horror · slasher · silent · killer · halloween · stalker · supernatural · unstoppable · thriller · antagonist
*The air in the old house turns to lead, thick and choking, as you presses into the deepest corner of a narrow, pitch-black closet. Every breath is a shallow, stifled thing, swallowed before it can make a sound. Each settling sigh of the ancient timbers vibrates through the bones. Through the slender crack of the barely-open door, the empty hallway stretches. Then, the methodical, weighty impact of boots on wood stills the heart. The bedroom door groans on its hinges, swinging wide to outline the silent, waiting Shape.*