Character Relationship Map: Hellbent

Characters

• Eddie (played by Dylan Fergus) — protagonist

  Eddie is a police technician who hopes to become a police officer like his father, but an eye lost in a training accident prevents him from joining the force. He attends the Halloween carnival with Jo...

• Jake (played by Bryan Kirkwood) — protagonist

  Jake meets Eddie at a tattoo shop and later reconnects with him at the Halloween carnival. He helps Eddie escape an attack by arriving with a police officer, then becomes Eddie's romantic partner. At...

• Joey (played by Hank Harris) — supporting

  Joey is one of Eddie's friends and joins him, Chaz, and Tobey at the Halloween carnival. He hopes to approach a man he has had a crush on, but is initially rejected. After the man returns to apologize...

• Chaz (played by Andrew Levitas) — supporting

  Chaz is one of Eddie's friends and accompanies the group to the Halloween carnival. He encourages Joey to approach the man Joey likes and consoles him after the rejection. Later, Chaz takes ecstasy an...

• Police Officer (played by Shaun T. Benjamin) — supporting

  A police officer arrives with Jake while Eddie is trapped inside the closed dance venue and under attack from the killer. The synopsis does not provide the officer's name or further details about thei...

• Tobey (played by Matt Phillips) — supporting

  Tobey is one of Eddie's friends and goes with the group to the Halloween carnival. Drunk and angry that nobody is paying attention to him in his Halloween drag, he spots the killer carrying Joey and C...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Jake → Police Officer (Professional Police Assistance) — The officer provides immediate assistance during the attack.

  Jake arrives with a police officer after the attacker assaults Eddie inside the closed dance venue.

• Eddie → Police Officer (Professional Case Witness) — Eddie relies on police assistance and formally reports the attacks.

  Eddie gives a statement at police headquarters, and a police officer arrives with Jake after the attacker leaves the enclosure.

• Eddie → Jake (Romantic Partner) — Their attraction develops into an intimate relationship during the night.

  Eddie and Jake go to Eddie's place and start having sex after giving their statements at police headquarters.

Story Dynamics

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

• Joey → Tobey (Social Friend) — Tobey is part of Joey's carnival group.

  Joey and Tobey attend the Halloween Carnival together with Eddie and Chaz.

• Chaz → Tobey (Social Friend) — Their connection is established through the shared friend group.

  Chaz, Tobey, Eddie, and Joey attend the Halloween Carnival together as a group of friends.

• Joey → Chaz (Social Supportive Friend) — Chaz actively supports Joey during his emotional rejection.

  After Joey is cruelly rejected, Chaz encourages him to talk to his crush and goes to the restroom with him to console him.

• Eddie → Tobey (Social Friend) — Tobey is part of Eddie's social group.

  Eddie meets with Tobey and the other friends before they travel together to the Halloween Carnival.

• Eddie → Chaz (Social Friend) — Chaz belongs to Eddie's established circle of friends.

  Eddie meets with Chaz, Joey, and Tobey before they attend the Halloween Carnival together.

• Eddie → Joey (Social Friend) — Joey is one of Eddie's friends in the carnival group.

  Eddie meets with Joey, Chaz, and Tobey before they head to the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival.

Story Analysis

During a Halloween night of escalating killings, Eddie and Jake struggle to survive while their carnival group is destroyed around them.

Plot Progression

1. Blood Before Halloween — A masked attacker begins the killing spree on the night before Halloween. Eddie works around the police investigation, wears his father's uniform, and meets Jake.
2. Carnival Of Friends — Eddie joins Chaz, Joey, and Tobey at the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. The group visits the first murder scene and encounters the masked attacker.
3. Three Heads Taken — Joey is murdered in a restroom, Chaz is killed on a crowded dance floor, and Tobey is decapitated after pursuing the attacker. The carnival atmosphere hides the escalating violence.
4. The Trap At Home — Eddie and Jake become separated from the carnival crowd and briefly receive police assistance. At Eddie's home, Jake is stabbed and the severed heads are discovered.
5. A Hollow Victory — Eddie uses his father's gun during the fire-escape confrontation and shoots the attacker. Jake is taken to the hospital, but the final revelation shows that the attacker survived.