The town of Mackinaw is all but abandoned at the end of tourist season. Now, with an approaching blizzard, a strange transport ship has crashed along the frozen shoreline-its escaped cargo genetically engineered for only one purpose... Death. Howling winds hide the screams of townsfolk, as retired biology teacher Ken Jardine leads a small group to first understand and then destroy what they're dealing with, before the storm gives the upper hand to the Live Specimens...