The Watcher in the Rows

Eight friends thought the annual corn maze was just another October tradition. Laughter, cider, cheap scares under the stars. But once they step inside, the paths close behind them, the rows twist wrong, and something in the maze begins to count them. At first, it feels like part of the act: actors in masks, staged screams, shadows that follow too closely. But soon the laughter dies. One by one, the friends realize they are being hunted by something that isn't pretending; something wearing burlap and thorns, a scarecrow that doesn't move like a man. What begins as a night of fun unravels into a fight for survival as the maze bends around them, twisting into impossible chambers and forcing them to face more than monsters; forcing them to face themselves. Rules whisper through the husks. Doors open where none should exist. And every step deeper tightens the spiral at the maze's heart. To survive, they must hold each other together, remember what the maze tries to erase, and fight not only to escape…but to tear down the spiral before it turns all of them into scarecrows like the ones already rotting in the corn.