Girls Nite Out

Girls Nite Out

Year: 1982

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Deubel

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The DeWitt University students gear up for an all‑night scavenger hunt, eager for a night of fun and camaraderie. As they venture deeper into the campus, the game takes a dark turn: they discover they are the prey, pursued by a mysterious huntress. Only a handful manage to escape.

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1

Dickie Cavanaugh's suicide and burial authorized

Dickie Cavanaugh, a psychiatric patient at Weston Hills Sanitarium, hangs himself. His sister grants permission to two gravediggers to bury his body. The burial plot is prepared, setting off a sequence of grim events linked to the killer.

Weston Hills Sanitarium; burial plot
2

Gravediggers attacked during the burial

As the two gravediggers dig Dickie's grave, an unseen killer assaults them and throws their bodies into the burial plot. The killer remains unseen, and the scene hints at a malevolent presence on campus. The burial proceeds amid fear and confusion.

Burial plot near Weston Hills
3

DeWitt University wins, scavenger hunt announced

DeWitt University's basketball team wins the championship, prompting an all-night scavenger hunt for female students the following evening. The event becomes the main catalyst for the campus-wide tension and danger. The sense of celebration collides with a looming threat.

the next evening DeWitt University campus
4

Lynn and Teddy celebrate; Dickie’s death rumor begins

Lynn and star player Teddy Ratliff celebrate the victory at the campus diner and discuss the upcoming scavenger hunt. Freshmen start hearing stories about Dickie Cavanaugh, who is rumored dead, though many do not know the full truth. The mood shifts between pride and unease.

evening Campus diner, DeWitt University
5

Party night; scavenger clues go live

Students attend a campus party where the tale of Dickie circulates among partygoers. The campus radio DJ broadcasts clues for the scavenger hunt, and a killer dressed as a bear begins targeting victims. Tension rises as the game turns deadly.

that evening Campus party and radio station
6

Jane is murdered in the locker room

Jane enters the girls' locker room to retrieve a scavenger-hunt item but is suddenly attacked from behind. The killer slashes her throat while muttering misogynistic slurs, and her body is left in a horrifying display. Kathy later discovers Jane's body in the showers, visibly savaged.

that night Girls' locker room, DeWitt University
7

Kathy becomes the killer's next target

Kathy attempts to flee after finding Jane's body, but the bear-masked killer pursues and slashes her throat. The string of victims continues as fear spreads through the campus. The killer's presence becomes more brazen and personal.

that night Locker room area, DeWitt University
8

Sheila encounters the bear killer by the pond

Sheila goes to the pond to search for another scavenger item and encounters the bear-clad killer. He taunts her and lures her toward an abandoned shed by the water, where a brutal confrontation ends with her throat being slashed.

that night Pond and abandoned shed, DeWitt University
9

Leslie is murdered; Lynn discovers the body

Lynn continues the scavenger hunt and is joined by tragedy when her friend Leslie goes to the attic of the old chapel and is murdered. Lynn later discovers Leslie's lifeless body, heightening the fear and urging a faster police response.

the following day Attic of the old chapel, DeWitt University
10

Dawn senses danger and makes a panicked call

Dawn senses she is being followed and experiences a panic attack. She uses a payphone outside the student union to call Teddy's house, but the call ends with Dawn screaming as a gruff voice tells Teddy to 'come and get her.' Lynn calls the police in the confusion.

night Payphone outside the student union; campus vicinity
11

Teddy finds Dawn wounded; killer strikes in the cafeteria

Teddy rushes to the student union after Dawn's distress call and finds her bloodied and wounded in the cafeteria. He tries to comfort her, but the killer—Barney in the bear costume—storms in and stabs him, escalating the horror. The campus erupts into chaos as authorities become involved.

night Student union cafeteria, DeWitt University
12

Barney revealed as Katie Cavanaugh; Dickie not dead

Officer Jim MacVey confronts Barney, who is revealed to be Katie Cavanaugh, Dickie's sister, suffering from dissociative identity disorder. Katie alternates between voices, claiming to be Dickie at times. MacVey insists Dickie is dead, and Katie reverts before revealing a shocking truth: Dickie is not dead, and his frozen body is discovered in a wheelchair in a nearby freezer.

end of night Campus cafeteria; hospital freezer

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