Role: Surviving witness / trauma victim

Personality: Vulnerable, overwhelmed, sensitive, emotionally fragile.

Arc: Cindy evolves from party girl freshman into psychologically shattered survivor trying to make people believe what she saw.

Summary: Freshman. The picture's first victim of the night that isn't murder. Survives Cam, survives the unknown attacker — barely. The actor needs to play drunk, open, and naive initially, but arrives comatose the next.

The brazen, third Pledge
Brett’s younger brother
A wannabe influencer
Role: Brett’s younger brother / wannabe influencer / unstable follower

Personality: Cringeworthy, needy, attention-starved, immature.

Arc: Jared represents performative masculinity shaped by social media culture - always filming, always performing, rarely understanding the seriousness of situations around him.

Summary: Jared is the youngest, most try-hard energy in the fraternity — one of the three CZU pledges, alongside Danny and Mikey, and Brett's kid brother. He treats the whole night as content, shoving his camera into everyone's face and narrating his own life as he goes. He is grating by design: the film wants the audience a half-step ahead of him. Jared is killed during the massacre, and his death is one of the early gut-punches the survivors discover as they realize how bad the night has become.

The smart, laid-back Pledge
Artistic, class-clown
Role: Comic relief with emotional depth / Danny’s best friend Personality: Funny, artistic, awkward, loyal.

Arc: Mikey serves as Danny’s closest ally & emotional sounding board. Though often comedic, he’s surprisingly perceptive & one of the few characters who notices Danny’s genuine feelings for Lexi. His humor masks anxiety & fear about fitting into fraternity culture. Unlike many CZU members, Mikey doesn’t fully buy into the toxic hierarchy, making him one of the more sympathetic characters.

Summary: Mikey is one of the three pledges, with Danny & Jared, & the warmer, more grounded kind of funny - artistic, quick, down-to-earth despite his age. The script is explicit that he & Danny are “cool enough” to have earned two of only three pledge spots, & he works the party bar alongside Danny through the early scenes. He is one of the most sympathetic figures in the supporting group.

Freshman mini-me of Maya
Introduced alongside Samantha

Role: Samantha’s counterpart/inexperienced party girl

Personality: Curious, awkward, socially eager.

Breakdown: Nat functions as a lighter presence early in the story, often unintentionally saying inappropriate things at the worst moments. Her immaturity emphasizes how young and unprepared many of these students truly are.

Summary: Nat is a freshman - one of the two young “sweethearts” attached to the fraternity world, paired throughout with Samantha. She reads as new and eager, swept up in the older students' orbit and quick to join in, easy for the group to overlook - and the film uses that to make her vulnerability land hard. In the back half she is hunted: chased through the armory, nearly reaching a door before the killer catches her and wraps her up, her scream cut short while Zay and Samantha hear it end from the next room. Her death is felt by the survivors as much as it is

Naive, trouble-making freshman

Role: Innocent freshman sweetheart

Personality: Sweet, naïve, eager to fit in.

Arc: Samantha represents the younger generation entering the fraternity/sorority ecosystem without understanding its dangers.

Summary: Friend of the group. Zay's secret. Caught between wanting him and knowing better. Her arc is the cost of the choices the rest of them make. The actor must carry scene one with quiet conflict and scene two with full terror.

Role: Sheriff’s deputy / investigative support

Personality: Sharp, loyal, eager, intense.

Arc: Deputy Hanes is deeply committed to the investigation and often voices suspicions others dismiss. She brings procedural urgency to the story and acts as an active force within the murder investigation... slightly comical.

Summary: Deputy Sheriff. Tucker's number two — and, by reputation, his biggest admirer. Ambitious, observant, the one with an actual theory of the case. Plays straight on the surface and sharp underneath.

Role: Local sheriff / Danny’s father / investigating authority

Personality: Calm, observant, quietly intimidating, emotionally restrained.

Arc: Sheriff Tucker is a seasoned lawman who understands the corruption and social politics surrounding the fraternity world. He’s smarter than many people assume and notices details others miss. His relationship with Danny is strained by unspoken expectations and generational conflict. He suspects far more than he initially reveals.

Summary: Sheriff of Cedar's Hill. Danny's father. Calm, old-school, ran unopposed his whole career. Knows more than he says. Quietly carrying the weight of a town that's slipping out from under him.

Role: Protective friend / emotional firecracker / early panic catalyst

Personality: Fierce, impulsive, outspoken, emotionally reactive, loyal to a fault.

Arc: Kim evolves from chaotic party energy into someone increasingly hardened and emotionally exhausted by the violence around her. As fear and mistrust spread through the group, her confrontational nature becomes both a survival asset and a liability.

Summary: Kim serves as an early emotional alarm system for the audience. Her panic, aggression, and refusal to normalize what’s happening immediately tell us the situation is far more serious than the frat boys want to admit. She injects volatility into scenes and helps fracture the illusion of control surrounding CZU culture.

The courier who delivers a package late to Deputy Hanes at the Police Station. The messenger’s entrance and quick exit is the beginning of Sheriff Tucker and Deputy Hanes putting two-and-two together about Danny and the others being unsafe in the Armory and in need of help.

Role: Danny’s uncle, bar owner, local wisdom figure.
Personality: Tough, experienced, protective, grounded.

Arc: Ryan acts as a stabilizing force in Danny’s life. Having likely lived through similar violence & small-town power struggles, he understands the dangers Danny faces & tries to steer him away from escalating conflict.

Summary: Uncle Ryan is Danny's uncle, & the closest thing the film's local-kid lead has to family on the page, a bar owner in his fifties, weathered, plainspoken, & watchful. He first appears stepping out of his bar to break up a brewing fight between the visiting fraternity brothers & Danny, defusing it with a low &unmistakable verbal threat. Later he & Danny close the bar down together, & the script shows his protectiveness in a small, telling beat, he starts to type a text to step in on Danny's behalf, then deletes it. He is the steady adult presence in Danny's corner. He appears across the first two acts & is not part of the clima

Role: Political power broker / public face of Cedar’s Hill / protector of the old system

Personality: Charming, polished, manipulative, politically calculating, quietly intimidating.

Arc: Simpson slowly shifts from composed political operator into a man desperately trying to maintain control as buried truths threaten to destroy both the town and the legacy he helped preserve.

Summary: Mayor Scott Simpson — Cedar's Hill's prodigal son. Tucker's former CZU classmate. Smooth, political, transactional. Brings whiskey and pressure in equal measure. He's running for re-election and a dead frat boy in a bathtub is not on his platform.

Role: Former CZU president / owner of the Armory / legacy villain

Personality: Powerful, manipulative, polished, deeply controlling.

Arc: Marks represents institutional corruption and generational privilege. He sees the fraternity as a machine designed to produce influence and power, and he expects absolute loyalty from its leaders. He speaks like a mentor but operates like a kingmaker, subtly manipulating Brett while prioritizing reputation over morality.

Summary: Former president of Chi Zeta Ultra. Owner of the Armory. He's been in charge his whole life and has no intention of stopping. Mentor, manipulator, fixer. The father figure Brett wishes he had — and the one whose approval he's terrified to lose.

Petty senior sorority sister
Insecurely envious of Lexi
History with Brett
Role: Brett’s ex/social chaos agent

Personality: Petty, glamorous, provocative, emotionally sharp.

Arc: Maya thrives on tension & social manipulation. She enjoys provoking Brett & Lexi while maintaining the appearance of playful confidence. Though often messy, she’s socially intelligent & reads people well. She contributes heavily to the group’s toxic interpersonal dynamics but also acts as an observer who sees cracks forming before others do.

Summary: Maya is senior-sorority social power - polished, particular, & a little cutting, the kind of person who recommends the top-shelf cocktail & makes sure you heard her do it. As Brett's ex-girlfriend she carries history & friction into every room the two of them share. Her pettiness is the surface read; the role is a sharply recognizable sorority type that the film sketches fast & then drops into real danger. Maya is ki

‘Jump Scare’ at Jared in the DD Bus outside the Armory Heading inside the housewarming party with Party Guy

College student with Male Sophomore, visits the CZU House and bothers Cam with Cindy Don’t know where the (bonfire) party was supposed to be Already intoxicated. Groping each other

The curious sophomore Protagonist, Brett’s current girlfriend, secretively falling for Danny

Role: Final girl / emotional center / hidden architect of chaos

Personality: Intelligent, emotionally guarded, seductive, observant, quietly calculating.

Arc: Lexi evolves from seemingly traumatized survivor into a morally ambiguous force whose motivations become increasingly difficult to trust. Her journey is ultimately about vengeance, control, and reclaiming power after years of helplessness.

Summary: Sorority sister at CZU. Beautiful, sharp, manipulative when she wants to be, and quietly carrying the weight of a half-sister's suicide. She runs the room but never lets anyone see what's actually moving her. The picture is hers.

College student with Female Freshman, visits the CZU House and bothers Cam with Cindy. Don’t know where the (bonfire) party was supposed to be already intoxicated. Groping each other

5 people - couple deputies, couple citizens, to add to the police station environment

40-50 College Students Partying hard, playing games, dancing, making out, drinking, drug use, euphoric atmosphere Seeking 18-30 year-olds

20-30 College Students Partying in an outdoor kickback style, playing games, some dancing, making out, drinking, smoking Seeking 18-30 year-olds

The outsider Pledge
The love-interest
Town Sheriff’s son
Role: Outsider hero / romantic lead / possible suspect Personality: Grounded, loyal, quietly confident, emotionally mature beneath rough edges.

Arc: Danny transforms from passive outsider into someone directly pulled into the nightmare, forced to confront both the fraternity culture he despises and his own darker instincts.

Summary: Townie. Sheriff Tucker's son. Quiet, watchful, harder to read than he looks. Pulled into Lexi's orbit against everyone's better judgment, including his own. The audience never quite knows whether he's the way out, or the danger.

20, Black. Comedic line at the bonfire. Adds brief commentary jabbing at a ‘frat bro’ stereotype

The unconscious girl in the video. Physically abused by Brett. Lexi’s older half-sister. Former sorority sister. Took her own life

The girl Jared calls to come hang out with him in the DD Bus outside the Armory to kill time. Uninterested and a little disgusted by Jared, but stays on the phone when Deputy Hanes pulls up to check on him

The President and king.

Role: Fraternity president / antagonist / entitled golden boy.

Personality: Charismatic, controlling, insecure, volatile, status-obsessed.

Arc: Brett’s journey is a slow implosion - from untouchable fraternity king to emotionally unstable man losing his grip on power, relationships, and reality.

Summary: President of Chi Zeta Ultra. The alpha. Charming, possessive, dangerous in ways his friends don't quite see yet. Wants Lexi. Doesn't fully have her. Will burn the room down before he loses control of it.

The third of the trio
The Killer’s first target
“A senior fraternity brother often playing court jester.”

Role: First major victim / embodiment of frat entitlement

Personality: Immature, opportunistic, insecure.

Arc: Cam initially appears goofy and harmless, but his attempted assault on Cindy exposes the predatory culture normalized within CZU. His death becomes the catalyst for the entire story. Importantly, the audience’s feelings about Cam remain morally complicated: he’s both victim and perpetrator.

Summary: Cam is a senior in Chi Zeta Ultra and the group's reliable clown - the brother who keeps the night loose, reaches for the joke, and refuses to take much seriously. Cam becomes one of the killer's victims, and his body is deliberately staged in full view of a window - turned into part of the killer's display for the others to find.

Senior sister closest to Lexi
Girlfriend of Zay
Role: Sorority heart / emotional glue of the group Personality: Warm, witty, emotionally intuitive, socially fearless.

Arc: Caroline begins as the life of the party but gradually becomes one of the story’s possible emotional casualties as paranoia and mistrust infect the group.

Summary: Sweet-hearted senior sorority sister, Zay's girlfriend, Lexi's best friend. The conscience of the group — and the only one who reads the room before it's too late. Loyal to a fault until the moment she has to choose herself.

20 people, mourning Cam’s death at his funeral with the frat bros and sorority sisters, etc. Including Cam’s Mother, Father and Sister

Gropes Party Guy in the Armory. Second victim stabbed by the Killer, dies with Party Guy in the foyer near the lobby. Tries to run, begs for her life, tries to fight back but gets her throat sliced

‘Jump Scare’ at Jared in the DD Bus outside the Armory. Heading inside the housewarming party with Dude #1. Gropes Party Girl in the Armory. First victim stabbed by the Killer, dies with Party Girl near the foyer in the lobby. Tries to run, then charges at the Killer, stupidly

5-10 more police officers in cop cars that race up to the Armory, finding Caroline outside, and storm it as they find Lexi and Danny inside

The schmuck Vice President

Role: Vice President of CZU / chaos instigator

Personality: Loud, impulsive, insecure, misogynistic, performative.

Arc: Zay devolves from party-loving comic energy into someone increasingly unstable and dangerous as fear overtakes reason.

Summary: Caroline's boyfriend. Brett's right hand. Cocky, fast-talking, the kind of guy who's gotten away with too much for too long - until tonight. The audition is about charm in scene one and total collapse in scene two.