Dana Praeger and her
new boyfriend Joey Adams make out in the woods behind a secluded building on campus, when
they are startled by the sudden appearance of a classmate, Cheryl Hawkins who seems
disoriented, her clothes torn and her body bruised. Cheryl later confides to Dana that she
had been taken from her bed, then probed and examined by her abductors. Dana's concern
mounts when she notices a symbol has been branded behind Cheryl's right ear. The
mysterious abduction of her college classmate prompts Dana to call her father, Matt
Praeger, to investigate.
On campus, the OSIR begins to collect details of the strange case. Stone announces that
traces of Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB) - a date rape drug - were found in Cheryl's
urine sample. Hendricks suspects that the symbol branded behind Cheryl's ear appears to
have its origins in the occult; Praeger finds evidence of a dark sparkling powder on a
piece of Cheryl's torn clothing. The powder turns out to be a bizarre mixture of
ingredients - a veritable witches brew.
Meanwhile, it's rush week on campus and Psi Beta Sigma is recruiting new members. Unaware
of a more sinister motive, Dana's hopes of joining the prestigious sorority are fueled
when she is invited by sorority president, Moira Stratton to attend the house tour.
But things are not as they seem. While Dana is at the sorority house, Praeger searches her
room for a book on the occult he had lent her but is shocked to find, instead, a cupboard
full of wiccan artifacts. When confronted, Dana admits that she is a witch - but that she
practices white - not black - magic. She and her coven want to help Cheryl - not hurt her.
The OSIR begins to uncover disturbing clues indicating satanic cult activity on campus.
Donner and Axon discover an old satanic site in the woods behind the dorm. Back in the
lab, Donner also finds an illustration of "Astaroth" - a high priestess of
female byons who is called to the Earth's surface by cults seeking everlasting
perfection. Stone remarks on the similarity to Psi Beta Sigma's creed of Purity.
Stone also tells them that missing persons reports indicate the mysterious disappearance
of at least one freshman student each year - and all those occurred on the final night of
rush week.
Investigation finally reveals that the symbol branded behind Cheryl's ear is most commonly
associated with byonolatry and means 'most pure and chaste' - Cheryl's abductors must
have been marking virgins. It turns out that the elite sorority is behind the mysterious
events. It is now the final night of rush week and, before the moon rises, they must
sacrifice a virgin to Astaroth or fail in their quest for perfection. In the woods, with
their victim Joey, in a white hooded robe and tied by the wrists to a tree, the satanic
ritual begins. Back at the dorm, Donner and Dana perform their own ceremony and, in an
agonizing struggle, Astaroth fights to survive against the power of their white magic. But
will their power overcome the byon before the next virgin is sacrificed?