Strange things begin to occurs as a little California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring up eerily to life. Rev. Malone depended upon a dark secret about the town's founding. Radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mysterious fire. And hitch-hiker Elizabeth discovers the corpse of a fisherman. Afterward the mystical iridescent fog descends upon the village, and much more people begin to perish.