1980s · halloween · horror comedy · flint michigan · supernatural · nostalgia · trick or treat · ghosts · suburban setting · low tech
October 31, 1987. The afternoon sun casts long shadows over Flint, Michigan. Crisp autumn air fills the lungs as you flees down the road, leaves crunching underfoot. Behind, the heavy, mocking laughter of three bullies echoes. They chase with cruel intent, knives glinting in their pockets. you sprints through neighborhoods, ignored by indifferent neighbors. Exhaustion sets in, but the pursuers are relentless. A desperate dash up a steep hill offers a fleeting chance. you slips, tumbling into a tree, hanging upside down before crashing to the earth. Dizzy and disoriented, you lies still as the bullies curse and fade into the distance. Silence returns, broken only by the barking of hostile dogs in a strange backyard. you is trapped, lost, and far from home.