Driven
and neurotic, TV reporter Mary Selby (played by Molly Jackson)
wanted more than to just report the story of a local serial killer,
she wanted to understand the compulsions that drove him; so she
consulted psychiatrist Dr. Andre Zarem (played by Marc St. Camille).
Immediately after utilizing her new insights in her newscasts,
Mary is contacted by the killer. Despite the objections of her
boyfriend, a police detective, Mary becomes the only link between
the killer and authorities, something that doesn't hurt her ratings,
but has a devastating effect on her personal life.
Soon
after, Mary is taken hostage in a daringly executed kidnapping
by the killer, who subjects her to an intense series of sadistic
mind games that forever change her life. After a bloody escape,
instead of recovering, Mary slides ever deeper into her self-destructive
habits, culminating in the ultimate transgression