A troubled family traveling cross country are highjacked by a desperate man. Only to discover he's running from something more dangerous than he is.

Sharpay Evans travels to New York where she is pursuing a Broadway career but it's her dog who lands an acting gig first.

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.