South African gothic horror about inheritance, memory, and what refuses to stay buried.
"Madness in Bloom was a beautiful, tragic, disturbing and relatable read about the ties that bind us to family, for better or worse."
In the quiet town of Greystone, Donna Prescott has spent years tending to her family's nursery, carefully cultivating beauty and order in her world of plants. But beneath the surface of her calm exterior, something sinister is growing.
It's been a year since her mother, Isabella Moretti Prescott, passed away, yet Donna can't escape her ghost. Haunted by memories of her mother's abuse, Donna's carefully controlled life begins to unravel when a strange vine starts to take over her private garden. No matter how much she cuts it back, the wisteria returns-thicker, darker, and more menacing.
When Donna's carefree younger brother, Marco, unexpectedly arrives for Mother's Day, he brings with him old tensions and unresolved grief. He doesn't understand Donna's pain, or the ghost that still haunts her. But as the vine in Donna's garden grows, so does her mother's influence, tightening its grip on her life and driving her to the brink of madness.
In a chilling blend of psychological horror and supernatural dread, "Madness in Bloom" explores the inescapable ties of family, the weight of unresolved trauma, and the dark roots of a mother's love that continue to grow-long after death.