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Thriller writer Ben, struggling for inspiration, retreats to an isolated rural cabin to start on his latest novel and to escape the growing tension with his boyfriend Jamie. Working late into the night, he wakes to find a wounded man in the cabin, claiming to be a hunter whose car had broken down nearby. Intrigued and attracted to the mysterious and handsome intruder, Ben decides to secretly use him as inspiration for the antagonist in his new book, about a savage murder believed to have taken place in the very cabin he has rented. As the man begins to help him enact increasingly dangerous and detailed scenarios for the storys captive protagonist, Ben becomes aroused by the prospects but finds himself rebuffed by a homophobic slur. Searching the mans car, he uncovers stolen property belonging to several other young men hinting he may be a serial killer, a perfect twist for Bens novel. Discovering his own car sabotaged, and unable to escape, Ben enters a lethal game of cat and mouse. Bu