Lacey Cole, a beautiful young widow living in an isolated cabin in the forest of the great American Northwest, is forced to fight for her very survival when she lets a stranger into her life. Michael Bodine, a serial killer and demented genius with bizarre psychic powers takes on the personality of Lacey's dead husband, lulling her into a state of open trust and romancs. When Michael reveals his true identity, a life and death struggle begins, pitting Lacey's ingenuity against a consummate evil genius.