In a wood village, local rascal Wilko finds hunters' devoured corpses and some stray kittens. He's arrested and shortly jailed by grumpy sheriff Cooper. His friends gather in a secret room in the inn to consult a magical book's talking story teller. They are supernaturals themselves -Wilko a werewolf, Louis a vampire, Ella an elf- and conclude it may be the work of a werewolf-like panther-monster which needs to kill nine people, to create as many kittens. They suspect one of the female guests, who keeps kittens in a basket on her room, but find her innocent. The real monster lurks in the wood where Wilko is alone.