Every October, live entertainment creeps into every town in America. People are transformed into monsters, while others pay gladly for horrific performances. But sometimes, acting isn't enough for the spirits that rule Halloween. And this year... the spirits want the encore of a lifetime.

Tuner Downing, a man who gets obsessed with serial killer Mike Strauber (the Coppermasked Madman) and tries too hard to follow in his bloody footsteps, even to the point of breaking his 'hero' out of incarceration.