Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and finds him a room, but her motives are not what they seem. Mike lucks into a job with miner Jeff Cunningham, but against his will he's drawn ever deeper into Paula's schemes

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A musician recording an album in the woods finds eerie cassette tapes being left for him. On them, a woman researching an urban legend was being terrorized by a man and his vicious dog. Now, the same thing is happening to the musician.