Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor (Thomas Kretschmann) has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. In present-day America Detective O'Connor (Parker Posey) is investigating a series of horrific murders which leads her to the doctor and his creature. What she uncovers reveals the strange evolution the doctor and his creation undergo over the course of two centuries and the divergent paths creator and monster take in pursuing good or evil. 在玛丽·雪莱的小说两百年后,才华横溢但疯狂的医生使他自己和他的怪物从两个世纪前的当初的实验一直幸存下来。如今,美国探员 O'Connor 在调查系列谋杀案时,被引向了医生和他的怪物,并揭露出在长达两个多世纪的漫长岁月中,医生和他作品间的奇特演变和他们踏上善与恶的不同道路。
This film marks the directorial debut of Robert Benayoun. An artist (Richard Leduc) attending a party smokes some dope and develops the ability to see into the future and the past. He returns to his apartment where he sees the vision of a woman who had lived there 30 years ago. A friend tries to convince him it is his heightened sensitively as an artist that allows for the newfound abilities, but he soon has psychedelic hallucinations and his abilities increase with time. Stop-motion photography is effectively used in his sequence of visual experiences where the people exist but not the city in this metaphysical story.
某日,大卫(乔尼·维斯顿 Jonny Weston 饰)在阁楼里找到了身为科学家的父亲留下的遗物——一台摄像机和一套图纸,让大卫感到震惊的是,这套图纸的内容竟然和如何制造一台时光机器有关。叫来了妹妹克里斯蒂娜(维吉尼亚·加德纳 Virginia Gardner 饰)、好友坤恩(山姆·勒纳 Sam Lerner 饰)和亚当(艾伦·伊万格力斯塔 Allen Evangelista 饰),以及暗恋的女孩杰西(索菲亚·布莱克-德埃利亚 Sofia Black-D'Elia 饰),一行五人用过努力竟然真的制造出了时间机器。