(Marlene Schmidt) indulging his moods and his father (Med Flory) demanding stricter discipline. Sheriff Murphy (Barry Atwater) comes to quiz the youth who lies and pretends to know nothing about his friend's death.

Diane is a close friend of his mother's and living only a few doors away is a frequent guest for luncheon and pool parties. Her husband Russ (Richard Winterstein) is a drifter who has been away for over a year; everybody knows Diane is lonesome. She is also sex-starved and seduces Sean in her home. Their affair continues on her boat, and in her bedroom. Ralph who has been trailing them, has seen it all and is insanely jealous.

At a local restaurant where the young teacher has taken Sean for dinner they get high on wine and are observed by a couple of well-dressed, aging gossips (Katherine Cassavetes and Lady Rowlands). When they leave the restaurant at closing time Ralph is waiting. They manage to elude him but Sean, now terrified, decides to tell how Lou died and reveals Ralph's threats. Rather than call the police that night his parents decide to consult with Mr. Roberts' brother, an attorney.

Next morning they leave for town, advising Sean not to go out of the house. Of course he goes to Diane's. They are still in bed and Sean has just told Diane he loves her and wants to marry her when the phone rings. It is Russ who says he's returning home. Heartbroken and not waiting for the full conversation, Sean dresses and leaves.

Ralph is waiting in Sean's van and forces him at knife-point to drive to the warehouse. There his cunning proves too much for the youth who is choked to death with a dog leash, then dragged out to the rickety platform outside Ralph's hideaway, three floors up.

Minutes later Diane arrives looking for the boy. She is told Sean has gone and now it's just the two of them. He still holds a knife. Forcing Diane down onto a red coffin - where he stores his shotgun, bayonet, and knives - he rapes her. Quietly she picks up the knife from the floor ...