Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.
Dr. Matthew Hastings wordt belast met het onderzoek naar een lijk in het laboratorium van Professor Deemer. Deemer vertelt een warrig verhaal en Hastings wordt achterdochtig. Deemer blijkt te werken aan een groeiserum en door zijn psychotische assistent is Deemer geïnjecteerd met het serum en een tarantula is ontsnapt uit het lab. Deemer verandert langzaam maar zeker terwijl de spin steeds verder groeit en alles op zijn weg vermorzelt. Hastings en een biologie-assistente haasten zich met het waarschuwen van de mensen in de omgeving.
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful incident from Dr. Ino's past. Now the once-respected doctor must account for his past actions.
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.
When a small town doctor buries his twin brother, a practitioner of the black arts, he believes him dead; but subsequent events force him to realize that his brother has, in fact, returned from the dead as a vampire and is seeking revenge on the doctor, who had killed him in self-defense.