Saturday Morning Massacre

Saturday Morning Massacre

Year: 2012

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: English

Director: Spencer Parsons

Horror

Don’t meddle with the devil. A dark and bloody parody about a Scooby-Doo-like team of paranormal investigators and their devoted dog..

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Timeline – Saturday Morning Massacre (2012)

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1

Team heads to Kyser Mansion

The brainy Nancy leads a destitute paranormal debunking team to the Kyser mansion to take a job that could fund their next meals. They discuss their money troubles and their shaky credibility after a disastrous prior investigation. The drive to the property foreshadows the danger they are about to face.

Night Drive to Kyser Mansion
2

Lance explains the house's dark history

Officer Lance recounts the property's dark history: the Kysers ran a church and school on the grounds, and rumors of Satanic rituals and human sacrifice swirl around the place. He explains why the land became a target for developers and warns them to stay alert. He offers his contact information and adds a flirtatious note toward Nancy.

Night Outside Kyser mansion grounds
3

First ominous sign: twig pentagram

On the grounds the team uncovers a twig pentagram, which Lance dismisses as a childish prank but still signals trouble. The find raises tensions as the group debates whether to push forward or retreat into their cars. The uneasy mood intensifies as the night deepens.

Night Kyser grounds
4

Chad's psychic vision

Chad experiences what he believes is a psychic vision of the Kysers and their alleged rites, though the moment yields little concrete evidence. The team struggles to interpret what they’re seeing while the danger lingers. The suspense climbs as belief clashes with skepticism.

Night Kyser grounds
5

Floyd admits to spiking drinks with LSD

Floyd manipulates the monitoring gear and then confesses to spiking the drinking water with LSD to hide his own stash from Officer Lance. His revelation sparks anger and mistrust among the teammates. The night spirals from debunking into a fight for their lives.

Night Kyser mansion
6

Bank employee found dead

They discover that the bank employee who hired Nancy is dead, confirming that something sinister is at work inside the house. The incident shifts the investigation from skepticism to urgent danger. Fear tightens its grip as the clues point toward a deadly situation.

Night Kyser mansion interior
7

Hamlet the dog is killed by a feral child

The group cannot locate their dog Hamlet, and they learn that a feral child has killed and partially eaten him. The gruesome discovery heightens their panic and deepens the sense that something monstrous stalks the property. Trust among the crew begins to crumble.

Night Kyser property grounds
8

Van catches fire and the group is stranded

As Floyd’s LSD confession spreads, the group’s van bursts into flames and is left burning on the property. With their transportation ruined, they become more vulnerable and paranoid. The disaster escalates the night into a fight for survival.

Night On the Kyser property
9

Leather-masked killer traps the women; Lance knocked out

The survivors are picked off one by one until only Gwen and Nancy remain, trapped by a leather-masked man. Lance is knocked unconscious and dragged away, forcing the two women to improvise a dangerous escape plan. The tension peaks as hope starts to fade.

Night Kyser mansion interior
10

Lance rescued; lair discovered

Gwen and Nancy reach Lance and push back into the house to search for him. They uncover a lair filled with children's toys, hinting at the killers’ true nature. Gwen theorizes that Mona and Frankie Kyser are the real killers, not Satanists, and that the parents were framed by real estate pressures.

Night Kyser lair
11

Nancy distracts the Kyser children; Gwen injured

Nancy attempts to distract the Kyser children with feigned sympathy to reach Lance, but Gwen is grievously injured in the process. The danger closes in as the family’s killers close the net around them. The plan to escape grows increasingly desperate.

Night Lair
12

Frankie killed; Gwen pleads for mercy

Nancy kills Frankie Kyser, and then Gwen, in a tearful moment, pleads with Nancy to end her life. Nancy honors the plea, ending Gwen's suffering, and prepares to flee with Lance. The emotional toll of the night weighs heavily as they brace for the final confrontation.

Night Lair
13

Mona ambushes; Mona killed, escape attempt

The two manage to reach the exterior and attempt to escape toward Lance's patrol car, but Mona Kyser ambushes them. In the struggle, Nancy kills Mona and succeeds in getting Lance to safety. The plan to run for safety seems within reach, but danger lingers just outside.

Night Near Lance's patrol car
14

Final feral child attack

As they make a last-ditch effort to escape, the feral child who killed Hamlet attacks them again. The encounter ends with a violent, unresolved threat on the property, leaving Nancy and Lance in a precarious, uncertain state. The night closes with danger looming over their fate.

Night Kyser property exterior

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