Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is that the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to maintain Billy using her. If her plans misfire, she's trapped into an insane frenzy that means death. However, the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the actual killer - and determined to establish it. Madness and fanaticism work to drag concerned into a vortex of all blood letting that adds a twist twist into the classic Oedipus story.