Time of Fear is a taut psychological thriller thrusting an FBI agent and a grieving father into the dark world of a demented killer. FBI Agent Cheryl Hammer, arrives in a small California town to catch an elusive killer. Seeing no help forthcoming from the Sheriff, she turns to the only other person who can help her, Jack Barone, a grieving father whose daughter, Lisa, was the victim of a similar slaying ten years prior. The killer's clues are a perversion of Biblical punishments for sins: stoning, burning, decapitation. Jack and Agent Hammer turn to Father Patrick, a Catholic priest, for help. As the clock ticks down, a young female friend of Jack's is kidnapped and may become the next casualty. The harrowing rescue of the young woman opens the door to a dark history hidden below the surface, revealing the true identity of the killer and answering the mystery of who killed Jack's daughter.

斯蒂芬（Greg Lauren 饰）和丹尼（Christopher Gartin 饰）是一对同性情侣，两人同居多年，感情十分要好。住在舒适的豪宅里，有着不菲的收入，身边还有爱人相伴，斯蒂芬和丹尼的生活令旁人羡慕，更加难得的是，两人的关系并没有为他们带来烦恼和困扰，恰恰相反，他们获得了家人和朋友们的理解和支持。 可即便如此，当两人得知斯蒂芬的父亲托雷利（Frank Pellegrino 饰）和母亲艾达（贝丝·福勒 Beth Fowler 饰）要来拜访他们之时，两个大男人还是陷入了恐慌，这究竟是为什么呢？原来，斯蒂芬和丹尼是黑社会的打手，而托雷利则恰恰是一名联邦探员。这错综复杂的关系究竟会引出一段怎样妙趣横生的故事呢？