克莉斯原定晚上与男友共渡浪漫，却被他耍弄了一通，百无聊赖之下，答应暂时照顾邻居家三个人小鬼大的孩子，这时女友突然打电话说遇到了危险，于是她带着孩子们向城里出发了。哪料到路上轮胎爆，令人毛骨悚然的冒险经历开始了……

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.