Character Relationship Map: Spiderhole

Characters

• Zoe (played by Amy Noble) — protagonist

  Zoe is one of the four art students who move into the abandoned London house with Molly, Luke, and Toby. She has sex with Toby, discovers the house’s danger, cuts her leg, and is captured by the hazma...

• Toby (played by George Maguire) — supporting

  Toby is one of Molly, Luke, and Zoe’s fellow art students in the squatting group. He has sex with Zoe, discovers the house’s disturbing evidence, and is abducted after the group is gassed. He is later...

• Luke (played by Reuben-Henry Biggs) — supporting

  Luke is Molly’s fellow art student and one of the people who goes squatting in the abandoned house. He helps explore the property, enters the hidden passage, admits seeing mutilated body parts, and at...

• Doctor (played by Moya Farrelly) — supporting

  The Doctor is the physician who examines Molly in the emergency room and tells her that her symptoms are heartburn, advising her to stop smoking spliffs. The medical encounter occurs before Molly join...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Zoe → Toby (Romantic Sexual Partners) — Their sexual relationship creates a personal bond within the group.

  While the group tries to turn on the water, the plot states that Toby and Zoe have sex.

Story Dynamics

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

• Luke → Doctor (Conflict Enemy) — Luke actively resists the Doctor's control and violence.

  Luke and the other student attack the hazmat-suited figure with planks, believing he is the Doctor.

• Zoe → Doctor (Conflict Captive And Captor) — Zoe becomes one of the Doctor's direct victims.

  The Doctor examines Zoe's injured leg, returns with a hacksaw, and later begins cutting off her leg while she is tied to a cot.

• Toby → Doctor (Conflict Captive And Captor) — The Doctor tortures and controls Toby as a prisoner.

  Toby is tied to a metal cot, sedated by the hazmat-suited Doctor, and later has his eye cut out and placed in a jar.

• Toby → Luke (Alliance Teammates) — They are members of the same survival group.

  Toby and Luke travel with Zoe and the other student while preparing to occupy an abandoned house.

• Zoe → Luke (Alliance Teammates) — They cooperate during the attempt to understand and escape the house.

  Zoe and Luke explore the house together after the group discovers that they are locked inside.

Story Analysis

A group of young squatters becomes trapped in an abandoned house where a surgeon-like captor conducts brutal experiments and hides a final human threat.

Plot Progression

1. Searching For Shelter — Zoe, Luke, and Toby travel through London searching for an abandoned property to occupy. Their informal adventure changes when they enter a huge house containing bloodied clothing.
2. The House Locks Shut — The group decides to spend the night, but wakes to find the house sealed and their phones and tools missing. A dank room and an apparent gas attack reveal that someone is controlling the environment.
3. Behind The Walls — Toby disappears, and Zoe and Luke discover a hidden passage containing evidence of mutilation. The Doctor captures the students and subjects them to surgical violence.
4. A False Rescue — Luke activates the lights and attacks the hazmat-suited figure, only to discover that Toby is inside the suit. The Doctor uses gas and separates the survivors.
5. Keys To Nowhere — Zoe sabotages the staircase, escapes the gurney, and briefly incapacitates the Doctor. She finds evidence about his identity but cannot reach the locked exit.
6. The Final Room — The Doctor recaptures Zoe and throws her into a dark room lit only by television static. There she encounters the missing girl, whose animalistic attack ends the film.