When Ollie’s mother is attacked by a monster hiding in the depths of Lake Merritt, he sets out on a mission to find her—discovering instead a hidden network of monster-hunters tasked with protecting Oakland from its own dark underbelly.

In the summer of 1973, a young music journalist lands the opportunity to profile an up-and-coming rock band with a mysterious secret. After a Hollywood Hills afterparty takes a sinister turn, her camera may hold the only truth behind their fates, and the evil that took place there.