Dear Diary: The Chase

Sinclair Chase is a rookie reporter determined to make his mark by solving the infamous “Dear Diary” murders—21 brutal killings each marked with a carved message in the victim’s flesh. When a cryptic lead brings him to a decaying estate called Hellville, Sinclair embeds himself in its eerie apartment complex under false pretenses. The deeper he digs, the more the estate itself seems to pulse with secrets—tenants who shouldn’t exist, tides that rise without an ocean, and rooms that watch back.



What begins as a noble investigation spirals into psychological unraveling. Sinclair finds himself stalked, seduced, and implicated—haunted by staged crime scenes, vanished bodies, and surveillance footage he doesn’t remember filming. The more evidence he uncovers, the more the killer’s pattern mirrors his own past. As memory fragments, buried trauma, and disturbing truths emerge, Sinclair must confront the horrifying possibility: the killer isn’t just watching him—they may be one and the same.



DEAR DIARY explores themes of memory, complicity, and the trauma of institutional abuse, all wrapped in a chilling descent into madness. The nonlinear narrative blends horror and mystery with a deeply personal psychological arc.