Set in 1965, outlaw lovers, Eve and Austin, await their getaway driver in the Mojave Desert after committing a bank heist. Austin's racial prejudice threatens to tear them apart when he finds out that Eve has a Black mother. Meanwhile, a well-known Italian director watches their every move.

At fading indie horror studio, its owner Jefferson, and his nephew Caleb, a young horror movie obsessive and aspiring makeup artist, finally gets his “little break” when Jefferson assigns him to work on a B-list movie about a vampire. There, he encounters another makeup artist, Ginni, with whom he feels he can share his vulnerabilities, as well as an unsupportive rival, Todd.