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On September 15, 1978, an accident in Lab 257 on Plum Island resulted in the airborne release of bio-toxins through the lab's faulty filtration system into the atmosphere just a few miles from mainland Long Island, New York. Plum Island is home to a Bio-Safety Level 4 (BSL-4) research facility engaged in the study of zoonotic diseases which are transmitted from animals to humans (West Nile, Lyme disease, African Swine Fever, Ebola, Rift Valley Fever); as well as a variety of viral species never before found outside of Lab 120's Infectious Disease containment area. Within 72 hours, a catastraphic 'cycle of transmission' would be underway, with viral replication taking place within a herd of sheep; a mosquito biting an infected host among the herd; then transferring the virulent blood to a seagull as well as a construction engineer working nearby on the island, who returns on the evening ferry back to Orient Point. By the end of the week, six people had become infected by an unknown viral strain which attacks the brain stem and degenerates the body into a state of necrosis. The outbreak would never be reported by CDC authorities or the press, and the incident would be remembered locally simply as the urban myth of the 'disco zombies.'

Twenty five years later, a group of college students on spring break arrive at an abandoned resort inn off the coast of Long Island, when things turn gory as they are confronted with killer zombies from a second bio-toxic accident on Plum Island.