A group of young filmmakers discover they've fallen on the wrong side of the line between made-up horror and the real thing in this thriller. was a film company who specialized in gory horror films much loved by film buffs; however, since the company went out of business, their shooting facilities have been abandoned and gone unused. A handful of film students eager to make a horror film of their own break into the old Slaughter soundstages and begin working on their dream project. But unknown to them, a psychotic killer calls the home these days, and before long the carnage committed against the cast and crew exceeds anything happening in front of the cameras.