A mental-patient Who is troubled with horrible nightmares Has escaped from his hospital Now on the streets he can't help k**ing innocent people But there is one family he is more than interested in and when he tries to k** them He finds that it's not that easy Release prematurely from a North Eastern mental institution George Tatum Baird Stafford Journeys back down to his home in Florida along the way He has recurring nightmares of a violent incident from his childhood Which forces him to k** again George's ex-wife Susan Temper Sharon Smith Young son C.J. C.J. Cooke And the family babysitter begin to receive "hang-up" calls Which none of them realize is George making sure his family is home The closer George gets to his destination The more gruesome his murders become and the memories of his first childhood-murder intensify Wearing an old-man mask to conceal his identity George makes his way into his old house with an ice pick k**s the babysitter And goes after his son and two daughters (Kim Patterson & Tammy Patterson) Who have taken refuge in their mother's bedroom on the second floor Young C.J. manages to shoot the masked-maniac through a hole hacked into the door Causing George to fall back down the staircase As he lies dying George has a full recall of his childhood Where upon catching his father (William Kirksey) cheating on his mother (Christina Keefe) with a mistress He brutally murders both of them with an axe As George is carried off in a stretcher His wife comes home Identifies her husband And goes into a screaming fit Young C.J. is taken for questioning by the police And winks into the camera as the final image of the film