Skeleton Crew

The former administrator who filmed patients tortured to death and branded himself as The Auteur. His legacy haunts the asylum and the crew as a dark blueprint for the film within the film. He represents the lure and danger of turning real horror into art.

The ambitious director of Silent Creek who becomes absorbed by The Auteur's legacy. He grows increasingly deranged, insisting the project isn’t real enough and manipulating others to provoke danger for the sake of cinema. His control over the set destabilizes into a sexualized, murderous impulse that mirrors the snuff films he idolizes.

The actor playing Andersson, lured into a real murder by Steven under the pretense that it’s a prop. He becomes a pawn in the director’s dangerous experiment and is ultimately subjected to brutal violence.

A member of the production team who navigates the escalating horror on set. She makes desperate choices to survive, ultimately opposing Steven and taking dangerous actions to stop the violence, before facing her own peril.

A crew member who endures brutal injuries at the hands of Steven. She pleads for mercy, becoming a stark symbol of the human cost of the production’s spectacle.

A crew member who is drugged and captured, then involved in a brutal confrontation. He fights for his life but is ultimately killed by Steven, marking a turning point in the crew’s nightmare.

A crew member who is captured, strung up, and impaled by a camera dolly—a chilling reminder of how the film’s violence encroaches on reality.

A crew member whose disappearance drives the search for missing colleagues. He becomes part of the mounting mystery as the crew suspects roles in the unfolding nightmare.

A Snuff Victim whose fate is sealed in the attic; he dies from a sensory assault that overwhelms him, symbolizing the horror’s reach beyond the screen.

A performer shown in the snuff films within the projector’s frame; her presence underscores the crew’s complicity in the violence and the cruelty of turning people into footage.