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This may seem offensive and I apologize for that in advance but was this inspired by the Fear Street Trilogy? The towns habitants saying how the town is cursed, witches, specifically the cave being a maze, and the last part where Ryan is sent back in time to watch how a queer person like him was demonized by the townsfolk, they're all very reminiscent of the trilogy and I just felt the need to comment on it. Crazy coincidence if it isn't but if it is, that'd be cool af I loved the trilogy. Anyway I hope this isn't taken as me comparing 2 works of art it's just that I found the similarities interesting.