Teen-aged
filmmaker Tom DeFrank, through his hobby of stop-motion
photography, conceives a monster: he builds and animates
a demon puppet. Unbeknownst to Tom, however, the “toy” creates
a subliminal bond with a dark entity. As he labors with
the miniature beast, making his movie, the boy unwittingly
summons a force that wreaks the terrible vengeance of Tom’s
repressed rage.
Only reclusive psychic Stephen Parrish and his daughter Julie
know of the ancient evil awakened in their little town. As
romance blooms between the teens, Parrish senses the strange
presence within the troubled young filmmaker and seeks to
unravel the mystery of the demon.
But people are
dying as bitter grudges come to the fore. Rumors abound
of a strange creature loose in the countryside,
and a fearful public turns suspicious on Parrish. Will he
be able to leash the monster and the will of its creator – a
boy little conscious of his power to create … or destroy?
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