Based on the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same name, a folklorist investigates reports of unusual creatures in Vermont only to uncover more than he bargained for
一场特大地震威胁着旧金山，一系列的前震在整个城市肆虐。现在，一支由应急服务和灾难专家组成的精英团队汇聚在预计的震中，不知疲倦地工作，在这座城市被毁灭之前尽可能多地拯救生命。
After a prologue explains that the atom bomb is about to drop, we’re shown a family of three (mother, father and adult daughter) sitting around a kitchen table, deciding that they will stay and “die with dignity.” The mother and daughter give birth to various food items and the father tires to climb back into the womb, and then daughter relates a dream. We see a mushroom cloud, then another trio of actors in a different apartment who believe they are in the afterlife: they recite more humorous nonsense about God, death and the apocalypse and enact more bizarre skits before the action shifts to another trio in a different room, then another…
某年某月，沉睡超过三百年的冰岛拉基火山爆发，造成超过六百万人丧生，而随之喷出的火山灰席卷英伦乃至欧洲大陆，致令欧洲版块83%受影响。在此之后，20亿吨的火山灰遍布欧洲上空，按照某科学家的预测，拉基火山将导致板块连锁反应，引起一连串的火山喷发。与此同时，高温先是造成极地冰块融化，海平面上升，而浓浓的火山灰遮挡太阳，又致令温度骤降。冰雹、暴雪席卷世界各地，人类即将进入新一轮的冰河时期。 身处各国的不同之人，原本经营着平凡的生活，当此灾难来临之际，他们的友情、爱情、亲情以及生命即将接受最严苛的考验……
“清醒梦”(Lucid Dreaming)是在做梦时保持清醒的状态，又称作清明梦。影片讲述的是在3年前丢失了孩子的父亲通过清醒梦在梦中寻找线索的犯罪惊悚片。
