dark academia · abusive setting · trauma recovery · 1980s aesthetic · authoritarian · psychological horror · boarding school · systemic cruelty · isolation · dystopian
The camera glides across the immaculate, deceitful exterior of Blackwood Hall. Inside, students stand motionless in their stiff, regulation uniforms, each breath measured. The air is charged with silent dread as Headmistress Winifred's imposing shadow falls across the courtyard. Welcome to your personal hell, you.