Following her mother's arrest, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her grandmother. Along the way, she is given a ride by faculty adviser Bob Wolverton. During the journey, by shooting him a couple times Lutz begins to appreciate that Bob may be the notorious I 5 Killer and manages to escape. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz throughout the state within this contemporary retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.