Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.

The best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check.

A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

A freewheeling drag racer enters a local championship meet and finds himself head-to-head with the tyrannical town boss who has already arranged for his own son to win.