Lumberjack Man

Dr. Peter Shirtcliff arrives at Good Friends Church Camp with a sense that something dark waits beyond the treeline. The camp settles into its routine of games, songs, and meals, while an old cabin on the outskirts hints at a hidden danger. A creeping dread settles over the group as the forest seems to watch.

An old log cabin on the outskirts of the camp becomes the improbable stage for a nightmare. From its weathered walls, a Lumberjack Man emerges, patient and deadly, qualities that make him all the more terrifying. His looming presence hints that the camp’s cheerful rituals may be a prelude to carnage.

The Lumberjack Man begins his methodical hunt, picking off campers and staff with grim efficiency. He uses a macabre fuel—syrup drawn from the campers’ own blood—to pour over his grisly breakfast. The once-safe grounds turn into a stage for a relentless slaughter.

Shirtcliff warning clashes with LuAnn Potts’s skepticism about legends. She doubts the claims, clinging to rational explanations and a curious pancake lore tale about Jeppson. The exchange plants seeds of doubt that will be tested as events unfold.

LuAnn begins digging into faded newspaper clippings and police reports, tracing a century-old tragedy to the present danger. The more she reads, the more the pancake lore appears to be a warning with real consequences. The plan to insist on evidence replaces empty belief with troubling patterns.

Back at the mess hall, the terror escalates as the Lumberjack Man descends, picking off survivors in a cruel, choreographed spree. Faith and Reggie become key voices in the chaos, insisting the threat is more than superstition. Doug fights to keep order as panic spreads and the camp splinters.

Faith Fitzsimmons rises as a survivor who understands the old myth in a way the others do not yet. She recognizes a personal stake in the legend and begins to see how history might be repeating itself. Reggie and Doug work to keep the remaining campers alive as the danger closes in.

Shirtcliff recounts the backstory of Nehemiah Easterday and Jeppson, linking the modern terror to the 19th-century tragedy. Jeppson’s pursuit of a scent leads to the theft of a secret pancake recipe hidden inside a stuffed ocelot, precipitating a vengeful awakening. The tale explains how the killer’s power grows with the legend.

Shirtcliff explains that the woods themselves lend power to the weapon-wielding specter, and that any who step into the trees risk becoming part of an ongoing ritual. The cycle intensifies as each ceremonial breakfast before Lent feeds the killer’s hunger. The forest becomes a living partner in the horror, bending to the killer’s will.

Faith discovers a missing barrel of syrup hidden in Easterday’s cabin, a crucial clue linking the killer’s power to the syrup that stains his victims. The discovery elevates Faith’s role from survivor to strategic ally in the fight to end the cycle. The group gears up for a climactic confrontation.

Faith coats herself in syrup, symbolically merging with the very liquid that nourishes the killer’s power. Her embrace of a lineage as a Jeppson descendant adds a personal stake to the battle. The moment reframes the fight from mere survival to a reckoning with legacy.

Faith taunts Easterday and lures him into a direct encounter, leading to a brutal, decisive clash. The Lumberjack Man is vanquished, but the toll of the fight leaves the trio scarred and resolute. The memory of the killer begins to fade as rescue finally arrives.

Dawn breaks on a battered but intact team that has learned to trust one another. They slip away from the camp, carrying a tempered resilience and a warning that legends never truly die, only wait for the next chance to awaken. The pancake lore lingers just beneath the surface, casting a shadow over their future.