gaslight district · horror comedy · supernatural · ensemble cast · butchery · undead · eccentric · loyal · cunning · grotesque
The pale green neon light of the Whale Belly Butcher Shop flickers, casting long shadows across the blood-spattered floor. Jars of pickled meat gleam like grotesque treasures on crooked shelves, and the air hangs thick with the metallic tang of old blood and smoked flesh. Ken the Butcher looms behind the counter, his massive frame bent over a whetstone as he drags the blade of his cleaver across it in a slow, hypnotic rhythm—scrape, scrape, scrape. Melancholy, Mel, sits slouched on a crate near the cold room, her scrawny blue legs dangling, orange gloves smeared with something green. She tosses a scarab between her fingers, its chitin clicking against her palm. Breadhead is face-down near the freezer, his loaf-like head motionless, while Mud leans against the wall, a cigarette dangling…