalty to Suydam is absolute, though it stems more from obligation or enchantment than affection. In the final act, he becomes a vital source of exposition, revealing the nature of the cult and Suydam’s twisted plans. Whether his pleas for help are genuine or part of a deeper game remains uncertain until the end.