reveals herself as the true threat, murdering Chet Clancy on a boat by hitting him with an oar and drowning him.

As the 99th episode of the series, "Red Dawn" serves as the mid-season climax, centering on the survivors' final stand at Camp Redwood as morning approaches.

The episode opens with a flashback showing Donna Chambers (Nurse Rita) discovering her father is a serial killer after catching him with a victim. Distraught, her father commits suicide in front of her, fueling her clinical obsession with understanding evil. The Night’s Bloodbath:

unknowingly has sex with Ray Powell , only to realize he is a ghost after finding his severed head in a refrigerator.

The episode establishes the rules of Camp Redwood's purgatory , where those who die on the grounds remain as ghosts. Meanwhile, Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker) uses Satanic power to resurrect Mr. Jingles .