Character Relationship Map: Kill Her Goats

Characters

• Audra Bucklebee (played by Arielle Raycene) — protagonist

  Audra is the central figure who returns to West Craven and moves into the large coastal house purchased by her father. She is excited by its beach, dock, and boathouse despite sensing its charm and cr...

• Missy Becks (played by Ellie Gonsalves) — protagonist

  Missy is Audra's friend, arriving with Reese to surprise Audra and spend the night watching a horror movie. Her playful mood turns to fear when she believes something has licked her feet while she sle...

• Haley Bucklebee-Saint (played by Danielle Mathers) — supporting

  Haley is connected to Audra as a member of the Bucklebee family and becomes involved in a violent crisis involving her husband and her father. After her husband kills her father, Haley responds with f...

• Reese Knox (played by Monica Sims) — supporting

  Reese is Audra's friend and arrives at the coastal house alongside Missy, bringing wine and intending to spend the night watching a horror film. She is part of the small group exposed to the house's u...

• Autumn Applebaum (played by Amberleigh West) — supporting

  Autumn searches for a missing goat with Devon during the early morning hours. Their conversation briefly remains playful as they joke about going skinny-dipping, but the mood changes when Devon notice...

• Devon Bruce (played by Skyler Seymour) — supporting

  Devon searches for a missing goat with Autumn in the early morning. Although the pair initially joke about going skinny-dipping, Devon becomes alert when noticing what appears to be blood. This discov...

Story Dynamics

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

• Audra Bucklebee → Haley Bucklebee-Saint (Alliance Crisis Associate) — They are connected through a shared response to the violent family crisis.

  During Haley Bucklebee-Saint's violent crisis, the plot states that Haley and Audra react together with fury rather than sympathy.

• Devon Bruce → Autumn Applebaum (Alliance Search Partner) — They cooperate directly while investigating the missing goat.

  Devon Bruce and Autumn Applebaum search together for a missing goat during the early morning hours.

• Missy Becks → Reese Knox (Social Friend) — Their joint arrival establishes a close social connection.

  Missy Becks and Reese Knox arrive together to surprise Audra and spend the night at the house.

• Audra Bucklebee → Reese Knox (Social Friend) — Reese is part of Audra's visiting friend group.

  Reese Knox arrives with Missy Becks to surprise Audra and stay overnight for a horror movie.

• Audra Bucklebee → Missy Becks (Social Friend) — They share a familiar friendship that brings Missy into Audra's unsettling new home.

  Missy Becks arrives at Audra Bucklebee's new house to surprise her and spend the night together.

Story Analysis

A coastal housewarming visit becomes entangled with haunting rumors, disturbing goats, family violence, and an unresolved bloody discovery.

Plot Progression

1. A Charming House with a Dark Reputation — Audra returns to West Craven and settles into a large coastal house purchased by her father. The property's beauty is paired with stories about vanished or dead former occupants and rumors that the ho...
2. The Sleepover Turns Strange — Missy and Reese arrive with wine and plan a horror movie night with Audra. The playful atmosphere changes when Missy feels something lick her feet and the group finds no dog in the house.
3. Hooves in the Darkness — Strange hoof-shaped prints and disappearing phones leave the guests unable to contact anyone. The goats make the house's apparent supernatural danger increasingly frightening.
4. Fury After the Killing — Haley confronts a violent crisis after her husband kills her father. Haley and Audra respond with fury, and the injured man is left bleeding after the confrontation.
5. Blood at First Light — Devon and Autumn search for a missing goat in the early morning and briefly joke about skinny-dipping. Devon then notices what appears to be blood, leaving the threat unresolved.