During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.
A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow of his aging father.
Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.
바이크 헬멧과 달라붙는 가죽 복장의 미치광이 살인마가 캠퍼스를 거닐면서 아리따운 청춘 남녀들을 죽이고 다닌다. 가장 유력한 용의자로 평소 행동이 의심스러웠던 인류학 교수와 그의 조수가 지목된다. 풋풋한 대학생 엘레나 역시 이러한 공포 분위기 속에서 조금씩 불길한 느낌을 감지하는데...
