On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the
Jersey shore and begin preparations to break into the Paragon Hotel.
Built in the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the
magnificent structure - which foreshadowed the beauties of art deco
architecture - is now boarded up and marked for demolition. The five
people are "creepers," the slang term for urban explorers: city
archeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and
their dying secrets. On this evening, they are joined by a reporter who
wants to profile them - anonymously, as this is highly illegal
activity - for a New York Times article. Frank Balenger, a sandy-haired,
broad-shouldered reporter with a decided air of mystery about him, isn't
looking for just a story, however. And after the group enters the
rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, it becomes clear that he will
get much more than he bargained for. Danger, terror, and death await the
creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil.