Clive Barkers feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the mans half-brother, who is also the womans former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, he is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites wont be happy about this.