Monsters In My Forest

Synopsis

This woman’s worst nightmare? Becoming her mother.

Tabloid journalist Hadley Wells began her life as a tabloid article. In the 90s her family made headlines when her mother murdered her father using a method investigators still can’t identify. It left his face covered in blisters and body soaked in vomit. Dubbed The Beauty Queen Murderess due to being a crowned beauty queen, the killer wife was sentenced to life in prison despite no obvious motive or hard evidence. Hadley has had zero contact with her mother since, but was left with an elevated fear of weapons and violence.

Life takes another turn when, decades later, Hadley’s possessive ex escalates to kidnapping her with the promise to kill. Fortunately, she escapes. After years of police refusing to intervene in ‘domestic matters’, Hadley doesn’t bother with them. Instead, she flees halfway across the country to hide in the Wisconsin Northwoods she grew up in. A lakeside cabin would seem like a good place to spend summer, but weird sounds follow her. Shadows chase her. Red eyes watch her from the dark. Thanks to friendly locals, Hadley learns the woods are home to a goatman monster, and he has an affinity for succulent human limbs.

After a bloody mass of furry flesh is left at her door, Hadley takes it as a threat, though who bothers her remains a mystery. Desperate for help, but knowing no one will listen, Hadley goes to someone from her distant past: her mother. The Beauty Queen Murderess shares the family recipe for untraceable poison, but Hadley doesn't want to kill. Unfortunately, her ex stumbles from the depths of her forest, and not far behind is the terrifying goatman. With two monsters to face, running becomes impossible. Hadley may have to realize her worst nightmare and turn into her mother. For her, it won't be poison. But the goatman shows her that her problems may still be taken care of one bite at a time—if she can stomach it.