sentences:  At a costume ball on Halloween, Travis appears in a "highway robber" costume.This is the night of Orson Welles' famous broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" and — having gotten advance notice of the radio show — a group of criminals dressed in alien-like costumes take advantage of the ensuing panic in order to rob the party guests.The villains murder a young journalist, and Travis is enraged, going after the costumed thieves and exchanging gunfire.