美國菸酒槍炮及爆裂物管理局（ATF）的前探員路見不平，從毒販手上解救了一名女子，想不到人生卻從此大轉彎。女子說服他偷走毒販的錢，兩人一起遠走高飛，卻因此被無法無天的毒販頭子盯上，展開一場貓捉老鼠的血腥遊戲。他很快發現，這攤渾水，他不蹚也不行！

Twenty years ago at the infamous Redwood Farm, the owner went mad and killed his family and himself. Shrouded in urban legend ever since, a stranger obsessed with the unsolved Redwood murders convinces a group of bereaved family members to venture into the wilderness in the hope of proving the existence of the notorious burlap bag-masked maniac. Their quest for truth sees a sin...

近未来，神秘症状在人群间扩散，恐惧在空气中曼延。原因不明，只知感染者初期会产生骨骼变异，身体长出毛皮或鳞片，原有人类特质将逐步退化。政府束手无策，只能强制收管已兽化的感染者。方苏瓦深信挚爱的妻子还在那张突变的面孔底下，无论她被转到多远的收容所，他都带着青春期的儿子艾米搬迁跟随。尝试融入新班级的艾米，却意外发现身体也出现了难以启齿的变化??