Nikki (O’Connor) and Al (Day) are doomed lovers. Nikki is an orphan who witnessed her mother’s murder, while Al has been disowned by his well-to-do father. They hook up as teens after meeting in juvenile detention and begin a crime spree. Their m.o. is to have Nikki lure married traveling businessmen back to their hotel rooms, spike their drinks, then rob them. Their plan backfires, however, when one of the men OD’s. They take his things anyway and discover that he has in his possession a videotape of a prominent former sports star named Zipper Doyle (Barry Langrishe) performing an unspeakable act with a young boy. They hit the road with the cops and Zipper on their tail.

As they make their way across the country, the body count goes up and Nikki and Al suspect each other. Nikki sleepwalks, taking up knives and gasoline and matches; Al, too, has mysterious disappearances.