The successful football player Michael "Mike" Kelvin Donaldson and his girlfriend Elizabeth Mitchum leave college to travel to Mt. Bliss, Pennsylvania, to a retirement ceremony, and also to introduce Elizabeth to his conservative family. They meet Mike's former girlfriend, Shelby Mercer, who still has a crush on him. After a few drinks Elizabeth is drunk and asks Mike and his cousin Billy Fletcher to leave her at the Fort Pitt Motel as she wants to meet his parents sober. However, there are no rooms left and she decides to walk four miles down the road to a Holiday Inn hotel. Shelby happens to be driving on the very same road and accidentally hits Elizabeth. however, instead of taking her to the hospital, she abducts Elizabeth and brings her home. Shelby plots a scheme to be close to Mike and seduce him again.
