The Dorm That Dripped Blood

On the college campus, an unnamed male student is chased by an unseen attacker and killed, establishing the presence of a deadly threat. The attack happens off-screen to heighten mystery while viewers sense danger. This prologue foreshadows the violence that will unfold around the dorm later.

Joanne and her boyfriend Tim attend a campus party while news spreads that their dorm, Morgan Meadows Hall, has been condemned. The group decides to stay over Christmas to clear the building before demolition. Tim plans a skiing trip the next day, and Debbie reveals she cannot stay because her parents will pick her up later.

Debbie's parents arrive to collect her inventory, while she searches for the list. Her father goes to the car to locate Debbie and is bludgeoned with a nails-spiked baseball bat, and her mother is strangled in the car with a wire garrote. Debbie finds the bodies, faints in horror, and the killer drags her behind the car, backing over her head and driving away with all three corpses in the trunk.

The following day, Patty sees a vagrant named John Hemmit near the campus dump site, triggering suspicions about his involvement. The sighting sows unease among the group as they monitor John. Tension begins to build as mysterious danger encroaches on the dorm.

Caretaker Bill laments that one of his drills has been stolen, which heightens suspicion around John. Joanne speculates that John may be responsible and keeps a closer watch on him. The uneasy atmosphere tightens as more property goes missing.

Joanne encounters Bobby Lee Tremble, a local salesman purchasing some of the dorm’s tables. The chance meeting adds another potentially shady character to the survivors’ circle. The encounter hints at the film’s tangled mix of suspects.

In a brutal assault, Bill is killed in the dorm’s bathroom with the stolen drill. The death confirms the killer’s reach and escalates the danger for everyone left inside the building. The group’s safety starts to feel increasingly precarious.

Craig and Brian spot John walking by the dorm and warn him away, but the danger persists. The group continues to watch him from a distance as they plan to confront him. Their cautious search foreshadows the mounting paranoia that will drive the night’s events.

The group plays pool, but Patty notices John peering in through a window, triggering a decision to search the building. Despite their efforts, they fail to locate him, which heightens their sense of being watched. Tension simmers as they move toward a confrontation.

While preparing dinner, the killer smashes their table with the spiked bat after John is seen fleeing. The volatile moment interrupts their meal and demonstrates the intruder’s presence. The group breaks into a police report but remains on edge.

That night, a power outage plunges the dorm into darkness. Brian encounters a masked attacker who shines a torch in his face and assaults him. Patty and Craig hurry to Joanne’s room to help restore power, while Bryan fails to appear, increasing the sense of danger.

Patty is grabbed from behind, knocked unconscious, and dropped into an industrial pressure cooker, where she is killed. The brutal method underscores the killer’s merciless reach inside the dorm. The group’s fear intensifies as the body count rises.

John corners Joanne while she discovers Brian's mutilated corpse in a storage room. She flees to Craig for help, realizing the danger is far from over. The discovery confirms the escalating threat to the survivors.

Craig and Joanne team up and manage to kill John. In a chilling twist, Craig reveals that he was the killer all along and that John knew about his plan. The revelation reframes the night’s events and shifts the killer’s identity to Craig.

Bobby arrives, but Craig knocks Joanne unconscious and is confronted by the arriving police who shoot Bobby, misidentifying him as the prowler. The police leave to fetch reinforcements while Craig decides to kill Joanne. He drags her body to the incinerator and dumps it inside, seemingly escaping as acrid smoke pours from the vent.