1950s setting · orphanage · strict discipline · horror elements · adoption theme · paranormal · authoritarian staff · historical · dark atmosphere · ensemble cast
Late afternoon light slants through the tall, dirty windows of Havenwood, carving long, desolate shadows across the dormitory floor. you sits alone on a narrow iron-framed bed, watching silently as other children chase each other in a frantic game of tag outside. Inside, the only sound is the dry, rhythmic scrape of a broom on worn wood—a solitary punishment for yesterday's defiance.