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resulting in Jason being knocked unconscious. Melissa witnesses this, and is attacked and sexually harassed by the drunk Jimmy and Billy. Hank attempts to rescue her, but is knocked out by Jimmy, before Billy also renders
Melissa unconscious. Moments later, the unseen assailant stabs both Jimmy and Billy to death. Marci ventures into the woods to look for Melissa and Hank, and stumbles upon Jimmy and Billy's bodies. She subsequently finds Joanne in a
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corpse in a pile of underbrush. At school, Dan gets permission from
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in his house. Greyfeather's death is ruled a suicide, but Dan suspects he may have been murdered by local bigots. After
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patrons of a local bar, spurring a physical altercation. As Jason leaves, fifteen-year-old Melissa Morgan, who has just moved there, arrives, having become lost. Jason warns her that she is in a seedy part of town, and urges her to leave. Locals Hank Burke and Johnny Franklin interrupt the
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following years of sexual abuse by their father. Tricia murdered their father to avenge Joanne's abuse, and assumed Joanne's identity after she died. Dan attempts to reason with the raving Tricia, but she kills herself by driving the knife through her own chest just as Melissa awakens.
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Dana shows off some serious screaming ability and for this film, it was a handy talent. Now, all this being stated, I am not hinting that these above mentioned horror films are really anything more than pure drivel but damn, what a nice looking spot of drool it is."
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