The Curse story
A meteorite that crashes into a farming community in Tennessee and begins to infect the land and its residents. It is based on the short story The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft.
13 total · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brother and sister | major | Zach and his little sister stuck together while everyone else was turning into monsters. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | One gathers that the meteor-like object that crashed on the Crane farm was some kind of hostile entity from outer space. |
| facing being evicted from one's home | major | Nathan Crane was on the verge of getting pushed off from his beloved family farm. |
| human vs. monster | major | Zach and his little sister Alice's family members all turned into murderous creatures and started attacking them. |
| husband and wife | major | Nathan and Frances Cyrus. Alan and Esther Forbes. |
| mother and son | major | Zach watched on as his mother went mad under the influence of the crashed meteor. |
| stepfather and stepson | major | Zach's already strained relationship with his new stepfather was exacerbated when a strange meteor-like object crashed on their farm and started making everyone go crazy. |
| Christianity | minor | Zach's stepfather was a strict, Bible thumping Christian. |
| divine retribution | minor | Nathan interpreted the strangeness transpiring on his farm as punishment from God. |
| father and son | minor | Nathan and his idiot son Cyrus. |