Miles, a troubled 17 year old, morphs into an ape, while navigating a turbulent relationship with his possessive and strong-willed mother, Lucy. She helps him unleash and embrace his inner wild animal.

A detail of random people are told that they are a part of a live testing for data on their reactions in the woods without any technology at their disposal . . . when in reality they are the stars of a bored and twisted family who have gathered together for the holidays to watch them all die.