When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil. When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas steps up to form a tracking team. But the carnivorous fugitive is only one of Sam’s problems. The local pastor, enraged by the death of his son at the hands of the beast, has plans for igniting his own brand of hellfire and revenge.
Two boys find themselves in a barn when they encounter a stray(?) who is covered in blood, which judging by the foot nearby is human, the dog starts barking at the boys, the creature arrives, scares the dog, the dog runs outside, where a whimper is heard off screen