A Magician (illusion) named Montag the Magnificent puts on elaborate magic shows in a dilapidated post-punk Los Angeles in which he seemingly kills, in brutal torturous fashions, beautiful young women who nevertheless appear alive and unharmed at the end of the trick. Later, however, the victims are found dead of the same wounds that Montag gave them. Ed Bigelow, a young Journalism with a trust fund and Vintage clothing style, tries to solve the mystery, but ends up discovering that he may be more involved than he first thought.