Dark and gruesome thriller set in the creepy world of tattoo collectors, who display tattooed human skin on their walls as works of art. After being discovered at an illegal rave in possession of drugs during a police raid, Marc (August Diehl), a newly-graduated young police officer, is blackmailed by veteran cop Detective Minks into joining the homicide team - who are working on a case of a serial killer who brutally murders people and skins them for their tattoos. The case becomes even more complex when Marc falls into a passionate affair with a young woman, Maya (Nadeshda Brennicke) who is adorned with a tattoo by a mysterious and since-deceased Japanese artist, which is highly coveted by a group of underground art collectors.