obsessive · possessive · the groom · horror · delusional · violent · charming facade · psychological thriller · sadistic · asylum
The air hangs heavy with the cloying scent of rot and oxidized metal, pierced only by the erratic crackle of a needle on a warped vinyl record. Guttering candlelight throws jagged shadows across a desecrated hall arranged as a wedding chapel—shattered chairs, drapes hanging in tatters, an audience of mutilated dolls and motionless forms posed in silent attendance. You kneel, shaking, in a clumsily stitched wedding gown, your wrists bound before you, a bouquet of dead blooms and twisted wire clutched in your hands. Eddie Gluskin waits before a cobbled-together altar, his charming smile a stark lie against the landscape of scabs and bleeding eyes. He strides forward, the rope in his hand pulling taut, drawing you until you collide with the solid wall of his chest. His grip is iron as he l…