Beasts of myth and shadowy creatures of legend make for great scary campfire stories until they come alive. For those who learn the truth, their tales die in the fading echoes of their screams.
Detective Hunter Matthews has no logical answer to explain the brutal murders that leave its victim's limbs ripped off their bodies and abdomens shredded to pieces. Casey Windall, a paranormal journalist, thinks the killer is the legendary Jersey Devil. Hunter rebuffs her premise until he witnesses his only suspect slaughtered by a creature he has no explanation for.
Casey and Hunter enter a world where folklore is alive and thirsting for blood. As the killings mount, one of them discovers a connection to the beast they wish had remained hidden. Their final decision, whether to destroy the beast or not, will determine if the Jersey Devil continues its reign of terror or fades back into the scary campfire stories everyone else thinks it is.