Hugo, is a turn-of-the-century scientist – loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question… what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
Hugo brings his latest invention to a family boating party – a motion picture camera. The party quickly turns into a disaster as he captures the tragic drowning of his wife and son on film. When the film is replaced later, a ghostlike presence appears it flies towards his son, and vanishes inside his dying body.
Has Hugo discovered The Asphyx, the spirit of the dead described in Greek mythology? It is a ghoulish search, with eternally haunting results and Hugo is compelled to find the answers.