接连发生的壁橱死亡事件让整个切斯特山城陷入了恐慌之中。《环球日报》将这个案子交到了一位名为理查德（Donald Grant 饰）的记者手中，在调查案件的过程中，理查德结识了大学教授本尼特夫人（Denise DuBarry 饰），多年的经验让本尼特夫人开始怀疑，案件的真凶并非人类，然而，警方却并不相信本尼特夫人所说的话。　　诺贝尔奖获得者菲利普教授在查看过现场之后得出了和本尼特夫人相似的结论，种种迹象表明，一种邪恶而又凶残的怪物正潜伏在市民们的身边。最终，在菲利普，本尼特夫人和其儿子罗伊（保罗·杜利 Paul Dooley 饰）的共同努力之下，怪物现出了真身，糟糕的是，无论子弹还是炮火，似乎都无法伤害这怪物半分。

　　A ruthless corporate raider on the verge of making partner at his NYC private equity firm, is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either join the community's fight to save the factory, or let it close and relocate to China.