Detective Brighton investigates a series of unusually gruesome murders and is soon caught in a web of intrigue involving a mad scientist a beautiful woman a power mad politician and one very ferocious monster Their secret lies in a mysterious formula which could unlock the secrets of immortality and on a less positive note also cause the mass mutation of all life on earth The bodies pile up as everyone scrambles for possession of the formula It culminates in a climactic showdown whose outcome will determine the fate of all mankind