母亲的死让莎拉(朱丽娅·斯蒂尔斯 Julia Stiles 饰)不得不放弃了舞蹈的梦想,她只身来到了芝加哥,在那里,她名义上的父亲正等待着她。新生活来得如此之快,还没有走出丧母阴影的莎拉感到手足无措,就在她濒临崩溃的边缘时,一个叫德里克(西恩·帕特里克·汤玛斯 Sean Patrick Thomas 饰)的黑人男孩出现在了她的身边。
和莎拉一样,德里克对舞蹈有着狂烈的热情。德里克的开朗和乐观引领着莎拉渐渐走出了阴影重拾了跳舞的热情,两人在一来一往之中也产生了炽热的感情。可是,肤色的迥然不同为两人的爱情蒙上了阴影,他们要挑战的不仅仅是刻板保守的社会,还有他们深爱着的亲人。
Big Baby tells the story of Adam Lewis, a successful horror screenwriter struggling for inspiration for his latest script. After a graphic and realistic nightmare of a hulking man dressed in a baby mask and onesie who axe murders his girlfriend Kate in the middle of the night, Adam gets the inspiration he needs for his new screenplay. Excited about the direction his story is taking, he starts losing himself in his script. Things are better than ever for Adam and Kate until “Big Baby” starts appearing in real life and tormenting and killing victims fueled by his own revenge. Characters from Adam’s script begin to pay him visits pleading for their lives, and he quickly realizes he holds their fate in his hands. Power and fear completely consume Adam until his girlfriend Kate is terrified of the man she once loved.