Character Relationship Map: Dead End

Characters

• Chris (played by Everon Jackson Hooi) — protagonist

  One of the seven teenage friends who reunites in the Scottish woods. After a dog attack and van crash, he discovers a haunted mansion. He experiences supernatural visions, leads the surviving group, u...

• Barbara (played by Anniek Pheifer) — supporting

  Sidney's sister and one of the teenage friends. She experiences early visions from the house's ghost and later becomes possessed by the entity. Through her, the group communicates with the spirit and...

• Sidney (played by Mads Wittermans) — supporting

  One of the friends, severely injured by wild dogs early in the film. After surviving the initial attack, he remains in the mansion with Barbara. When the black fire returns and Marie is possessed, he...

• Tim (played by Micha Hulshof) — supporting

  One of the friends who accidentally crashes the group's van while fleeing the dogs. He retreats upstairs, terrified, and is later possessed by the entity, appearing nude with black eyes. Laura discove...

• Ben (played by Aram van de Rest) — supporting

  Joline's boyfriend and part of the teenage group. He discovers an old book detailing the mansion's dark history. While exploring the basement with Chris to find an escape route, he is confronted and k...

• Laura (played by Victoria Koblenko) — supporting

  Chris's girlfriend and part of the friend group. After Tim's disappearance, she becomes overwhelmed by emotion and runs off to find him. She eventually locates him in the attic, only to witness his po...

• Joline (played by Terence Schreurs) — supporting

  Ben's girlfriend and a member of the teenage reunion group. While hiding in a room with Chris and Tim, she is suddenly engulfed and burned alive by supernatural black fire that seeps through the walls...

• Joline's Mother (played by Perla Thissen) — supporting
• Chris' Wife (played by Amber Teterissa) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Chris' Wife → Chris (wife)
• Joline's Mother → Joline (mother)
• Ben → Joline (Romantic Boyfriend) — Ben and Joline are a couple within the reunited friend group.

  The plot identifies Joline as Ben's girlfriend and Ben as Joline's boyfriend.

• Chris → Laura (Romantic Girlfriend) — Chris and Laura are romantic partners separated by the supernatural threat.

  Laura is identified in the character profile as Chris's girlfriend and remains emotionally connected to him during the crisis.

• Barbara → Sidney (Family Sister) — Barbara and Sidney are siblings whose bond remains central during the haunting.

  The plot explicitly identifies Barbara as Sidney's sister, and they discuss Sidney's girlfriend being pregnant.

Story Dynamics

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

• Chris → Joline (Alliance Teammate) — Chris and Joline are temporarily sheltering together when the first mansion fatality occurs.

  Chris is hiding in the room with Joline and Tim when black fire comes through the walls and kills Joline.

• Laura → Tim (Social Missing Friend) — Laura's concern for Tim drives her into the attic and toward her death.

  Laura runs away to find Tim, discovers him in the attic, and realizes that he is being possessed.

• Chris → Tim (Social Friend) — Chris treats Tim as a friend in need before learning that Tim has been possessed.

  Chris goes upstairs with Tim, finds him terrified in the attic, and later helps the group respond to Tim's apparent cries for help.

• Barbara → Laura (Alliance Group Ally) — Barbara and Laura belong to the same surviving support network.

  Barbara remains with the group while they search for Laura and attempt to survive inside the mansion.

• Chris → Barbara (Alliance Rescue Ally) — Chris relies on Barbara as both a survivor and a communication channel.

  Chris helps move Barbara after her vision and later uses her ability to communicate with the supernatural presence.

• Chris → Ben (Alliance Investigative Partner) — They form the main investigative pair during the mansion's later stages.

  Chris and Ben search for Laura, enter the tunnel, and later explore the basement together to find a way out.

• Chris → Sidney (Alliance Teammate) — Chris and Sidney cooperate against the supernatural threat.

  After the others die, Chris and Sidney decide to deal with the haunting together before Sidney sacrifices himself.

Story Analysis

A reunion becomes a supernatural survival ordeal when seven friends are trapped inside a cursed mansion whose black fire demands their deaths.

Plot Progression

1. Dogs in the Darkness — Seven former friends reunite for a camping trip in Scotland. A wild-dog attack injures Sidney, and a van crash forces the group to seek shelter in an old mansion.
2. The Mansion Awakens — The group hides inside the mansion while strange noises and visions unsettle Chris and Tim. Black fire appears through the walls and kills Joline.
3. Voices of the Dead — An old book exposes the possibility that the house is haunted, while false cries imitate Tim. Barbara receives visions as the survivors split up and Laura searches for Tim.
4. The Curse Revealed — Laura finds Tim possessed and is killed by an unseen force. Chris and Ben uncover the mansion's history and learn how the curse began.
5. Seven Must Die — Ben and Sidney are killed by the black fire, while Barbara becomes the channel for the haunting. The nursery revelation leads to Barbara's death, but the curse still demands seven victims.