Ben's life in the sub­ur­ban sprawl is spent be­tween his dumpy apart­ment and a flu­o­res­cent-​lit cu­bi­cle that numb his dreams and as­pi­ra­tions. Ig­nor­ing his room­mate's warn­ing about were­wolves in the val­ley, he goes to the woods where he is bit­ten by some­thing mys­te­ri­ous.