The measured well-being of the young American Tommy Fan, who came to the United States from Vietnam as a child, suddenly explodes into a terrible nightmare that has invaded his life. An ordinary rag doll, accidentally picked up by him on the threshold of his own house, turns into a terrible creature, pursuing him with devilish ingenuity and cruelty. Will there be enough strength to break the tight rings of fear? Will the approaching dawn be the last in his life? Tick-tock - the clock counts down, inexorably bringing the fatal denouement...