Class Reunion

She HUNG herself on our GRADUATION day, WHO'S NEXT?

***Class Reunion***, also known by its original title *"Class of '98"*, is the first episode of the first season of *Shelley* and the first episode overall. It is directed by Peter Stanley-Ward, written by Natalie Conway and Peter Stanley-Ward, and released by Crypt TV. It stars Laura McKee, Lucinda Davidson, Sophia Del Pizzo, Megan Greeves, and Sylvie Nightingale.

The episode was released on Crypt TV's Facebook page on May 1st, 2018, and on their YouTube channel on June 1st, 2018. It is the series premiere.

## Summary

A classmate's suicide hangs over Avon Manor's twenty-year reunion. She returns to settle the score with the girls who tortured her.

## Plot

In 1998, a teenage girl falls from the rafters of an auditorium, suspended by a thick rope. The students in the auditorium flee in horror, screaming as the camera pans upward to the girl's corpse swinging underneath the "Class of '98" banner.

In 2018, the Class of 1998's twenty-year reunion is being held in the same auditorium. Three old friends, Lauren, Nicki, and Heidi, are reminiscing about their high-school years. Nicki exclaims that she can't believe it's been twenty years, and Lauren remarks that the school even still smells the same. Heidi says that Lauren's really embracing "the whole nostalgia thing", gesturing to Lauren's uniform jacket. Lauren is confused, saying that she thought her friends would be wearing them like Heidi said in her email. Heidi returns her confusion, asking what email she was talking about. The friends are interrupted by an old classmate getting up to the stage and calling for everyone's attention. Nicki asks in disbelief if that's "Blobby" from high-school, and Lauren remarks that she's lost weight. Heidi says that she heard she was in rehab for self-harm, and interrupts the woman's speech by cheering her on, calling her by her old nickname. "Blobby" pauses her speech and, clearly uncomfortable, points at Heidi, saying she's funny.

After the speech, one of the girls' dates pours them a couple drink and asks if it was true that a student committed suicide at the school. Lauren looks visibly uncomfortable, but Heidi is relatively unbothered and confirms the story -- twenty years ago, a hockey scholarship student named Shelley Carter hung herself on their graduation day, which Heidi remarks was "nice of her". Lauren hands her date her purse and excuses herself to the bathroom, leaving her group behind. Nicki and Heidi look at each other. Lauren goes out into the hall and goes towards the closest bathroom, but there is a sign on it that reads "out of order". She looks down the dimly-lit hall and goes down it anyway.

In the girl's bathroom, Lauren exits a stall and begins washing her hands. As she looks at herself in the mirror, she remembers the last day she saw Shelley. In 1998, Lauren and her friends corner Shelley in the bathroom, calling her "Silent Shelley" and telling her to talk. Heidi grabs Shelley's tie and begins to tighten it, causing Shelley to start choking, and asks her if she can talk now. While Nicki finds this funny, Lauren begins to get more and more uncomfortable. When Shelley falls on the floor, Lauren goes over to her and tries to get her up. She realizes with dawning horror that Shelley isn't moving, and screams at her friends to get help.

In the present, Lauren starts to cry as she looks over at the end of the bathroom. She hears a clinking sound and looks around, but finds nothing there. Lauren goes and puts her blazer back on, but when she tries to open the door, she finds it's locked. She looks over and sees a stall door begin to open on its own. Terrified, she starts pulling harder on the door. Someone exits the stall, and when Lauren looks up, she sees a reflection of another person in the window. She slowly looks towards the person, and sees Shelley standing in front of her. Shelley makes a strange gurgling sound, causing Lauren to once again think about the final moments when Shelley was killed. Before Lauren can do anything, Shelley drives the sharp end of her field hockey stick into the bottom of Lauren's jaw. She holds it for a moment before grinning at her former bully, then ripping the stick out -- with Lauren's jaw coming out with it. Lauren's limp body falls to the floor.

The Class of 1998's yearbook is shown, and the pages flip to the one Lauren is featured on. A stick cuts through the page, marking Lauren out of the picture.

## Casualties

### Deaths

 **Laura Chamberlin** | Impaled through the lower jaw with a sharpened hockey stick, then had her jaw ripped out.

## Cast

 Boyfriend #2
 Boyfriend #3
 Extras
* Amy-Lee Botha
* Andrew Stewart
* Anna Parsons
* Avalon Barr
* Bertona Miriam
* Chris Hayden
* Heather Macphee
* Fynn Ballantine
* Ian Machpeson
* Jamie Milligan
* Kevin Mcleod
* Leila Wetton
* Laura Johnson
* Matias Gomez
* Melissa Siat
* Ria Harwood
* Robert Tishaw
* Rose Dunesby
* Sarah MottSarah Wallace
* Sassy Wetton
* Stephen Oaks
* Tim Clague
* Tish Mantripp
* Tom Sketch McClatchie
* Ynna Ramirez

## Trivia

* The episode was originally titled "Class of '98" before becoming part of the Crypt Monster Universe.
* At the reunion, Lauren is the only former bully who is wearing her school blazer. In the flashback, teenage Lauren is the only one of her group wearing the school blazer.
* The stall that Shelley exits out of in the bathroom scene is the same stall that Lauren used.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crypt TV. "Shelley | Ep. 1: Class of '98 | She HUNG herself on our GRADUATION day.... #Shelley." Facebook, Crypt TV; May 1st, 2018.