Amadman, dubbed The Actor by Philadelphia's Homicide Unit, is metictdously re-creating Hollywood's most famous--and most gruesome--death scenes and splicing them into videos. The first murder mirrors the Hitchcock masterpiece Psycho. But unlike the movie, the victim is stabbed with a real knife. Soon, more thrilling classics are turned into terrifying snuff films. Hot on the psychopath's trail, detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano descend deep into the depraved underworld of S&M clubs and the porn industry, where the worship of flesh leads to malevolent evil. Before the final credits roll, the investigators will make a shocking discovery--that the only way to prevent future murders might be found in Detective Byrne's own dark past.