Madman

Around the campfire, Max tells the legend of Madman Marz, a killer who slaughtered his wife and children with an axe. He was lynched and scarred, yet his spirit is said to haunt the nearby woods. Richie mocks the legend and shouts Marz's name, unknowingly inviting trouble as he follows a figure into the trees.

Max departs the campsite to fetch supplies and spend the night away, leaving the youth counselors in charge of the campers. His absence creates a leadership vacuum that the others must fill as danger looms. The departure sets the stage for the night's escalating events.

While the adults lurk in the camp, Marz attacks and kills the drunken chef at the camp's edge. The murder marks the first killing and confirms that the killer moves within the campgrounds. The campers remain oblivious to the danger as fear begins to spread.

Dave notices Richie is missing and sends T. P. to search for him. T. P. ventures into the woods but is ambushed by Marz, who hangs him from a tree. The grim act confirms the killer's presence in the woods and draws the search deeper into danger.

Dave heads into the woods to keep looking for Richie and T. P. Marz then ambushes him and decapitates him, cutting the search short. The group loses another ally as the killer's threat becomes personal. The atmosphere grows tenser as the forest yields more bodies.

Stacy grows suspicious and heads into the woods to find answers, leaving Betsy alone with the children. She finds Dave's body in the woods and tries to escape in her truck, which stalls. Marz leaps onto the hood of the truck and decapitates Stacy as she is exposed to danger.

Ellie and Bill attempt to flee in Betsy's truck, hoping to reach safety. Marz intercepts them, drags Bill from the vehicle, and kills him, forcing Ellie to run for her life. The camp's safety net collapses as the threat closes in.

Ellie makes it back toward the campsite, but Marz stalks the cabins and finally strikes her in the chest with his axe. She collapses, wounded, as the danger looms over the sleeping campers. The body count continues to rise as panic spreads.

Having wandered lost in the woods, Richie returns to Marz's old home and descends into the basement. He is horrified by what he discovers, realizing the killer's lair may be real after all. The basement scene confirms Marz's gruesome reality.

Betsy glimpses Ellie's bloodied body through a cabin window and phones Max to warn him. She arms a double-barrel shotgun and, when Marz bursts through, she accidentally shoots and kills Ellie. The tragedy deepens the camp’s horror and confusion.

With Ellie dead, Betsy orders the children onto the bus and tells the driver to take them to safety. She faces Marz in a desperate bid to buy them time to escape. The bus becomes a fragile last chance for the kids to survive the night.

Betsy pursues Marz into his house and is dragged into the basement where his victims are kept. She wounds him with a hunting knife, but a candle knocked over during the struggle starts a fire in the house. Betsy dies as Marz escapes into the burning woods.

Max drives back toward the camp and encounters a traumatized Richie on the road. Richie desperately tells him that Madman Marz is real and still out there. The realization confirms that the terror is not contained but waiting for a new chance to rise.

In the final shots, Madman Marz is seen stalking through the forest, waiting to be summoned again. Max and Richie exchange wary glances as the danger lingers unseen. The film ends with the threat unresolved and ready to return.