Bloodmoon

Mrs Sheffield is newly appointed headmistress of Saint Elizabeth's, while her husband serves as the school's science teacher. Her arrival signals a tightening of control and hints at a tense dynamic behind the school's peaceful surface. The faculty and students sense a new authority shaping events to come.

A simmering conflict pits Winchester private school students against local youths, starting with a beach altercation at Coopers Beach. The animosity escalates during the school dance, where pranks and fear of violence hang in the air as hoses are used. The two sides gradually turn the event into a tinderbox.

The nearby forest becomes a secret hangout for young couples, setting the stage for tragedy. The summary names sixteen-year-old Jackie and Winchester student Richard Hampton among the earliest victims to fall under the killer’s shadow. The pattern of disappearances and deaths begins to take form.

During the dance, a couple slips into the forest while a mysterious circle of barbed wire appears as a threat. Gretchen's polka-dot dress and Stuart's presence briefly disturb the moment before the killer strikes again, dispatching Stuart. The crowd remains unaware of the danger watching from the shadows.

On Sunday, Mrs Sheffield shares a bed with a Winchester student in the teachers' residence, exposing her ongoing affair. Her husband learns of the affair, fueling a toxic dynamic beneath the school's veneer. The domestic tensions foreshadow the violence to come.

Mr Sheffield, driven by jealousy, slashes a knife at the yearbook photograph of Mary. The act reveals his volatile temper and willingness to destroy an emblem of the school's community. The moment raises the stakes for the students who cross his path.

Away from the mounting terror, Mary and Kevin share a kiss at a nearby waterfall and watering hole, a brief moment of romance amid the chaos. Their budding relationship underscores the vulnerability of the students. The scene contrasts with the creeping violence elsewhere in the story.

Michelle and Jennifer search for the Monday exam in the science classroom and stumble on a grisly discovery: a bottle of fingers and eyeballs and a barb-wire garrote hanging in the cupboard. Sheffield confronts and attacks Michelle, slashes Jennifer with a knife, and finishes Jennifer when she escapes but falls. The room shifts from study space to a venue of horror.

Linda makes a public payphone call to Kevin delivering Mary’s message as required by Sheffield, before Sheffield ends Linda’s life. The call sequence signals the killer’s manipulation of events to steer victims toward danger. Police later begin to connect these murders to the Saint Elizabeth's students' disappearances.

Mary heads toward the lovers' lane in the rain while Myles Sheffield watches from the residence; Virginia arrives to go out for dinner and belittles him, revealing the strain in their marriage. He admits he has 'done it again' and heads to the science room to grab a garrote, seeking to exert control. A confrontation with Sister Mary-Ellen follows, heightening the danger.

A police officer interrupts the choir in the school chapel and pressures Mrs Sheffield to tell the truth. He then pursues Sheffield toward the woods as Myles attempts to garrote Kevin and Mary fights back with a stick. In the struggle, the officer draws his firearm but is fatally stabbed by Sheffield, and Sister Mary-Ellen flings a liquid to drive him away as she collapses.

Blood-soaked Sheffield returns to the local priest’s residence and grabs a shotgun. Lightning crackles as he confronts Virginia, who is there, and a shotgun discharge ends the violent rampage. The school reels from the carnage as the storm passes and the survivors try to comprehend what has happened.