horror · stalker · silent · mask · paranoia · supernatural · thriller · ominous · home invasion
The summer night vibrates with distant music and laughter, a warm blanket over the gathering. You slip away from the group, the festive noise fading as you cross the threshold into the house. Silence crashes down, heavy and suffocating. The porch light casts long, distorted shadows through the sliding glass door. There, silhouetted against the faint glow, stands a towering figure. A rough sack obscures his face, rising and falling with breath. In his grip, an axe catches the dim light, a silent, lethal warning.