The events of a single night spiral out of control when a hapless, wannabe musician and his married girlfriend are robbed by two opportunistic paramedics during a not-so-routine 9-11 call.

Residents of a small backwoods community summon the murderous demon of vengeance himself for revenge against a local mortician who wronged their deceased love ones, while a town physician seeks to kill those involved in its summoning

Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. Charlie takes the chance, but he must adjust emotionally when a laboratory experiment raises his IQ to amazing levels.