Claws!

A homeless man Richard Starr sees a terrified woman struggling in rain-swollen Black Creek. As he reaches to pull her ashore she suddenly sinks in the murky water. He dives into the creek but can't find her. Neither can the police. They dismiss his report as a hoax.</P><P>Later Richard learns that his friend Joe Baker had been attacked. Joe told a mutual acquaintance he was sleeping under a bridge when the unknown assailant struck. At the time it was dark and Joe was drunk and disoriented so he couldn't tell what was going on except that he was being dragged into the creek. The assailant broke off the attack and escaped into the water after Joe clobbered him with a baseball bat.</P><P>Now Joe is missing.</P><P>That night Richard is sitting under the bridge while a thunderstorm rages. During intermittent bursts of lightning he sees a boy being attacked. He rushes to help the kid but finds no one at the scene of the attack. Seeking an explanation for the mysterious events he follows clues left by the boy and discovers a bizarre world dominated by terrifying creatures bent on inflicting unthinkable horrors on him and on Humankind.</P>