Bill Matthews is a surgeon who undergoes a radical biological change after being hit by lightning, becoming addicted to electricity. While recuperating Bill meets Craig Murphy, a mysterious man who draws Bill into a group of people who share his same addiction. After a deadly encounter with a random mugger, Bill discovers that the electrical impulses in the human body are much more desirable than ordinary household current. As Bill’s addiction grows out of control, he devises a way to insert wall sockets into the flesh of humans, thus allowing him and his group of electro-junkies to mainline their drug of choice.