In the dawn of the Cold War, a young Soviet telegraphist makes a desperate attempt to save her American lover from being stranded in the Russian side of the Bering Strait after receiving a border closure message.

Outbreak occurs that turns people into cannibal flesh eating monsters that terrorize the city of New York.

在一强有力的玛雅人诅咒下，蛇在一位年轻妇女的体内孵出，慢慢的从内部吞噬掉她，而她唯一存活的机会是找到住在边境那边的高僧。只有几小时的存活时间，他跳上开往洛杉机的火车，却使同车的乘客遭遇不幸，他们陷入困境，成为食肉毒蛇的牺牲品。

一直在寻觅真命天子的Jesse﹝阿丽丝米拉诺饰﹞遇见了Ethan﹝Christopher Gorham饰﹞，Ethan是个失意的作家，最近刚写好的小说再度被出版社退货，而与Jesse的相遇就像是给了他一道灵光，让他文思泉涌。