Character Relationship Map: Malicious

Characters

• Lisa (played by Bojana Novaković) — protagonist

  Lisa moves to the country house with Adam and becomes the first person affected by the opened box. After suffering a miscarriage, she sees and hears a child she believes is her unborn daughter, while...

• Adam (played by Josh Stewart) — supporting

  Adam is Lisa’s husband, who accepts a university teaching position and moves with her into the country house. He initially explains Lisa’s experiences as grief and trauma, rejects Dr. Clark’s supernat...

• Dr. Clark (played by Delroy Lindo) — supporting

  Dr. Clark is a respected paranormal researcher consulted by Lisa and Adam after the disturbances continue. He identifies the opened box as a fertility artifact and argues that its contents killed Lisa...

• James Harper (played by Luke Edwards) — supporting

  James Harper is a survivor connected to the same opened box and its supernatural entity. He tells Lisa and Adam that he killed his wife before opening it, and that he witnessed the entity appear as a...

• Emily Harper (played by Yvette Yates Redick) — supporting

  Emily Harper is James Harper’s wife, whose death is revealed when James explains his connection to the same mysterious box. James says he opened the box after killing her, linking Emily’s fate to the...

• Becky (played by Melissa Bolona) — supporting

  Becky stays with Lisa after Lisa returns home from the hospital and begins reporting disturbing visions. She provides company and support, but cannot see the child or other figures Lisa describes. Her...

• Old Woman (played by Jo-Ann Robinson) — supporting

  The Old Woman is one of the forms assumed by the supernatural entity after it develops beyond its infant and childlike appearances. James Harper reports seeing the entity as an old woman, showing that...

• David (played by Ben VanderMey) — supporting

  David is a university student who works for the university and helps Adam and Lisa settle into their new country home. He also delivers the sealed house-warming gift sent by Lisa’s sister. His involve...

Canonical Relationships

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

• James Harper → Emily Harper (Family Husband And Wife) — Their marriage forms the tragic precedent for the current haunting.

  James says that he opened the same box after killing his wife, Emily Harper.

• Adam → Dr. Clark (Professional Skeptical Client) — Their consultation becomes confrontational because Adam rejects the theory.

  Adam consults Dr. Clark but rejects his fertility-artifact explanation and forces him to leave.

• Lisa → Dr. Clark (Professional Consultant And Subject) — Dr. Clark investigates Lisa's supernatural experience.

  Lisa and Adam consult Dr. Clark, a respected paranormal researcher, about the opened box and the apparitions.

• Adam → David (Professional University Connection) — Their connection comes from the university setting.

  Adam accepts a university teaching position, while David is described as a student working for the university and helping him settle in.

• Lisa → Adam (Romantic Spouses) — They are a married couple whose relationship is tested by the supernatural events.

  Lisa and Adam leave the city together after Adam accepts a university teaching position and move into a country house.

Story Dynamics

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

• James Harper → Old Woman (Narrative Reported Form) — Old Woman is identified through James's account as one form of the supernatural presence.

  James says that he saw multiple forms of the presence, including a baby, a teenager, and an old woman.

• Adam → James Harper (Narrative Warning Recipient) — Adam receives crucial information about the supernatural threat from James.

  James warns Adam and Lisa that the presence will eventually kill everyone unless it is stopped.

• Lisa → James Harper (Unknown Supernatural Witnesses) — James becomes a source of information about Lisa's experience.

  Lisa and Adam later encounter James Harper, who describes opening the same box and warns them about the entity's growth.

• Lisa → Becky (Alliance Caregiver) — Becky provides direct support during Lisa's psychological and supernatural distress.

  Becky stays with Lisa after the miscarriage and listens as Lisa describes the child and figures in the house.

• Lisa → David (Social Household Acquaintance) — David assists the couple during their arrival at the new home.

  David, a student working for the university, helps Lisa and Adam settle into the house and delivers the house-warming gift.

Story Analysis

A grieving couple confronts a supernatural presence released from a mysterious box and discovers that its survival may depend on the mother's death.

Plot Progression

1. The Empty Box — Lisa and Adam move into a country house after Adam accepts a university position. David delivers a sealed gift, and Lisa opens it to find nothing inside.
2. Loss In The Forest — Lisa encounters a blood-covered woman and soon suffers a miscarriage. After being told that she cannot have children, she reports hearing a child and seeing a girl.
3. Haunting The Nursery — Lisa's visions spread through the house while Becky remains with her. Adam doubts the supernatural explanation and removes the crib, but the disturbances continue.
4. The Artifact Theory — Dr. Clark links the opened box to fertility and claims that its contents killed Lisa's unborn baby. Adam rejects the theory, but then begins seeing the apparitions himself.
5. A Mother Sacrifice — James Harper reveals his experience with the same box and explains that the presence changes form and grows stronger. He proposes the mother's death as the only way to contain it, but Lisa and Adam re...