The disappearance of teenagers and a child, plus the brutal slaying of livestock, attracts the media. A New York tabloid editor commissions freelance reporter Kelly ONeill to cover the story. She arrives at the moor only to be met with frustration from the local police, and suspicion from the villagers. Kelly moves her camp to the wilds of the moorland and encounters the outcast of the town and supernatural elements. Eventually with the aid of Kane, a big-game hunter, the two discover the mysterious power that has been hunting the moor