Character Relationship Map: Haunt

Characters

• Harper (played by Katie Stevens) — protagonist

  Protagonist and party attendee who becomes trapped in a deadly haunted house. She navigates severe psychological and physical traps, ultimately surviving by outsmarting the killers. She kills Devil, W...

• Nathan (played by Will Brittain) — protagonist

  College student who befriends Harper and joins the haunted house group. He gets trapped in the crawlspace and operation rooms but escapes. He assists Harper in fighting back against the killers and su...

• Bailey (played by Lauryn McClain) — supporting

  Party attendee who initially takes the safe route. She sustains a severe arm injury from a razor trap. Later captured and gagged, she is accidentally killed by Harper who mistakes her for a Clown perf...

• Angela (played by Shazi Raja) — supporting

  College student who joins the group at the haunted house. She chooses the safe path initially but is separated and brutally killed by Devil while fleeing through the attraction.

• Vampire (played by Justin Rose) — supporting

  A briefly seen vampire-themed figure associated with the haunted house attraction.

• Evan (played by Andrew Lewis Caldwell) — supporting

  Party attendee who enters the crawlspace maze first. He briefly escapes with an employee named Mitch, but is subsequently killed when Mitch removes his mask to reveal a heavily modified face.

• Sam (played by Samuel Hunt) — antagonist

  Harper's abusive boyfriend, whose presence and threatening relationship contribute to her danger.

• Mallory (played by Schuyler Helford) — supporting

  College student who takes the unsafe route in the maze. She becomes separated from the group and is killed early on when Witch buries a hot poker into her head.

• Zombie (played by Schuyler White) — minor

  A briefly seen zombie-themed figure associated with the haunted house attraction.

• Ghost (played by Chaney Morrow) — supporting

  A masked figure encountered by Nathan while he searches for the group's phones. Initially appears to be a concerned employee, but is later revealed to be an accomplice named Mitch who helps trap Natha...

• Devil (played by Damian Maffei) — supporting

  Primary antagonist who stalks Harper at the party. Wears a devil mask and ruthlessly hunts attendees. He kills Angela and pursues Harper, but is ultimately killed when she tricks him into triggering a...

• Witch (played by Terri Partyka) — supporting

  A masked killer operating inside the attraction. She uses a hot poker to execute victims, including Mallory. She is eventually tracked down and killed by Harper and Nathan near the end of their escape...

• Clown (played by Justin Marxen) — supporting

  The organizer of the haunted house attraction. He forces victims to sign waivers and surrender their phones. After orchestrating the killings, he attempts to burn the attraction but is caught in a tra...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Clown → Vampire (Professional Organizational Associate) — Vampire is connected to Clown through the shared killing enterprise.

  Vampire explains that the haunt's performers belong to an extreme body modification group that creates attractions to kill people.

Story Dynamics

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

• Harper → Vampire (Conflict Adversarial Encounter) — Vampire is both a threatening performer and a source of information.

  Harper and Nathan encounter Vampire during their escape, where Vampire reveals the killers' body-modification group.

• Vampire → Zombie (Conflict Enemy) — Their relationship turns violently hostile during the final revelations.

  Vampire explains the group's operation, then Zombie shoots Vampire to death.

• Clown → Zombie (Alliance Fellow Killer) — Zombie is one of the performers serving Clown's lethal attraction.

  Zombie participates in the attraction's violence and is present during the final conflict with Harper and Nathan.

• Clown → Devil (Alliance Fellow Killer) — Both function as killers within the same operation.

  Devil hunts attendees inside the attraction while Clown organizes and controls the deadly experience.

• Clown → Witch (Alliance Fellow Killer) — They are connected through the attraction's killing operation.

  Witch performs killings inside the haunted house that Clown organizes.

• Clown → Ghost (Alliance Fellow Killer) — Ghost operates as part of Clown's murderous attraction.

  Ghost acts as an employee inside Clown's attraction and helps trap Nathan in the crawlspace maze.

• Evan → Ghost (Conflict Victim And Killer) — Ghost betrays Evan during the apparent escape.

  Evan escapes the crawlspace with Ghost, but Ghost removes the mask and kills him after revealing a heavily modified face.

• Mallory → Witch (Conflict Victim And Killer) — Witch kills Mallory as part of the attraction's staged violence.

  After Mallory becomes separated from the group, Witch buries a hot poker in her head.

• Angela → Devil (Conflict Victim And Killer) — Their direct encounter ends in Angela's death.

  Devil suddenly appears while the group flees and kills Angela.

• Bailey → Devil (Conflict Threatened Victim) — Bailey is endangered by Devil's pursuit of the group.

  Bailey is trapped in the haunted house while Devil hunts the attendees and kills members of the group.

• Bailey → Mallory (Social Friend) — They share the group's social connection before becoming separated.

  Bailey and Mallory attend the Halloween party and haunted house with the same group of friends.

• Bailey → Angela (Alliance Teammate) — They initially cooperate as members of the same group.

  Bailey and Angela take the safe route through the maze with Nathan.

• Nathan → Zombie (Alliance Combat Ally) — Nathan and Harper cooperate against Zombie.

  Nathan and Harper kill Zombie while escaping the attraction.

• Nathan → Witch (Conflict Enemy) — Nathan participates directly in defeating Witch.

  Nathan joins Harper in killing Witch near the end of their escape.

Story Analysis

A traumatized young woman survives a lethal haunted house by transforming from hunted victim into strategic hunter.

Plot Progression

1. A Party Turns Predatory — Harper attends a Halloween party with her friends and meets Nathan and Evan. A devil-masked stalker creates an early sense of personal danger before the group enters the haunted house.
2. The Haunt Reveals Its Teeth — Clown collects waivers and phones before the group enters the attraction. The torture display, maze division, Bailey's injury, and Mallory's execution reveal that the danger is real.
3. Traps Beneath The Attraction — The survivors attempt to regroup and recover their phones, but Ghost seals Nathan in the crawlspace. Devil kills Angela, and Ghost murders Evan after exposing his monstrous face.
4. Harper Turns The Hunt — Harper uses memories, reversed clues, a mirror, and a hidden key to navigate the child-themed escape room. She wounds Devil and turns the timed shotgun mechanism against him.
5. Escape And Reckoning — Harper accidentally kills Bailey, then joins Nathan against the remaining performers. The survivors escape, learn the waivers exposed their homes, and Harper later traps and shoots Clown.