The death of professor Roy Clemens's (Steve Harris) father brings him back to his hometown in rural Georgia, where Roy is horrified to find that his old friend Sammy (Phillip Bloch) -- with whom Roy shares a dark childhood secret -- has been imprisoned in his home for years. For some reason, Sammy's older brother Harold (Gale Harold) has kept a stranglehold on his sibling, preventing him from interacting with others or having a life of his own.