Susan Sarandon, Rue McClanahan and Frances Sternhagen star in this adaptation of Lanford Wilson's play, set in a ghostly town on the verge of disappearing, a place where the only movie house closed eight years ago. The plot revolves around the sexual assault of a teenage girl and an unrelated murder trial in the town of Eldritch, exploring the community's reaction to rape, lies and murder. Wilson's innovative use of overlapping dialogue makes the interrelations of the people the real focus of the play.