A family crisis, a mayoral campaign, and a ransom deadline make for one very messy Halloween. This personality quiz invites you into the tense world of family crime to see which character’s choices and place in the unfolding chaos feel most like yours. Will your match come from the Kimball family, the campaign, or beyond?
About Animals
Animals is a 2026 crime thriller about mayoral candidate Mark Kimball and his wife, Abigail, whose family is thrown into crisis by a ransom call. With their savings tied up in Mark’s campaign, they turn to a professional fixer and make increasingly dangerous choices. But the kidnapping takes an unexpected turn, pulling the family’s staff into the fallout and putting Mark’s political future on the line in this tense thriller.
Animals Character Profiles
Mark Kimball
Mark Kimball is a wealthy Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose campaign ambitions shape much of his life. Calculated and intensely attentive to his public image, he expects careful planning to keep his political future on track. A family crisis puts that control to the test, exposing a more volatile and morally compromised side. His determination to protect his family becomes entangled with his desire to preserve his candidacy and reputation.
Abigail Kimball
Abigail Kimball is Mark’s wife and a professional psychologist, accustomed to reading people while keeping much of herself guarded. Her marriage has grown strained, and resentment toward Mark shapes her response to the crisis that disrupts their household. The discovery of her affair brings guilt and conflict into an already frightening situation. Beneath her defensive distance, Abigail has a fierce maternal instinct and a powerful drive to protect her family.
Dayle Burton
Dayle Burton is an underground fixer hired to manage the Kimball family’s ransom crisis. Professional and unflappable, she approaches dangerous problems with clinical focus, setting a substantial fee and concentrating on practical results. Her emotionally detached, mercenary outlook makes her effective in high-pressure situations, but leaves little space for sentiment. As the crisis escalates, Dayle’s work brings her into the orbit of Mark’s increasingly desperate decisions.
Sam Allison
Sam Allison is Mark Kimball’s loyal campaign manager, focused on keeping the mayoral run viable and its public image intact. Practical and protective, he urges Mark to invest in outreach and later helps navigate the family’s ransom crisis. The escalating danger stretches Sam’s composure, forcing him to balance campaign concerns with a chaotic and increasingly violent situation. His instincts are rooted in damage control, though events quickly outgrow any ordinary political strategy.
Cecilia Trujillo
Cecilia Trujillo works as the Kimball family’s housekeeper and is protective of her livelihood and loved ones. While she tends to keep a quiet, compliant presence in the household, a frightening crisis tests that restraint. Her connection to the family’s domestic life places her close to events she cannot simply ignore. Cecilia’s circumstances reveal a strong survival instinct and a determination to protect those who depend on her.
