Her parents, Stephen and Helen, swear that this is not the case, however Cassandra begins to suspect that they are lying when she discovers a photo of the woman, who is her father's sister Jill, who committed suicide.

Cassandra manages to escape and shoot Robert/Warren, after which she sets him and the house on fire to make sure that he and the family taint ends forever.

The film ends with Cassandra attempting to resume a normal life, however it is implied that this may be impossible as Warren appears in her bedroom mirror, which shatters as he reaches out to her.

Cassandra was released straight to home video in Australia through Virgin Vision on February 1, 1987 and received a DVD release through Umbrella Entertainment on January 23, 2006[5] John Kenneth Muir rated the film at two and a half stars, stating that it was a "notch or two above average" while also criticizing the film's pacing.

[6] In his book Australian Gothic, Jonathan Rayner noted that Cassandra took some visual and story cues from films such as Halloween, Carrie, and The Shining.