For 250 years, a towering man-beast with wings and razor-talons has been snacking on humans in the forests of New Jersey's Pine Barrens, where investigator Christine Tatum (Michelle Maryk) is sent by the District Attorney (Lesley-Anne Down) to get to the bottom of a recent rash of mutilations. Once there, Tatum meets eccentric recluse Shroud (Cliff Robertson).