本片改编自洛夫克拉夫特的短篇《不可名状》("The Unnamable")。19世纪初一位妇女生下了一个怪物,人们都觉得他太丑陋,没有什么名字能形容他,于是都称之为“不可名状之物”。后来怪物残忍地杀害了他的家人,自己则被困在了墓地里。时间流逝到了1988年,几个大学生听说了不可 名状之物的故事,继而想去墓地一探究竟……Back in the 1800's a lady gives birth to a monster. They decide that the baby is too ugly to name, therefore the monster is known as the "Unnamable". The creature brutally slaughters his family, and gets trapped in a vault. Go ahead to 1998, and some college students have heard the story about the unnamable and want to check out the vault...