The Black Cat

A rural English village serves as the backdrop for a web of eerie locations. Miles's old house sits at its edge, a hub for occult recording and trance-like visits to the dead. Nearby, a boathouse, an open crypt, a disused barn, and a village inn host a sequence of supernatural events that escalate as the cat exerts influence over residents and investigators alike.

🪄 Supernatural Influence

The cat acts as a conduit for otherworldly power, drawing out Miles's hidden impulses and bending events to its will. Miles's own attempts to control or rationalize the haunting collapse as the cat's creeping influence tightens its grip on the town. When the cat is harmed or killed, the unleashed forces reveal that the true danger lies in the living being's susceptibility to the supernatural.

🕵️‍♂️ Investigation

Police figures Gorley, Flynn, and Wilson pursue clues while Miles's trance-like descriptions guide the search for the missing Maureen and Jill. The investigative arc is interwoven with Miles's private recordings and the detective's attempts to separate superstition from evidence. Tension rises as clues point toward Miles, but the supernatural element complicates the case beyond ordinary sleuthing.

🏚️ Isolation and Fear

The village's remoteness magnifies paranoia as deaths and disappearances concentrate attention on Miles's house and the crypt. Characters retreat to the cellar, where fear becomes physical threats—bats, walls sealing in a captive victim, and the cat's presences looming over every corner. The isolation turns ordinary suspects into potential victims, heightening the sense of inevitability and horror.