It was a curious place for children to frequent, but they had their reasons. When they were kids, Gillian and John used to visit the local cemetery every Sunday after church. In the spirit of such iconic horror classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance, Kin begins at the end and studies the possible aftermath for the survivors of such traumas upon their return to the real world - the guilt, the grief, the thirst for revenge - and sets them on an unthinkable journey. a dream which will be realized as grief and rage turn good people into cold-blooded murderers and force alliances among strangers. In snowbound Detroit, a waitress trapped in an abusive relationship gets an unexpected visit that will lead to bloodshed and send her back on the road to a past she has spent years trying to outrun.Īnd Claire, the only survivor of the Elkwood Massacre, haunted by her dead friends, dreams of vengeance. She is the sole survivor of a nightmare that claimed her friends, and even as she prays for rescue, the killers-a family of cannibalistic lunatics-are closing in.Ī soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder returns from Iraq to the news that his brother is among the murdered in Elkwood. See our wiki for past AMAs.On a scorching hot summer day in Elkwood, Alabama, Claire Lambert staggers naked, wounded, and half-blind away from the scene of an atrocity. If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Spoiler tags are left to user discretion.

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