The Inheritance Tax
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Complete Tue, Jan 6, 20261h 1m
A man inherits his grandmother's vast estate on one condition: he must care for her beloved cat. The cat is normal. The "care" is not. Each night, he must perform a precise, ancient ritual to pacify a primordial horror living in the cellar-a horror the cat seems to command. Trapped in a cycle of cosmic dread and domestic duty, he discovers some inheritances aren't just wealth... they're a sentence.
A chilling blend of quiet horror, folk ritual, and creeping transformation, for fans of The Haunting of Hill House and House of Leaves.
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