Character Relationship Map: The Hatred

Characters

• Regan (played by Sarah Davenport) — protagonist

  Regan travels from the city to the rural house with several girls and takes an active role in investigating its disturbing history. She asks about Alice, searches records, and helps examine the wartim...

• Samuel Sears (played by Andrew Divoff) — protagonist

  Samuel Sears appears in the records discovered by the girls as Miriam Sears’s husband. Because there is no record of Alice, the group suspects that Samuel may have sent Alice away, possibly to an inst...

• Alice (played by Darby Walker) — supporting

  Alice is the former occupant whose room and unexplained disappearance dominate the investigation. In the earlier events, she is tightly controlled by her father and wants to visit town, while secretly...

• Miriam (played by Nina Siemaszko) — supporting

  Miriam is identified in the records as Miriam Sears, the wife of Samuel Sears. The girls find information about her while searching for clues about Alice, but they discover nothing comparable about Al...

• Edna (played by Musetta Vander) — supporting

  Edna is expected to assist with the children during the gathering at the rural house. Her planned involvement places her among the adults supporting the visitors, but the available events do not show...

• Irene (played by Shae Smolik) — supporting

  Irene is one of the girls visiting the rural house and is especially excited about the gathering despite the threatening thunderstorms. Her mood changes when Regan asks who Alice was, and her discomfo...

• Virgil (played by Ronnie Gene Blevins) — minor

  Virgil helps prepare the rural property before the girls settle in. His work connects him to the house and to the practical arrangements surrounding the gathering, but the available events do not indi...

• Layan (played by Gabrielle Bourne) — supporting

  Layan is one of the girls who travels from the city to stay at Walter and Beth Crossan’s rural house. She is part of the visiting group exposed to the storm, the wartime artifacts, and the unexplained...

• Samantha (played by Bayley Corman) — supporting

  Samantha is one of the visitors at the rural house and becomes frightened by an unexplained incident. The other girls question parts of her account, placing her at the center of an early disagreement...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Virgil → Edna (Professional Property Support Staff) — Both are associated with practical support duties at the rural property.

  Virgil is helping prepare the property, while Edna is expected to assist with the children.

• Miriam → Samuel Sears (Family Husband) — Miriam and Samuel are identified as spouses in the historical records.

  The visitors search records mentioning Miriam Sears and her husband, Samuel Sears.

Story Dynamics

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

• Samantha → Alice (Narrative Witness To Mystery) — Samantha becomes involved in the same mystery surrounding the house and Alice.

  Samantha is frightened by an unexplained incident while the group is also investigating Alice's room and disappearance.

• Layan → Samantha (Social Group Companion) — They share the same gathering and encounter the same unexplained disturbances.

  Layan and Samantha are both included among the girls visiting the rural house.

• Irene → Samantha (Social Group Companion) — Their connection is established through their shared presence in the group.

  Both Irene and Samantha are among the visitors present when the house's disturbing incidents unfold.

• Layan → Irene (Social Group Companion) — They share the same social setting during the unsettling visit.

  Layan and Irene are both identified as members of the visiting group at the rural house.

• Regan → Samantha (Alliance Investigation Partner) — Regan and Samantha are connected through the group's investigation of the unexplained events.

  Samantha is present during the strange incidents, while the group investigates the house and questions her account.

• Regan → Irene (Social Group Companion) — They share the group setting and participate in the house investigation.

  Irene is among the girls gathered at the rural house, and she is present when Regan asks about Alice.

• Regan → Layan (Alliance Travel Companion) — Regan and Layan are part of the same visiting group.

  Regan and several girls, including Layan, travel together from the city to the rural house.

• Irene → Alice (Narrative Uneasy Witness) — Irene reacts uneasily to the house's connection with Alice.

  Irene becomes visibly uncomfortable when Regan asks who Alice was, while Alice's room is identified.

• Regan → Alice (Narrative Investigator And Subject) — Regan's investigation makes Alice's unresolved fate central to the visitors' experience.

  Regan asks who Alice was, examines Alice's room, and participates in the search for records about her disappearance.

• Alice → Samuel Sears (Unknown Possible Custodian) — Samuel is presented as a possible authority figure connected to Alice's disappearance.

  The group speculates that Samuel may have sent Alice away, possibly to an institution.

Story Analysis

A group investigating a rural house uncovers wartime traces and an unresolved disappearance while unexplained events suggest that the past remains present.

Plot Progression

1. War Echoes On The Farm — The opening establishes the collapse of Nazi forces, rumors of former soldiers, and Alice's isolated life on a farm. A wartime artifact suggests that the past still controls the household.
2. Visitors Enter The House — Years later, Regan and the girls arrive at a rural house prepared for their stay. The approaching storm introduces unease beneath the group's initial excitement.
3. Alice's Room Reveals History — The visitors identify Alice's room and uncover a German-inscribed crate, wartime documents, books, and student tests. A sealed area, foul smell, leaking water, and a dead bird intensify the mystery.
4. The Missing Girl Question — Samantha reports an unexplained incident, but the group questions parts of her account. Their investigation of records reveals Miriam Sears and Samuel Sears while leaving Alice absent from the documen...
5. Message In The Darkness — The group theorizes that Samuel may have sent Alice away, possibly to an institution. A camera activates and displays an unknown message before the visitors retreat to bed with the central mystery unr...