It was a typical night at the store, until several of the employees discovered a sleeping bum and rudely threw him out. Quickly, he turns it into a game of hide-and-seek, with few surviving the night.

SYNOPSIS:

On most nights, an array of strange and unusual people venture into the supermarket. Claire had been doing the assistant manager's job and was on the verge of a promotion to assistant night manager until a beautiful co-worker stole the position from her for sexual favors. Claire confronts the manager and quits, but then decides to go ahead and finish out the night. Two stock boys find a bum named Lyfess sleeping in the store room and throw him out. Lyfess leaves, but not before promising that later everyone in the store will beg for mercy. Lester, a pedophile and serial killer, happens to stop in to buy a special dress for a little girl he has kidnapped and hidden away in the trunk of his car.

While shopping for a dress, Lester overhears a little girl singing in the toy aisle and can't resist the possibility of adding another little girl to his collection. When the little girl yells out, he is forced to abandon his abduction attempt and hide within the store. While Claire and several other employees are searching for Lester, a flash mob of mostly teens and young adults rushes into the store and begins stealing everything of value. The manager decides that the employees should try and stop the mob. When confronted with weapons, the employees back away and allow the flash mob to leave.

An ominous storm begins to manifest outside the store. With most of the flash mob through the exit doors, they suddenly close, trapping the remaining members inside. A deep pitch of black darkness engulfs the parking lot, then screams of agony and terror find their way inside the store. Despite gunfire, pry bars, and ramming the glass, the doors won't open or break. Minutes later, a badly injured teen stumbles in from the parking lot. Surprisingly, the doors slide open, and when he crawls in, they abruptly close, amputating his head. Slowly, people begin to be murdered in heinous ways. When the time is right, Lyfess makes an announcement on the PA system and brings everybody together. Lyfess reveals that he is a creature from hell set loose upon the earth at the end of time. To make things more interesting, Lyfess agrees to allow the last person left alive to leave the store unharmed. After transforming into a hideous creature from hell, he turns out the lights and begins a game of hide-and-seek. You see, Lyfess loves to play with his food. When the blood starts flowing, only the monsters rise to the occasion, and it is Claire who rises to the top.

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