負(fù)責(zé)維護(hù)布拉達(dá)郡內(nèi)治安的警長(zhǎng)，聽聞自己的轄區(qū)出現(xiàn)了某種前所未見的神祕(mì)生物，牠螫伏在人煙稀少的農(nóng)地，卻不時(shí)有人目睹牠詭異面目的訊息傳來。警長(zhǎng)起初不以為意，情況卻逐漸越演越烈…。當(dāng)?shù)匾粚?duì)夫婦的憑空蒸發(fā)，似乎和這生物脫不了關(guān)係，而警長(zhǎng)的孩子們，也對(duì)這神祕(mì)生物產(chǎn)生了興趣。焦頭爛額的警長(zhǎng)，不得不趕在自己的孩子落入未知生物的口中前，搶先對(duì)付那力量不明的可怖敵人…。

　　The last thing Eddie Mills (Larry Clarke) wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad (Brian Dennehy). But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother (Leslie Ann Warren) , and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a revelation that forces him to deal with the past he has always avoided.