"Dead on Campus" is a film about a university sorority that is rotten to the core. Freshman Natalie Kellison is admitted to Riverton University, and she wants to follow in her late mother's footsteps by joining the sisterhood of Delta Psi Beta. Little does she know what is in store for her with the dysfunction of an insidious academic institution with a nefarious creature as its president.

The president of Delta Psi Beta is Alexa Cooper, the daughter of a Congressman. Alexa uses her power to get the sisters to bow down to her authority. Her tagline is, "You don't trust people; you own them." But her reign of terror will be challenged in an unexpected source due to the strength of character of Natalie Kellison.

To be admitted to the sorority, Natalie must perform a task and is sworn to secrecy. Her assignment is to seduce a member of the track team, an impoverished orphan named Sumner Williams. But when Sumner visits Natalie in her dorm room, he is fed brownies laced with marijuana and ecstasy. Natalie is unaware that her date is being set up. After leaving with his faculties impaired, Sumner dies in a car crash. Alexa Cooper then moves into action to cover up the crime. But will Natalie play along? Or, will she have a conscience?

Like other Lifetime films, "Dead on Campus" is a scathing satire on the Greek system on our college campuses. But the film goes overboard in suggesting that a sorority or frat house would wield the kind of power implied in Natalie's story. It was also far-fetched that Natalie and her old high school pal Nicki would go undercover in the attempt to "bust" Alexa inside the impregnable fortress of her father's mansion. As Alexa herself acknowledges, Natalie was on "an Ocean's 11" mission.

The saddest character in the film is poor Sumner Williams, a schlub and a dupe, who became collateral damage in the twisted vision of Alexa. Sumner and Natalie had some good chemistry. And, it was a heartbreaking moment when he died. Was it really necessary for the filmmakers to portray his death in the gruesome manner they chose in this film?