PLEDGE Treatment by Chloe Harvey

PLEDGE

Chloe Harvey

Horror

Synopsis

JAMIE is a timid young woman. Physically abused as a child, institutionalized as a teenager for the murder of her abusers and now released into the harsh world to finally make something of her shattered young life. Guided by her psychologist she enrolls at New York City's prestigious Columbia University and is quickly introduced to the world of hard studying, hard partying, materialistic social ladders and HAZING. Befriended by Nina, a bubbly fellow student, Jamie eases into her first days as a 'normal' student and prepares to bury the memories of her past and endeavor on the path of her 'new' life, her new beginning.

PAIGE is the picture of popularity. The daughter of high-class society parents, the headmasters daughter and 'Omega Beta Zeda' sorority president. Her prestigious education only comes second to that of her lust for power and popularity. The beginning of the new school year brings excitement for Paige, not at the thought of new endeavors, new friends and new opportunities but that of 'Hell Week'. The one time of year when eager sorority hopefuls will subject themselves to whatever physical or mental humiliation the sorority leaders see fit. Pressured by Nina and coerced by Paige, Jamie pledges 'Omega Beta Zeda' and is soon in Paige’s sadistic sight.

Hell Week begins and Jamie grows increasingly worried as she witnesses the grueling 'circle the fat' rituals performed by the hopefuls, the dangerous drinking games that ultimately result in Nina dropping out of Columbia and Jamie losing her only sincere friend. But it is only when one dangerous ritual results in the death of a young girl and the police being brought to the sorority, that Paige really sets her sights on Jamie, convinced Jamie is the one that ratted them out. Paige however, is oblivious to the torture she is about to exhume in Jamie's mind and following a haze on Jamie in the neighboring frat house, the last Paige will ever make, Jamie sets her sights on Paige and proves payback really is a bitch.

With the sorority house now cordoned off as a crime scene, Paige and a handful of others break into the house in an attempt to find damaging evidence against Jamie. Unbeknownst to them, Jamie is also inside the house but she is not alone. With her is her loyal psychologist, who has consoled and guided Jamie through her whole ordeal, and who has now promised to help her set things straight. One by one the duo target Jamie’s tormentors until finally only one remains in the house. Paige. crouched on the floor of Jamie's room, Paige sorts through the piles of student photos and fraudulent diaries belonging to Paige but invented by Jamie, depicting incidents of hazing by Paige and her homicidal thoughts against fellow students. Paige then comes to realize she is being set up by Jamie. The confrontation finally begins but Jamie does nothing more then confess her feelings to Paige and then sedate her. Regaining consciousness to the sound of male voices, Paige is wheeled out of the room on a stretcher. Around her she can see blood soaked walls and the bodies of her fellow sisters.

Restrained and sedated again by paramedics, she once again regains consciousness this time in the small, vacant rooms of Langford Institution. Here is where she will live out her days of mental torment, dark visions and daily doses of soul numbing pills.

The life Jamie once lived but vowed to escape, no matter what it took.