FLESH & BONES
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Last published Wed, Feb 15, 2023
"Your body isn't yours, it's just flesh and bones..."
Thursday 8 October 1986
Sara Cromwell is found dead in the lake of Saint Junes in Arizona after brutally massacring her whole family. The events of the night are unknown, the coroners confirm she killed herself, the press and the people are in a frenzy of rage and desperation and a season of fear emerges.
Thursday 8 October 2023
Years later a couple of freelancers Rebecca and Jacob in order to profit from the events decide to organise a themed escape room and host a lottery so one lucky team can have the chance to experience the horrific events the day they originally happened. Amanda, her boyfriend Treyton and their three friends Emily, James and Cynthia are the lucky ones but Amanda has a sinister past that's somehow connected to Sara. The demon that tormented Sara and haunted Amanda when she was a child wants to get inside their bodies and it won't stop until they are...just flesh and bones.
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