A madman stalks the streets of a quiet prairie city. Killing with impunity, he leaves a trail of bodies with missing parts. The police are powerless to stop him and a terrified metropolis cowers in fear as he continues on his gruesome rounds. But one man won't just stand by while the monster butchers the innocent; Frank Malone, River City's most famous cop, past his prime and forced to partner with hotshot rookie Jimmy Hooper, fresh from the academy. With each horrifying new discovery they close in on the killer. But what neither of them realize is that the murders are only the beginning of a ritual of pure EVIL!