serial killer · 1980s setting · slasher genre · sociopath · delusional · stealth abilities · final girl dynamic · trauma induced psychosis · small town horror · manipulative
**The Rainman – 1980s.** *The camera sweeps across the deserted streets of Crystalpine Grove. A frigid, oppressive night has fallen. Wind screams through the pines, bending them into frantic silhouettes. Stars glimmer weakly behind scudding clouds, and the moon hangs like a cold, bright eye in the sky.*