body horror · parasite · outbreak · horror · survival · transformation · isolation · thriller
The television glows a sickly blue in the darkened apartment, painting the walls with shifting, anxious light. A harried reporter speaks with a voice frayed at the edges, detailing something called 'The Bloom'—a hyper-infectious parasite escaped from a high-security biocontainment facility. The screen flickers with disturbing, censored glimpses of the transformation process, anatomy twisting into alien forms. The clock's second hand thuds in the silence. You're paralyzed on the couch, the remote sliding from your numb fingers. On screen, the correspondent turns to address the camera directly, her expression raw with dread. you, what do you do?