Pledge Night

On the day before Hell Week, Dan suffers a mental breakdown and stabs Rex at the Phi Up fraternity. Rex is rushed to the hospital as other brothers scramble to contain the situation. The attack sets a grim mood for the initiation to come.

The brothers rush Rex to the hospital and Chip warns the pledges not to reveal what happened. The secret weighs on the house and sows unease among the newcomers. Trust within the fraternity begins to fracture before Hell Week even starts.

The pledges endure the start of Hell Week with painful hazing rituals. They are forced through humiliations such as ingesting live worms, raw eggs, and carrying cherries while seated on their buttocks. The rituals test loyalty and nerve under the watchful eyes of the brothers.

Over the second day, the pledges face increasingly brutal and degrading tasks as the hazing continues. The environment grows more perilous, pushing each pledge to the brink. The line between rite and abuse blurs in the confined space of the house.

During Hell Week, Wendy reveals to Bonner that Rex's stabbing was a ruse designed to scare the pledges. She explains that Dan is faking insanity to test their loyalty. The revelation shatters the façade of the fraternity’s honor for Bonner.

Bonner's mother arrives for a private meeting and discloses a deadly hazing history connected to the house. In 1969, her then-boyfriend Sidney Snyder died during a hazing accident caused by the house’s dangerous traditions. The past casts a shadow over the present.

On the final day, J.D. takes the pledges to the basement for a lecture on the supposed history of college fraternities. The atmosphere is tense, and the talk feels more like a warning than a lesson. The unsettling mood foreshadows the violence to come.

The ghost of Sidney Snyder arrives and murders Tom while he is alone in an upstairs bathroom. The brutal act signals that the haunting has become deadly and personal. The house begins to realize someone—or something—is orchestrating the killings.

Dan, apparently possessed by Sidney, kills Chip when he tries to call the police and then murders two sorority girls working with Wendy. The violence fills the house with panic as the survivors scramble for safety. The line between human threat and supernatural danger blurs.

J.D. confronts Dan and is knocked unconscious, then tied to a shelf to prevent interference. The power shift within the house leaves the pledges vulnerable and reduces any chance of help arriving in time. The threat now sits in the basement with the remaining survivors.

Sidney’s ghost bursts from Dan’s body and murders J.D. by triggering a cherry bomb in his underwear. The grisly moment confirms the possession and extends the killings to another survivor. The house erupts with fear as more victims fall.

Sidney appears and murders Cagle, then kills Silvera, leaving only a few pledges alive. The bloodshed intensifies as the house attempts to carry on. The survivors realize there is no safe corner left in the house.

Sidney continues his rampage, killing Zahn as he goes to call the police, followed by Goodman and Bodine. With nearly everyone else dead, Bonner and Wendy are the last two left. The end of the ritual seems near, but the killer is not finished.

Bonner and Wendy confront Sidney in the basement as Bonner reveals his name. Sidney explains that his killings were to protect Bonner from the bad influence of the fraternity and then fades away. The audience is left with the implication that the killer’s past looms over Bonner.

Some time later, Rex lies in a dorm bunk with a new partner after Wendy ends things with him. Sidney sneaks into the dorm with a sword and watches, leaving a menacing final note for the audience. The final image hints that the danger has not fully passed.