The Grotto
The Grotto is a liminal horror audio drama with a full-cast and original music exploring grief, pain, mourning, and loss. Matt turns to caving after a personal tragedy and finds himself confronting his loss head on. Created by Athan
The Grotto follows Matt and his battle with grief after losing his girlfriend, Emily. What begins as a story about love and loss transforms into a supernatural thriller that pushes the boundaries between life and death, while maintaining an intimate cast of characters whose flaws and nuance make them worth rooting for.
The show grounds its supernatural elements in deeply human emotions and showcases genuine grief, guilt, and the desperate lengths people can go to for the people they love. While the show contains liminal horror, the real horror comes from watching characters make choices that feel both completely understandable and utterly destructive; especially our protagonist Matt, who has a talent for making spectacularly bad decisions.
The Grotto offers a chance to descend into darkness and explore the dangerous territory between moving on and holding on, and where the only way out might be going deeper in.