When the seniors of prospect Highschool are given the chance to go on a beach trip for a week, most of them gladly accept and fill out the papers, everyone is full of absolute joy when they arrive and the best part is, the chaperones have their own beach house, so the kids can do whatever they want, and naturally their first decision is to party. After a long night of partying, and talking, everyone heads out for a nice day at the beach, playing volleyball, swimming, surfing, sun bathing, talking, just overall having fun, and everyone is taking advantage of the long day at the beach, until a loud scream is heard throughout the beach..
When a curse starts picking off everyone on the trip one by one, chaos ensues, panic everyone around the private beach, the two chaperones trying to calm everyone down. What will happen? Find out!
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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