Fan Casting Lune Merrick in Shadows Over Pine Ridge

Lune Merrick is 15, tall for her age, with a sharp glare and a sharper tongue. She rules the halls of Pine Ridge High with quiet intimidation—never the loudest, but always the most dangerous. Most students avoid her. Teachers tolerate her. And everyone whispers about her home life: a run-down trailer at the edge of the woods, a father who drinks too much, and a mother who’s been “gone” for years. But no one really knows Lune. She didn’t always used to be this way. In middle school, Lune had a close-knit group of friends—until one of them, Callie, went missing during a camping trip up in the hills near old Ash Hollow. Lune was the last one to see her alive. Rumors flew, suspicion circled, but no one could prove anything. That’s when Lune changed—became cold, violent, and unpredictable. It was easier to be feared than pitied. When the new group of girls vanishes in the present-day story, Lune seems unfazed—until a small pendant belonging to one of the missing girls turns up in her locker. She insists she’s being framed, but no one believes her. Everyone remembers Callie. But Lune begins to have strange dreams—flashes of that night in Ash Hollow, things she thought she’d forgotten. She starts seeing shadows at the edge of her vision and hearing whispers that seem to call her name. With suspicion building, Lune takes matters into her own hands. She ventures alone into the woods, determined to find proof she didn’t hurt anyone—but instead she finds something else: a hidden shack, filled with trinkets from missing girls over decades… including Callie’s necklace. As the movie progresses, Lune becomes an unlikely ally to Sheriff Mara Langston and the others. Her knowledge of the woods, her buried memories, and her brutal honesty become essential in uncovering the truth.