Pete returns home early from a weekend camping trip only to find his longtime girlfriend, Katrina, entangled in a passionate romp with another man. Unable to control his actions, Pete brutally ends the lives of both Katrina and her new lover. Shocked by what he has done, Pete stashes the bodies and escapes back to a small college town in Illinois to try to recapture normalcy for himself. The quest proves to be more difficult than anticipated, though, after he crosses paths with a breathtaking young freshman, Tali, who quickly falls head-over-heels for him. Add a strained friendship with Tali's roommate, Jess, to his increasingly stifling inward struggle to forget the past and move on, and Pete can't seem to catch the break he needs. He surprised himself in the past by releasing an evil that he didn't know he had, but can he surprise himself again by conjuring up enough positive strength to escape the torment of his own mind and become the person that his new friends need?