A series of missing-persons and gruesome murders has begun to unfold in the city of Park Falls. Derrick Peters, a former member of the Park Falls Police Department, receives a visit from Cynthia Ford one January afternoon. Cynthia, well known as the town crazy, seems to have finally lost her mind. She claims to have information about the murders, but does she hold the key to unlocking the mystery or has she truly gone insane? Derrick Peters isn't sure what to think when he hears her utter one word in explanation of what's going on in town: Zombies.