Aspiring actors and actresses talk about making it in Hollywood and how they perceive this world. Casting directors and filmmakers also share their perspectives.

A hitchhiking teenager, Dawn, accepts a ride from a demented sadist, Karl, who drugs her and holds her prisoner in a secret room. The perverted man then kidnaps Dawn’s best friend before going on a murderous rampage. Finally Dawn escapes her psychotic enslaver only to find herself emotionally damaged and in need of the release that only Karl can bring.