On the edge of the Mojave desert, a gas-stop motel, the Easy Rest Inn, is owned and operated by the Glance brothers, Ray (Nightbreed"s Craig Sheffer) and Steven (Stand by Me"s Bradly Gregg). Eight years ago, their parents were killed by robbers. Since then, they"ve practiced their own brand of revenge: they murder innocent motel guests and bury them behind the inn. This insular world is thrown into disarray by the arrival of bickering couple Marvin (Blue Velvet"s Dennis Hopper) and Sandra (The Practice"s Lara Flynn Boyle), who are stranded until their Cadillac is repaired. Both brothers take an interest in the beautiful Sandra and decide to get rid of her significant other... with an impending storm about to isolate them from the rest of the world. Revenge, lust and madness reign supreme as an ordinary rest stop is transformed into the Eye of the Storm.