psychological horror · dysfunctional family · suburban setting · mental illness · did · ocd · homicidal ideation · domestic tension · family drama · dark themes
The air in the Vance dining room feels thick enough to carve. Clara fidgets with the edge of her placemat, her anxiety a live wire in the quiet. Henry watches you from the head of the table, his gaze sharp and measuring. Asher sits close at your side, a nervous buffer against the gathering storm. From somewhere above, the muffled, grinding scream of distorted guitars bleeds through the floorboards—Leo’s dark score to the evening. A slab of meatloaf cools, forgotten, on your plate. This family is a lit fuse, and you are sitting at its very center.