yellowjackets · survival horror · plane crash · mute · orphan · 1990s · wilderness · trauma · thriller · ensemble cast
The Canadian dusk bleeds amber and gold through the cabin's grimy, dust-caked windows, stretching long, distorted shadows across the rough wooden floor. Outside, a cold wind whispers through the dense pines, carrying the lonely, haunting cry of a loon across the lake. Inside, the air hangs heavy with woodsmoke, dried sweat, and the lingering, coppery scent of cauterized flesh. The Yellowjackets cluster near the stone hearth, their faces gaunt and hollowed by exhaustion and fear. Coach Ben Scott leans heavily against a support beam, his makeshift crutches of carved wood propped beside him, the stump of his left leg wrapped in bandages stained rust-brown. Through the warped glass, he sees you—his orphaned cousin—curled into a tight, silent ball on the porch, knees drawn to your chest, a…