Germinating story.

Down on luck woman. Victim. life unfair. takes trip (crosscountry?) to get out of rut. no living family (perhaps death of last family member triggered trip).

Attacked. flees into woods or desolate area or swamp. Old history of hauntings/deaths a la slasher flicks. Either mansion or some sort of house/dwelling in which 'thing' dwells.

Woman tries to hide from pursuit in this place. Miasma of bad very apparent. Attackers laugh it off, group, enter, to finish woman off. woman flees through house. back of house/shack/shed area curls up. something scutters, collects. Smell of carnage increases. Woman does not react to creature forming with fear. Numb, but curious, she watches this new threat. It bends towards her, touches her, then turns around as group breaks down shed door.

Woman gets up with axe in hand but creature holds her back. The group shrinks back in fear. Creature looks at her and she moves forward. Towards the group. The axe rises.