A tyrannical landlady in Hemet, California lords it over her tenants, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.

When a killer stalks the hometown of 3 reunited classmates, a love triangle forms and tensions rise.

After the sun fades out and humanity is left with roughly a week to live, an ex-couple agree to help a college student get back home to her family halfway across the country.