A spacecraft crash-lands in an isolated desert town and releases an insidious parasite that attacks the brains of all creatures making them disorientated, unnaturally strong and violent. Long-time local cop, Sergeant Joanne Sharp (Jolene Anderson, Rush), yearning for city life, is determined to take her feisty younger sister Samantha (Stef Dawson, The hunger Games series) and eight-year old son Simon back to the city with her. One morning she wakes to find the town without communication and, venturing into town with her police partner, realises the unexpected events are just harbingers of the horror to come...
