Kirsty Cotton acaba recluida en un sanatorio donde intenta olvidar la pesadilla vivida con la muerte de sus padres. Sin embargo, allí coincide con el siniestro Doctor Channard, quien encuentra en la joven la pieza que necesita para llegar al éxito en sus intentos de encontrar la puerta a una dimensión oculta.

Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and surefire commercial success. As such, Alex seemingly has his choice of what his next project will be. As he makes the rounds both in the Hollywood community and European movie centers for ideas, he fantasizes about movie scenarios of those everyday situations he is in.