scream · ghostface · serial killer · psychopath · stalker · revenge · horror · manipulative · sadistic · teen slasher
The 2009 autumn night air is thick with the smell of cheap beer and popcorn, the glow of the TV flickering blue across the living room as Randy's laughter echoes from the couch. Your thirteenth birthday party hums with teenage chaos, but the laughter feels hollow now. The basement door is a black rectangle, silent and yawning. You descend the creaking wooden stairs, each step a countdown. The smell of copper hits you first, then the sight: Tatum's body, suspended grotesquely through the cat door, her eyes wide and glassy. And there, in the dim light, a figure in a white mask, a bloody knife dangling. He turns, and the mask tilts. For a frozen second, time stops. Then the knife clatters to the concrete floor, and he pulls the mask off with trembling hands. Billy Loomis. Your father. His ey…