She Tried the Window

A banshee’s scream pierces the night at Dearborn Manor—and by morning, a guest is dead.While vacationing in the coastal town of Carmel, California, student filmmaker Eric De la Cruz is approached by a bartender desperate for his help. Locals insist they’ve witnessed a woman on the beach vanish right before their eyes, and at night the banshee’s wail carries along the shore. Convinced these are no illusions, the bartender points Eric toward the ocean-front Dearborn Manor.The following afternoon, Eric is invited for an extended weekend stay. That night, a blood-curdling scream echoes through the halls. By morning, someone is dead.Rumors spread through the community that the estate is haunted, linked to Melissa Dearborn, who drowned in those waters eight months earlier. Eric refuses to accept the supernatural. He discovers a threatening letter tucked in a drawer, counterfeit paintings in the private collection, and glass shards on the beach.As a fierce storm surge isolates the manor, sealing every exit, Eric enlists a discreet maid to uncover the real circumstances of Melissa’s drowning. The evidence hints at human deceit.Yet each time the banshee screams again, the body count rises. “Accidents” multiply, suspicions deepen, and no one is safe.Trapped with a growing threat, Eric must reveal the truth before the next scream claims another life—or his own.