“The first time in my life,I keep the lights on to ease my soul”
[cisgender female, she/her]Welcome to Aurora Bay, [KALINA SLATER- HORNE]! I couldn’t help but notice you look an awful lot like [TAYLOR RUSSELL] You must be the [TWENTY-FIVE ] year old [TRUE CRIME PODCASTER /HORROR HOST ]. Word is you’re [ENTHUSIASTIC ] but can also be a bit [SHY] and your favorite song is [HAMMER HORROR BY KATE BUSH ]. I also heard you’ll be staying in [OCEAN CREST APRTMENTS]. I’m sure you’ll love it!
(Tw: Bullying, murder, mental health, Eating Disorder )
FAMILY
Mother: Melora Slater (né Horne) (deceased)
Father: Michael Slater
Step-Mother: Cheyanne Slater
Step-Sister: Roxy Del Rosario
WANTED CONNECTIONS
Ex crush
Friends
Former bully
People she works with
BIO
Born in San Francisco as the only child of Melora and Michael Slater, Kalina’s life started out like everyone else’s but would grow to be a little scary at times. From a very young age, Kalina loved to be scared. Her mother had been an special effects artist and photographer who had instilled a love of the strange and unusual with her daughter which the young future horror fan gravitated to. She remembers getting her first book of poems by Edgar Allen Poe, the first time she peaked behind the blankets watching a slasher, or the first time she saw her first ever crush Elvira mix humor and horror to great effect. All of these were things that had inspired her greatly.
While she had been shy in school Kalina was able to turn into a far more introverted and outspoken person when it came to horror. It was that one niche that she knew everything about and could out do anyone knowledge wise about the genre. She knew she wanted to follow her mothers footsteps and do something creative that was also a little bit scary too. In many ways horror became a security blanket when others were cruel. It was hard at times to want to hang out with others who saw you as the weird girl; especially when they began pick on her because she didn’t seem to fit in with other kids in her grade. The more people we’re cruel to her the more she tried to ignore them. Her hobbies were a security blanket that only grew to protect her further once her mother died.
With her mother gone, Kalina started to lean into a more realistic horror; true crime . Her father was trying to protect Kalina and had tried to keep the reason her mother had died from her, but Kalina was a very inquisitive young woman and discovered her mother had been murdered and no one knew who had done it. San Francisco was a large city and one that seemed to have more and more people pass through daily. It was the fact that things had been a mystery that sent Kalina down a rabbit hole that followed her into adulthood.
She began to fixate on unsolved mysteries and murders and just wanted to find answers that she never got from her own mothers death. But as the longer time went on the more she began to alienate herself from other people. She started to not even notice the way people would bully her in school or the fact that her own father was dating someone again. She just wanted to focus on her hobbies because it kept her safe from dealing with the reality that she wasn’t coping with her mothers loss well. The more she’d research the less she’d sleep or eat or really do anything other than try to solve what happened to her mom. Eventually, her father had to step in and seek out help in order for Kalina to get better. On some level her fathers involvement helped more than anything because it revealed how much he had also been hurting from the death of her mother. They were able to be more open and bond again and soon Kalina was able to accept her new step mom and step sister as well as the move to Aurora Bay.
While things were looking up for Kalina, one thing remained. Her love of the macabre. Horror and true crime were deep within her bones and as she reached college age and began to figure out what she wanted to do in life, a life in horror was the only option. The scary and spooky never strayed too far from her heart. It was something that still tied her to her mother and as she matured and reached her twenties Kalina knew exactly what she wanted in life. She wanted to help bring a light to the unsolved crimes of the world. She wanted to see if anyone else could help her solve her mother’s murder. Not one to be stuck with only one goal in life, Kalina is starting her own horror show on Youtube where she reviews horror films as her alter ego Scream Queen Slater. She knows it’s not much yet, but it’s the first step in her other life long goal of being a modern Elvira. While still incredibly shy in her day to day life, Kalinas star shines bright when others watch her as the scream queen and talk about unsolved mysteries. A confidence and self assured woman is slowly starting to emerge from the ashes of her personal tragedy.
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