A motorcycle gang kidnaps a young woman, Josie, from a diner and brutally kills her. Many years later, the girl's father finds a magic crystal that can bring the life back to dead objects. He uses it to re-animate his daughter. He lets her seduce any young man that comes to visit the small town and then kills them. Four young students, two boys and two girls spend a vacation near the town, Hellgate. They hear about the story and get involved.
During the winter season, a family camping in the woods, and a group of camp counselors training in the same forest both find themselves being killed one by one by an unhinged psycho.
Photojournalist Bo (Griffin O'Neal) and his girlfriend Angie (Tawny Fere) are captured and falsely imprisoned in Colombia. Angie's Sheriff / cowboy father Jethro (Richard Lynch) vows to use every method at his disposal to secure their freedom.
