影片改編自真人真事。講述了1960年代美國黑人社團黑豹黨歷史上的真實事件，故事聚焦于Hampton之死，他于1969年被殺，死于芝加哥警察局和FBI組織的一次突襲行動。警方開了80槍，而“黑豹黨”成員一共只開了一槍，這一槍還是來自于一位成員被警方打死后的肌肉收縮。Hampton與懷孕的未婚妻正在睡覺時，頭部被近距離射殺2槍，他當晚被下了藥，根本沒聽見任何警方的動靜，死后尸體被拖進小巷中，年僅21歲。經過審訊，他的死被判定為“正當殺人”，后來在1982年，以185萬美元的賠償數額，達到了民事訴訟的庭外和解。

　　Two estranged brothers come together and discover old family secrets after inheriting their grandfather's property. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by a creature lurking in the shadows.

杰弗里（凱爾·麥克拉克倫 Kyle MacLachlan 飾）為了照料父親而回到了久違的家鄉小鎮，哪知道在誤打誤撞之中令一場兇殺案件浮出水面，杰弗里就此結識了負責調查此案的警察威廉斯（喬治·迪克森 George Dickerson 飾），以及他的女兒桑迪（勞拉·鄧恩 Laura Dern 飾）。桑迪告訴杰弗里，時間的真相或許和一個名叫多蘿西（伊莎貝拉·羅西里尼 Isabella Rossellini 飾）的歌女有關。　　美麗神秘的多蘿西很快就令杰弗里失去了理智，他偷偷的潛入了多蘿西家中，恰巧發現了多蘿西正在被一個名為弗蘭克（丹尼斯·霍珀 Dennis Hopper 飾）的黑幫大佬虐待的事實。此時的杰弗里才開始意識到，在自己的視線范圍之外，發生著很多黑暗而又罪惡的可怕之事。

　　Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru Island (Infanto t?), which was previously used for atomic tests. The interior is amazingly free of radiation effects, and they believe that they were protected by a special juice that was given to them by the island's residents. A joint expedition of Rolisican and Japanese scientists explores Beiru and discovers many curious things, including two women only one foot (30 centimeters) high. Unscrupulous expedition leader Clark Nelson abducts the women and puts them in a vaudeville show. But their sweet singing contains a telepathic cry for help to Mothra, a gigantic moth that is worshiped as a deity by the island people. The giant monster heeds the call of the women and heads to Tokyo, wreaking destruction in its path.