Southern Gothic

In a West Virginia town that has become ground zero of a local heroin epidemic, a sample of tar is discovered at the scene of an overdose of a local addict. Post-autopsy, when Eve Woodworth, a biochemist, discovers a living organism inside the tar that might be some kind of mutation, the local Sheriff exercises autocratic tendencies to suppress this information and attempts to scapegoat a black man who she suspects is the local drug dealer. Eve decides to continue investigating the anomaly on her own and what she discovers puts her in the line of fire of the prejudices and ills of the community.