Sledgehammer

In a remote house, an abusive mother locks her young son in a closet so she can meet the man she is cheating with. The meeting spirals into violence when an unseen killer arrives. The mother and her lover are murdered with a sledgehammer, and the boy is left alone, presumed dead.

An unseen killer arrives at the house and brutally murders the mother and the man she is with using a sledgehammer. The violence is swift and decisive, leaving the scene shrouded in mystery. The house bears the marks of the brutal act, while the boy remains unheard from.

The authorities arrive and discover the bodies of the mother and her lover. The young boy who was locked away is missing and presumed dead. The case closes with the tragedy hanging over the house.

Seven friends rent the haunted house for a party, drawn to its remote location for a weekend of revelry. They are driven to the property by a local mechanic who drops them off with plans to pick them up later. The mood shifts from carefree to uneasy as night falls.

Chuck persuades the group to try a séance to summon the spirits of the couple who died in the house. Unbeknownst to the others, Chuck and Joey are improvising a prank. The act, though intended as a joke, unsettles the night in unsettling ways.

The séance unintentionally summons the missing boy’s ghost, which appears as a towering figure with a smiling translucent mask. The supernatural presence radiates menace as the group watches in disbelief. The entity begins to distort the line between prank and real peril.

The ghost lurches toward Joey and kills him with a knife to the neck, severing the group's sense of safety. The body is quickly hidden, leaving only fear and confusion in its wake. The others reel from the sudden, brutal act.

The following day, the killer ghost targets Jimmy and Carol as they are together. Carol’s neck is snapped and Jimmy is struck with a sledgehammer, death arriving during a private moment. The grim sequence confirms the apparition as a deadly force.

The remaining four teenagers realize they cannot stay and decide to endure the night in the house until morning. They resolve to leave at first light and seek safety away from the haunted location. Anxiety and dread mount as they wait for the sun.

John ventures off to search for the killer and instead uncovers a disturbing tableau. He finds the boy’s skull in a closet, a newspaper clipping about the missing child, and the bodies of Carol and Jimmy arranged near a blood-drawn pentagram. The discovery confirms the house’s deadly history.

The ghost confronts John and stabs him in the back, killing him as he panics and fights back. The supernatural presence seems almost tangible as it closes in on the intruder. The group’s hope of a straightforward rescue dissolves into terror.

The ghost corners Mary and kills her in a brutal stabbing, moments after regressing to its adult form. It reveals the motive; the killer sacrificed reconciliation with his father for revenge against his mother. The haunting logic confirms the haunting’s personal nature.

In a desperate struggle, Joni fights the ghost as Chuck regains his nerve. He grabs the killer’s own sledgehammer and bashes it in the face, seemingly defeating the malevolent spirit. The house falls silent, but the danger it represents lingers in the air.

As the sun rises, Joni and Chuck slip away from the house to begin a new day for themselves. Unseen by them, the spirit of the boy watches from the upstairs window, hinting that the haunting may not be over. The final image leaves a chilling sense of unfinished business.