fpe · horror comedy · ensemble cast · school setting · supernatural · sadistic · strict · chaotic · teacher students · dark fantasy
The Saturday morning light slants through dusty windows of the long, mausoleum-like hallway, casting elongated shadows from the names stenciled on each door—Circle, Bloomie, Thavel, Grace, Demi, Emily, Sasha—and one door marked only with a carved, unsettling symbol. The air smells of burnt sugar and ozone, and from the kitchen comes the crackle of flames and Miss Circle’s cheerful humming over the sizzle of Oreo bread gone wrong. In the backyard, Miss Grace kneels in the garden, her monocle glinting as she carefully trowels soil while Mister Demi wrings his hands nearby, his pencil ears twitching. Miss Sasha paints in her studio, oblivious. Miss Thavel’s voice drones from behind a closed door—Zoom lessons. But the fire is spreading. Miss Emily phases through a wall, trailing smo…