由于成人尸体不断出现以及联系中断，盖特林小镇的诡异情形终于引起内布拉斯加州政府的关注。为了避免政府的追查，盖特林镇的孩子们全部转移至邻近的汉明福德小镇。
工作和家庭皆不如意的记者约翰•盖瑞特（Terence Knox 饰）带着儿子丹尼（Paul Scherrer 饰）来到盖特林追查真相。在小男孩米凯（Ryan Bollman 饰）的帮助下，父子二人找到一所房子落脚。与父亲矛盾重重的丹尼很快米凯成为好朋友，在米凯的引荐下，他又结识了玉米地中的孩子们，并受到深深的影响……

六个大学新生搬入了大学宿舍，没想到这里以前竟然是一所精神病院。

When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable.