A university student's survival leads into a supernatural revenge quest shaped by the conflict between retributive justice and forgiveness.
Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases
A Student Before Violence
The film introduces Evangeline as a university student. Her ordinary identity provides the starting point for the later transformation described in the plot.
Key Events
University Setting — Evangeline is introduced as a university student. Characters: EvangelineLocation: University
Student Life Begins — The story establishes Evangeline's identity as a university student. Characters: EvangelineLocation: University
Abandoned in the Woods
Evangeline is brutally attacked and left for dead in the woods. This violence becomes the central rupture in her story.
Key Events
The Isolated Woods — Evangeline is taken into the woods, where the central violence occurs. Characters: EvangelineLocation: Woods
Brutal Attack — Evangeline is brutally attacked in the woods. Characters: EvangelineLocation: Woods
Left For Dead — After the attack, Evangeline is left for dead in the woods. Characters: EvangelineLocation: Woods
Survival Beyond Death
Evangeline survives the attack, and the narrative takes on a supernatural dimension. Her survival changes the direction of the story.
Key Events
Left For Dead — After the attack, Evangeline is left for dead in the woods. Characters: EvangelineLocation: Woods
Supernatural Survival — Evangeline survives the attack and enters a supernatural phase of the story. Characters: EvangelineLocation: Woods
The Cost of Revenge
Evangeline begins a supernatural revenge quest. The film frames her actions through the religious tension between an eye for an eye and turning the other cheek.
Key Events
Revenge Quest — After surviving, Evangeline embarks on a supernatural revenge quest. Characters: EvangelineLocation: Unspecified
Justice Dilemma — The narrative weighs retributive justice against turning the other cheek. Characters: EvangelineLocation: Unspecified
Story Breakdown
University Beginning — Evangeline is established as a university student before the central violence occurs.
Student Identity — The plot identifies Evangeline as a university student.
Ordinary Starting Point — Her student life provides the story's initial non-supernatural context.
Woods Encounter — The woods become the setting for the attack that changes Evangeline's life.
Isolated Location — The central attack takes place in the woods.
Threat Emerges — Evangeline faces brutal violence after entering the woods.
Brutal Attack — Evangeline is beaten and left for dead, creating the story's decisive rupture.
Violent Assault — The film describes Evangeline as brutally attacked.
Abandonment — She is left for dead in the woods.
Supernatural Survival — Evangeline survives the attack, and the narrative moves into supernatural territory.
Survival — The protagonist survives after being left for dead.
Supernatural Shift — Her post-attack story is described as supernatural.
Revenge Quest — Survival leads Evangeline into a supernatural pursuit of revenge.
Quest Begins — Evangeline embarks on a supernatural revenge quest.
Retributive Drive — Her revenge arc reflects the film's concern with retributive justice.
Religious Dilemma — The story examines whether violence should be answered through retaliation or restraint.
Eye For An Eye — The film presents retributive justice as one side of its moral dilemma.
Turning Other Cheek — Turning the other cheek represents the opposing moral response.
Evangeline (Kat de Lieva) has left her sheltered upbringing to reinvent herself in college. As she begins to break out of her shell, she attracts the attention of a sociopathic fraternity leader (Richard Harmon) and his two cohorts. “Beaten and left for dead, Evangeline finds herself trapped in a supernatural nightmare, where she is caught between salvation and vengeance. But to save herself, Evangeline discovers she must make the most horrifying choice of all…
