Horror: 80's Nostalgia Body-Horror - Cassette Carnage

Cassette Carnage: Tunes That Tear You Apart

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

Aspiring musician Derek Hayes discovers a cursed 80's mixtape that infuses his body with rhythmic mutations, compelling him to unravel its demonic origins before it reshapes his bandmates and silences his sanity forever.

✨ Genre: 80's nostalgia body-horror

✨ Tropes/Themes: 80's nostalgia, Retro Tech as Catalyst, Obsessive Exploration of the Unknown, Gradual Morphing / Loss of Bodily Control, Alienation & Betrayal of the Self, Isolation Amid Clique Setting, Final Confrontation / Unstable “Survivor”, Haunted Mixtape Possession

✨ POV & Structure: 1st Person Past Tense Single POV, 4-Act Structure

✨ Vibe: Nostalgic vibes curdle into visceral terror, with a tone of escalating paranoia and gruesome physical decay. The content is intensely dark, focusing on auditory hallucinations blending with body horror, creating a claustrophobic atmosphere of self-betrayal. Bloody mutations and psychological fractures dominate without romantic interference.

✨ Book Size: Novel (60,000-100,000 words)

✨ Chapter Count: 38 Chapters

✨ Word Count: target 1800-2200 per chapter

✨ Heat Level: No Romance (plot-focused, no romantic elements)

What you get:

✅ Complete Premise with core concepts and Narrative Physics Architecture

✅ Complete Story Dossier — including detailed characters, relationship arcs, locations and objects, world rules and histories, multiple subplots, and market researched genre and style guides.

✅ A detailed 38 chapter outline.