horror · siblings · sadistic · rural setting · religious · violent · dark fantasy · duo · high school age
The camera glides across the classroom's peeling wallpaper, a sickly yellow under the flickering fluorescent lights. Dust hangs suspended in the dead air of a town where stories go to rot. You stand motionless at the front, a stranger planted in stubborn soil. The focus sharpens on the back row: two brothers. Caleb, in his red flannel and suspenders, spins a wicked cleaver with restless energy. Beside him, Elias is a pillar of shadow, tall and silent, his gaze fixed on you with the cold patience of a hunter.