Genre: Horror, Thriller, Western
Setting: 1887, American Frontier
Themes
Family
Survival
Unity vs Hatred
The Cost of Progress
The Forgotten Workers who Built America
Grief and Redemption
Story Premise
The Midnight Line is one of the most ambitious railroad routes ever built across the American Frontier. Owned by Patrick O’Sullivan, the train is intended to transport of People of all races and backgrounds safely across the west.
Among those aboard is The Train’s Secret Engineer, Elijah Brooks, a Black Locomotive driver whose identity has been hidden from the public due to the racial tensions of the era.
Elijah is transporting his fifteen-Year-Old Daughter Sarah to her grandparents following the death of her mother,
During the journey, a violent extremist organization known as the Iron Brotherhood hijacks the train after learning people of different races are traveling together
After taking control, they reroute the train onto an abandoned railway leading directly to Black Hollow Tunnel, a Place haunted by stories of vanished railroad workers who never were able to finish the tunnel.
Inside the tunnel, an ancient supernatural Entity known as The Hollow Man awakens and Begins hunting everyone aboard.
The Survivors soon discover the greatest threat may not be the monster itself- but the hatred, Fear, and Guilt it brings to the surface.
