The modern-day adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic novel follows Will Radford (Ice Cube), a top cyber-security analyst for Homeland Security, who spends his days tracking potential threats to national security through a mass surveillance program, until an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him … and the rest of the world.

在一个远离都市喧嚣的乡村小镇，懦弱无言的少年任龙浩日常饱受同学的欺负。某天，有着破碎家庭的女孩韩智秀随母亲转学来到这里，许是相同的境遇和心情，让少男少女从最初的排斥、警惕、与好奇，最终变得熟稔，俨然成为无话不说的好朋友。某个晚上，智秀接醉酒的妈妈回家，途中刚好遇到龙浩的爸爸朱协（马东锡 饰）。朱协开卡车载着母女回家，然而智秀却惊讶地发现朱协似曾相识，深藏脑海中的恐怖记忆不可遏止地浮现出来，这是龙浩自己都不曾知晓的关于父亲的秘密。                                                                      　　一连串的事件，让看似敦厚平静的朱协，其灵魂深处嗜血的欲望再度勃发……