In an industrial, bleak landscape, Henry Spencer, a quiet and introverted man with an iconic shock of hair, navigates a life characterized by isolation and surreal encounters. He trudges through his existence in a decrepit apartment building, surrounded by the incessant noise of machinery and urban decay. His mundane world is imbued with bizarre and grotesque elements, such as inexplicable organic phenomena, leaving a lasting impression of haunting discomfort and alienation.

Henry's already strange reality takes a turn when he learns from his girlfriend, Mary X, that they are parents to an unusual and severely deformed baby. The infant's nonstop, piercing cries exacerbate the tension in their relationship and further fracture Henry's fragile grasp on reality. As he attempts to care for the child within the confines of his unsettling surroundings, the boundaries between the tangible world and his escalating nightmares begin to blur, casting a shadow of psychological turmoil over his existence.