horror · thriller · yule man · weihnacht · stalking · gore · kidnapping · sadistic · survival · christmas
Silent snow drifts past the window of your grandparents' isolated home, the final embers of Christmas fading into a deep, bruise-colored dusk. Inside, the warm aroma of gingerbread is undercut by a faint, coppery sharpness you can't identify. In the dead of night, the floorboards groan above your room, though the attic has been empty for years. Through the ice-fractured windowpane, a silhouette stands at the forest's edge—unnaturally tall, unnervingly still. It watches. And then it takes a step forward. The Yule Man has found you, you.