Todd Bowden (Renfro) is one of the top students in his high school class and a typical 16-year-old, until he uncovers a deadly secret. Far from suspicion, Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander (McKellen) has been quietly living in Todd's hometown. Obsessed with the atrocities Dussander committed during the war, Dussander must revel his evil past. The two begin a psychological warfare that spirals out of control, producing terrifying results.