A gas station clerk learns his job is to enforce strange rules that protect travelers from deadly entities in the nearby forest—especially those drawn to the color red.
An isolated mountain hunter tracks his dog into a blizzard and encounters a shape-shifting entity that mimics his deceased wife to lure and break him psychologically. The creature proves partially physical and predatory, but through resistance, fire, and force, he and his dog manage to kill it—surviving an encounter with a manipulative mimic that feeds on grief.
A struggling storage unit buyer uncovers a hidden underground bunker filled with weapons, files, and decades of records documenting a shape-shifting entity known as “Six B”—a being that appears every 13 years, never ages, and causes disappearances wherever it manifests. After confirming the entity is active again, he teams up with a potential victim and goes into hiding, preparing to delay its next cycle.
A night-shift Uber driver in Oakland encounters a series of unexplained passengers—some inhuman, some long dead—who appear normal at first but vanish mid-ride, leaving behind physical traces and impossible records. As patterns emerge across locations like alleys, the port, and Lake Merritt, he realizes the city’s night routes are shared with entities that mimic, linger, or hunt—forcing him to abandon night driving entirely.
A climber takes a high-paying job from a mysterious company, ascending a towering cell phone mast. Unease grows as unsettling discoveries are made during the ascent. A list of cryptic rules awaits at the summit, leading to a surreal and terrifying ordeal.