In a big American city, the serial killer The Picasso Killer is terrorizing the dwellers and the police department does not have lead to find him. The bartender Christie Wallace dreams on moving to the countryside with her six year-old daughter Zoe to have a peaceful life far from the violence of the city. Late night of Christmas Eve, Christie leaves the Tides Bar where she works and walks back home. In an alley, she sees a woman dying covered on blood and The Picasso Killer sees Christie and chases her. She runs to a commercial building where the night watchman Wade is reluctant to open the door and does not give credit to Christie. She calls the police and Detectives Stefan Kerchek and Lawrence Kellog attend the call. When Christie tells that she can recognize the infamous serial-killer, there is a blackout, the phones are dead and the detectives cannot call the precinct. They lock the building waiting for reinforcement but sooner they find that The Picasso Killer has broken in the ... 烂片，实在是烂片。数十年罕见的烂片。 在某个经常停电的都市中，恐怖四处蔓延，人们惶惶不可终日。一个连环杀手神出鬼没，以极其残酷的手法杀害女性。因其经常在停电时出没，所以被人们称为“停电夜杀手”。 某晚，七个素不相识的人被困在停电的写字楼内。他们中的克莉丝蒂•沃勒斯（Dominique Swain 饰）是唯一见过“停电夜杀手”容颜的人，而这也使她成为那个杀人恶魔的目标。其余六个人必须联合起来保护克莉丝蒂不被杀害，并找出逡巡在他们周围的杀手……
