Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's famous short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murder Pact" tells the story of four bratty college students who form a secret compact to withhold details from the police about the death of a fellow student named Heidi, who toppled over a terrace to her death.
The ringleader of the brats is Will LaSalle, the son of a business tycoon, who hopes to head up the family corporation after the death of his father. Will wants to avoid revealing to the public that Heidi was pregnant with his child at the time he was standing next to her and possibly nudged her over the terrace railing. Will enlists his friends in the compact and masterminds the death of Lisa, a fellow student, who had photographed them at the scene of Heidi's death.
Roderick is the rower on the crew team who is among the most spineless of the conspirators. He cracks under the pressure of keeping the secret. His girlfriend Annabel (Bels) also begins to cave in due to a case of the guilts. Bels is a dancer who lost 65 pounds and had a tummy tuck. But she lacks the fortitude to keep a secret, especially when a zealous police detective begins to ask questions.
The conspirator closest in temperament to Will is her girlfriend Camille (Cam). An aspiring actress, Cam uses her influence from Will's family to get her an audition for a Broadway play. The film is cleverly framed by two auditions of Cam with the same New York producer.
Things come to a head in a lavish masquerade ball thrown by Will. The film is worth watching for the final ten minutes, as the filmmakers pull out all the stops for a surprise ending. A personal physical trait of Will was his enormous, misshaped blue left eyeball. He is extremely sensitive about this condition and constantly inserts contacts to counteract being "a side show." But, by the end of the film, that big, blue eyeball is on full display as Will experiences a reversal of roles for the first time in his life in an ending worthy of Edgar Allen Poe.
The ringleader of the brats is Will LaSalle, the son of a business tycoon, who hopes to head up the family corporation after the death of his father. Will wants to avoid revealing to the public that Heidi was pregnant with his child at the time he was standing next to her and possibly nudged her over the terrace railing. Will enlists his friends in the compact and masterminds the death of Lisa, a fellow student, who had photographed them at the scene of Heidi's death.
Roderick is the rower on the crew team who is among the most spineless of the conspirators. He cracks under the pressure of keeping the secret. His girlfriend Annabel (Bels) also begins to cave in due to a case of the guilts. Bels is a dancer who lost 65 pounds and had a tummy tuck. But she lacks the fortitude to keep a secret, especially when a zealous police detective begins to ask questions.
The conspirator closest in temperament to Will is her girlfriend Camille (Cam). An aspiring actress, Cam uses her influence from Will's family to get her an audition for a Broadway play. The film is cleverly framed by two auditions of Cam with the same New York producer.
Things come to a head in a lavish masquerade ball thrown by Will. The film is worth watching for the final ten minutes, as the filmmakers pull out all the stops for a surprise ending. A personal physical trait of Will was his enormous, misshaped blue left eyeball. He is extremely sensitive about this condition and constantly inserts contacts to counteract being "a side show." But, by the end of the film, that big, blue eyeball is on full display as Will experiences a reversal of roles for the first time in his life in an ending worthy of Edgar Allen Poe.