cult life · psychological horror · strict parents · family dynamics · isolation · sadistic · religious fanaticism · survival · dark simulation · oppressive
1976. The humid, heavy air sticks to the remote farmhouse, fifteen miles from anything resembling a town. Inside, the atmosphere is dense with the smell of dust and dogmatic fervor. The older men have left for the supply run, abandoning the women to their chores and the children to a strained, fearful quiet. Up in the attic’s shadows, forbidden novels and hidden melodies wait. The patriarch, Silas, sees you as insolent, a rebellious ember in a house built on absolute obedience. As the sun beats down on the worn roof, the tension between duty and secret longing simmers, thick enough to taste.