Kill River 3

***Kill River*** is the sequel to Kill River and Kill River 2 by Cameron Roubique. It was released on June 12th, 2020.

## Summary

Everyone thought the water park killer was dead. Nearly three months have passed since the massacre at Thrill River on opening day, the park is shut down and the killer has faded from the headlines. To Cyndi and Johnny, he's a dark part of the past that they only want to bury and forget. To Christie and her friends, he's like an urban legend, and it won't do them any harm if they sneak into the water park one evening just to look around, right? Wrong. The water park killer is still alive, and he's been waiting all summer for some new visitors to come back into his park. To make matters worse, the mysterious Carver family—the owners of the park—are coming back to town just in time for Labor Day weekend. They plan on opening up one last ride before the end of the summer, and for Cyndi, Johnny, and Christie, The Pharaoh River will prove to be their most terrifying ride yet. Kill River 3 is a wild water park sequel, filled with blood, gore, and ‘80s nostalgia. Slasher fans rejoice, old school horror is back!

## Plot

**Warning: The following contains spoilers! Proceed at your own risk.**

As Cyndi Stephens and Johnny Vesna lose their virginity to each other, Kane breaks into Cyndi's house and murders her parents with a crowbar, before kidnapping her when she returns. She awakens inside the Pharaoh River ride in Thrill River, where Kurt Caver tells her that his father, Kent, will be arriving soon. As Johnny searches for Cyndi, Christie plans with her friends, Rodney, twins Nina & Dawn and their older brother TJ, to sneak into Thrill River at night.

Kent arrives and tells Cyndi the story about how many years ago, his boss murdered numerous children and teenagers before giving all his money to Kent in order for him not to talk about it. Kent used this money to build Camp Kikiwawa and Thrill River but was plagued by several accidents, including the deaths of his wife and eldest son. One day at Camp Kikiwawa, Kane disappeared along with three other children, including his sister, before Kurt found him standing above their dead bodies; Kent hid Kane away and now believes that Kane sees Cyndi as his dead sister. Kane hears intruders and Kurt sends him to dispose of them.

Kane kills Rodney and traps Dawn inside a collapsing ride, after which he kills her; Nina runs but is murdered by Kane. Johnny discovers Sheehan inside Cyndi's house who is trying to frame her for the murders of her parents on Kent's orders. He decides to take him to Cyndi inside of Pharaoh River; Cyndi begins to have hallucinations of her dead friends. TJ and Christie encounter Kurt but he orders Kane to attack them; he stabs TJ to death and drags Christie underwater. Kent begs Cyndi to either become a member of the family or to kill Kane for him.

They hear a gunshot and Kurt brings in Kane's wounded body, saying that he had to shoot him after he attacked him; Kent tells Cyndi to kill Kane. She begins to strangle him but stops, realizing that it is actually a bound Christie instead. With Johnny's help, she breaks free and proceeds to violently beat Kent to death. She escapes along with Christie and Johnny but they're stopped by Kurt and the real Kane; she tells Kane that Kurt was the one who killed his older brother and the three children, including his sister. Kane then rips Kurt's mouth in half and kills him.

Cyndi and Johnny begin stabbing Kane, during which Johnny is fatally injured as a result of multiple stab wounds; Cyndi manages to stab a metal pole thrown by Sheehan into Kane's neck, finally killing him, but she and Christie are unable to save Johnny as he dies.