
Synopsis/Details
After their bus breaks down on their way to state finals, a group of easy-going, cheerleaders and their coach seek help in the only house around for miles. But what they don't know is that this house belongs to a teenage girl slaying serial killer.
Upon finding the front door open and the house empty, the group decides to wait at the house until the owner returns.
Along for the ride are the bus driver and three wannabe film-makers from the A.V club looking to capture the girls' performance for a documentary the invent to make.
As darkness falls, Coach Rochon sends Rufus the bus driver out to find help, and it isn't long before he is met by the home-owners car. The killer plants a screwdriver into the back of Rufus' head and the show begins. He returns home and enters the basement via a storm cellar hatch.
Some of the girls pass the time with little games while others flirt with the boys. The boys have been given a small commission to make a feature-film and when the girls find out about it they all want a part to play, and they'll do anything to be involved.
Erika and Kelly show Mike and Len what they're prepared to do for a part in the film upstairs with each other and the boys' camera.
As Coach Rochon showers, Tiffany and Anoushka play “I Spy” Mindy decides to explore the house only to be captured by the killer and tied to a table, stripped, and gagged. When Anoushka goes looking for Mindy she gets a nail in her head for her trouble.
Dirk scores with Danielle upstairs while Mike and Len shoot a scene for their horror parody with Erika and Kelly outside.
Alone downstairs coach Rochon is attacked and captured by the killer. He cuts off Mindy's head in order to make room for the coach on the table. After shooting a scene of her own Tiffany is killed in the shower and dragged downstairs into the basement leaving a long trail of blood along the way.
Upon returning to the house post-shoot the remaining cast discovers the blood and follow it curiously down into the basement. They discover and free coach Rochon only to be attacked by the returning killer. Mike is killed as they scramble out of the cellar of death to find the front door now locked.
They block the doors for as long as they can while arming themselves then head upstairs when the basement door is broken.
From then on out it's a fight for survival as they try to figure out how to escape the house with an ever closer madman trying to kill them and escape his clutches.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Getaway
Story Situation:
Falling prey to cruelty/misfortune
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Linear Structure:
Linear
Cast Size:
Several
Locations:
Few
Special Effects:
Blood, Other practical effects
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Teenager
Villian Type:
Pure Evil
Advanced
Subgenre:
Black/Dark, Erotic
Time of Year:
Summer