 Charles Sadler (David Akin) is experiencing difficulty controlling his physical reactions, stabbing himself in the hand and killing his girlfriend (Tori Davis). Dr. John Wilson (Robert Taminga) has made tenure with his exploration of parapsychological cases, much to the chagrin of his younger colleague, Dr. Richard Austin (David Gaffney), a confirmed skeptic. At a party, Dr. Wilson introduces Dr. Austin to a visiting paranormal case, Miss Helena Voyich (Julia Matias), a one-legged woman who claims to be capable of mesmerism, a form of very powerful hypnosis dismissed by science in the late nineteenth century. She demonstrates on Richard s girlfriend, Audrey (Marissa Hall), causing her to do things she would never do of her own free will. Still unconvinced, and despite the insistence of Charles Sadler of the danger, Richard agrees to be a test subject so Wilson can submit a prize-worthy article. Helena interferes with his work, ignoring appointments with his student, Steve (Aaron Caine), and Chancellor Murdoch (Robert Crawford), and disrupting his relationship with his girlfriend in ways she is largely unaware, and having his maid (Isabel Setter) wake him up at noon only for him to discover copious blood on his clothing...