Pc-store worker Karl Hochman is secretly “The Tackle E-book Killer” – he steals folks’s handle books and kills everyone listed inside, in addition to the ebook’s proprietor. When Terry Munroe (Karen Allen) unintentionally leaves her handle ebook behind on the retailer, Karl is in pursuit – however he as an alternative results in a automobile accident. Whereas being CAT scanned, the hospital is struck by lightning – and Karl’s thoughts is transformed to electrical impulses, turning him right into a near-omniscient pc virus that may additionally journey through electrical traces. He begins murdering Terry’s mates through home goods equivalent to microwave ovens and hair dryers. Luckily, Terry’s son Josh figures out what is going on on, and the pair enlist genius hacker Bram Walker to combat the “Karl virus.

