本片讲述一个12岁的完美主义女孩发现了一个奇怪的蛋，她把蛋藏起来不让苛刻的母亲看到。而当蛋孵化时，一个像鸟一样的生物出现了。

家庭主妇唐娜（ 饰）和另一个男人斯蒂夫（ 饰）有染，当她决定中止这段关系的时候，斯蒂夫却报复性地将他们的关系透露给唐娜的丈夫维克（

Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. For help Beaumont turns to the devious Legendre, a man who runs his mill by mind controlling people he has turned into zombies. After Beaumont uses Legendre's zombie potion on Madeleine, he is dissatisfied with her emotionless being and wants her to be changed back. Legendre has no intention of doing this and he drugs Beaumont as well to add to his zombie collection. Meanwhile, grieving 'widower' Neil is convinced by a local priest that Madeleine may still be alive and he seeks her out.