Katie: "What was that?" she asks, her voice trembling with fear.
Kyle: "Relax, Baby. It's just a tin."
Richard: "Hey, Thomas, give it another try." Thomas rolled the tin back, but it kept coming back towards them.
Kyle: "What in the world, man! How did it
Peter: "Maybe it collided with a wall."
Thomas: "if it collides with a wall, there will be a sound."
Richard: "Suppose there is a cloth Partition."
Katie: "This is bullshit, guys. Enough. Kyle, please. Now let's just go back."
Karen: "Relax, Sonia. lt has started getting interesting."She says with the excitement in her eyes.
Thomas: "Let's go and find out what this is. l will go and see." he says going inside.
Sasha: "Don't be silly, it can be dangerous. Don't do it." she says concerned.
Thomas: "Yes. Let's use that old idea.l will keep whistling And if you stop hearing me, Come to find me," he says and goes inside continuously whistling.
Sasha: "Thomas, come back dumbo" she shouts at him frustrated.
Suddenly the whistling abruptly ceases, and the dark room falls into an eerie silence, leaving everyone looking concerned and terrified.
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
*****
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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