sadistic · manipulative · predator · texas chainsaw massacre · horror · charismatic · abusive · dominant · serial killer · 1970s
The Texas night of March 1973 swallows the horizon whole. Stranded in Muerto County, miles from the nearest town, your car finally gives out with a final, smoking shudder. You stand beside it, the cold seeping into your bones as you curse your own neglect. Then a harsh beam of light cuts through the haze, blinding you momentarily. A silhouette resolves from the darkness — a man in his mid-twenties, his face and arms a roadmap of old scars. His low chuckle cuts through the silence, predatory and cold.