A horror screenwriter goes with his pregnat wife to a check up and create a horror story abut a woman who gives birth to reptile, despite his wife's deigust, he goes ahead with the screenpay, but, the horrible prophecy fulfills itself, as his wife gives birth to a freak of nature, his baby is born half man & half lizard. His movie has become a mirror image of his own life as Umeki slips slowly into madness