Character Relationship Map: Bedeviled

Characters

• Alice Gorman (played by Saxon Sharbino) — protagonist

  Nikki's best friend who receives the cursed app invitation. She and Cody investigate the entity's origins, uncovering recordings that reveal its paranormal nature. Alice helps set a trap to destroy th...

• Cody (played by Mitchell Edwards) — supporting

  Nikki's boyfriend and part of the cursed friend group. He discovers a coding method to uninstall the app when it manifests physically. He and Alice set a warehouse trap to destroy the entity, but fail...

• Dan (played by Brandon Soo Hoo) — supporting

  A friend invited by the cursed app. He and his girlfriend are tormented by the entity. He is eventually murdered by Mr. Bedevil in a manner that mimics his personal fears.

• Mr. Bedevil (played by Jordan Essoe) — supporting

  The primary antagonist, a mysterious AI app that functions as a paranormal gateway. It invites users, torments them according to their fears, brands them, possesses humans like police officers, and ph...

• Gavin (played by Carson Boatman) — supporting

  Alice's boyfriend and part of the cursed group. He is lured to Alice's house by the app's tricks and subsequently murdered by possessed clowns.

• Nikki (played by Alexis G. Zall) — supporting

  The first victim who downloads the app. She is stalked by a paranormal presence and dies from a shock-induced heart attack. Her recovered phone reveals the app's invitation source, kicking off the mai...

• Samuel Price (played by Matty Finochio) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Nikki → Samuel Price (Professional Former Physics Tutor) — Samuel's former tutoring connection links him to Nikki's involvement with the app.

  The recovered phone reveals that Nikki received an invitation through Samuel Price, identified as Nikki's former physics tutor.

• Alice Gorman → Gavin (Romantic Boyfriend) — Gavin is romantically involved with Alice.

  The plot identifies Gavin as Alice's boyfriend, and the app tricks him into coming to Alice's house.

• Nikki → Cody (Romantic Boyfriend) — Cody is Nikki's boyfriend and is deeply connected to the aftermath of her death.

  The plot identifies Cody as Nikki's boyfriend. After Nikki's funeral, Cody joins the investigation into the app connected to her death.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Samuel Price → Mr. Bedevil (Narrative Research Subject) — Samuel researches and documents the entity's supernatural nature.

  Samuel's audiotapes identify Mr. Bedevil as a paranormal presence that uses the app to enter reality like a Ouija board.

• Dan → Gavin (Alliance Teammate) — They are fellow members of the cursed friend group.

  Dan and Gavin are both included among the friends affected after the group downloads Mr. Bedevil.

• Cody → Gavin (Alliance Teammate) — They share the group's initial response to the app.

  Cody and Gavin belong to the group that receives invitations to download Mr. Bedevil and faces the resulting supernatural attacks.

• Cody → Dan (Alliance Teammate) — They are members of the same cursed group.

  Cody and Dan are part of the friend group that downloads the app and attempts to understand and survive its attacks.

• Gavin → Mr. Bedevil (Conflict Victim) — Gavin is lured and killed through the app's supernatural manipulation.

  Mr. Bedevil tricks Gavin into coming to a house, where he is murdered by clowns.

• Dan → Mr. Bedevil (Conflict Victim) — Dan is one of the cursed group's victims.

  Dan is tormented by the app and is eventually murdered by Mr. Bedevil in a way that mimics his personal fears.

• Cody → Mr. Bedevil (Conflict Primary Adversary) — Cody directly investigates and confronts the app throughout the latter part of the story.

  Cody is tormented by Mr. Bedevil, develops code to uninstall it, and dies when the uninstall program fails on his phone.

• Nikki → Mr. Bedevil (Conflict First Victim) — Nikki becomes the app's first known victim.

  Nikki downloads Mr. Bedevil, is stalked by a paranormal presence, and later dies from a shock-induced heart attack.

Story Analysis

A paranormal application turns personal fears into lethal attacks while its victims search for a way to remove it from reality.

Plot Progression

1. A Fatal Download — Nikki downloads Mr. Bedevil and is stalked by a paranormal presence. Her shock-induced death and funeral establish the app as a lethal mystery.
2. The Cursed Friend Group — Cody, Dan, Gavin, and their friends accept invitations to install the app. Their fears become personalized attacks, and strange brands appear on their bodies.
3. No Ordinary Application — The group learns that destroying their phones does not stop the app. A leaked sex tape and possessed police officers prove that ordinary help cannot contain Mr. Bedevil.
4. The Source Beneath Reality — Gavin is lured and killed, while Nikki's recovered phone points toward Samuel Price. Samuel's body and audiotapes reveal the app's function as a paranormal gateway.
5. The Warehouse Failure — Cody develops an uninstall program and arranges a warehouse trap. One phone is cleansed, but Cody's enhanced security prevents removal and he dies, while the app survives.