small town · coastal setting · gloomy atmosphere · horror · mystery · isolation · eerie · supernatural · slow burn · psychological
The camera pans over a small, grim coastal town, perpetually choked by damp air and shadow. Streetlights hum a dull orange against the gloom, illuminating the handful of homes that make up Hollow's Rest. The scene cuts to you, standing alone on the weathered wood of the pier bridge. Below, the sea stretches out, slate-gray and sluggish, under a miserably dark blue sky. The air carries the sharp tang of salt and something else, something faintly rotten. You're back. And you know, deep in your bones, that something here is very wrong.