Woodgod, a
half-man half-goat creature resembling a satyr, walks the desolate streets of
Liberty, New Mexico, calling for his father. He encounters a man who, shocked
at Woodgod’s appearance, hurls a rock at him, hitting him in the head. Woodgod
realizes this is not his father, only another man bringing pain, and throws him
through a shop window. He continues his search for his father….
Woodgod is the
creation of David and Ellen Pac, born of a clone-graft of human and animal DNA
and growing quite rapidly, reaching an adult appearance in only two days. David
and Ellen treat it as their own child to help his mental and emotional
development. But the local townsfolk become aware of the “monster” in their
midst and an armed mob goes to the farm and ends up smashing open a vat of
nerve gas David was preparing for the government. Woodgod is the only survivor
and learns to associate the word “scream” with fear, pain, and death, dashing
into the town where everyone else has died from the gas….
Woodgod is
attacked by a dog but he manages to kill it. Soon he realizes that “man” has
killed his father and mother so he seeks revenge. He finds a man sitting at the
bar in a tavern and attacks him but the man is already dead. He drinks water
but it is contaminated and he spits it out….
The disaster in
Liberty comes to the attention of the National Guard. Major Del Tremens begins
an investigation; the source of the disaster is traced to the nerve-gas at the
Pace farm and the parameters of the deadly leak are determined. Then Woodgod is
detected in the town. Tremens and his men don hazmat suits and fly two-man
“floaters” to the town, Tremens waiting until he has more information to let
anyone know about this….
Woodgod sees the
three floaters coming toward him and associates them with “scream” and the men
who killed his parents. He picks up a mailbox and hurls it through the air,
shooting down one craft. The second floater comes too close and Woodgod is able
to tear it from the sky with his bare hands and slam it into the ground. Tremens’
floater opens fire on Woodgod who uproots a telephone pole and hits the
floater, hurling Tremens’ partner, Doc, to the ground where Woodgod kills him.
The creature seizes Tremens but decides not to kill him, waiting for Scream to
take him too. Tremens realizes Woodgod was created by Pace and vows to make
Woodgod pay for Pace’s sins….