A highbrow author's literary alter ego, which he reserves for a series of lowbrow novels published pseudonymously, takes on a life of its own and embarks on a campaign of violence. Stephen King horror, starring Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan and Michael Rooker.

Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.