Character Relationship Map: Sinister 2

Characters

• Courtney Collins (played by Shannyn Sossamon) — protagonist

  Single mother desperately trying to protect her sons.

• Dylan Collins (played by Robert Daniel Sloan) — supporting

  Eldest Collins son tormented by supernatural visions.

• Zach Collins (played by Dartanian Sloan) — supporting

  Younger Collins son easily manipulated by dark forces.

• Dr. Stomberg (played by Tate Ellington) — supporting

  Child psychologist evaluating the traumatized Collins boys.

• Christmas Father (played by John Francis Mountain) — minor

  Victim in a holiday-themed cursed home movie.

• Stomberg's Daughter (played by Grace Holuby) — minor

  Child of the psychologist, briefly seen.

• Bughuul (played by Nicholas King) — minor

  Pagan deity possessing children and spreading curses.

• Clint Collins (played by Lea Coco) — supporting

  Abusive father of the Collins boys.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Stomberg's Daughter → Dr. Stomberg (daughter)
• Bughuul → Zach Collins (Power Possessor)

  Zach becomes possessed and recreates the murder ritual by drugging, hanging, and setting his family on fire.

• Dylan Collins → Zach Collins (Family Twin Brother)

  Dylan and Zach are explicitly identified as twin brothers.

• Clint Collins → Zach Collins (Family Father)

  The plot identifies Clint as Zach's father and shows him arriving to take the boys.

• Clint Collins → Dylan Collins (Family Father)

  Clint is described as Courtney's abusive husband and Zach and Dylan's father.

• Courtney Collins → Zach Collins (Family Mother)

  Courtney lives with Zach and later goes with Clint to protect both of her sons.

• Courtney Collins → Dylan Collins (Family Mother)

  Courtney is identified as the mother of Dylan and lives with him while trying to protect her sons from Clint and Bughuul's curse.

Story Dynamics

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

• Bughuul → Christmas Father (Conflict Supernatural Killer)

  The Christmas-themed home movie depicts a family being tied up with holiday lights and buried alive in the snow on Christmas Day.

• Bughuul → Courtney Collins (Conflict Family Threat)

  Courtney is drugged, hung in the cornfield, and nearly burned alive during the murder ritual carried out under Bughuul's influence.

• Bughuul → Dylan Collins (Conflict Supernatural Adversary)

  Dylan is repeatedly forced to watch murder films connected to Bughuul and is targeted when the ghost children demand that he continue watching.

• Clint Collins → Courtney Collins (Conflict Abusive Husband)

  Clint is described as Courtney's abusive husband, and he later beats and threatens the former deputy.

Story Analysis

A family attempts to escape an abusive home and a supernatural murder cycle driven by Bughuul.

Plot Progression

1. The Farmhouse Curse
2. The Investigator's Warning
3. Brothers Under Influence
4. The Murder Ritual
5. Breaking The Cycle