Mary is a simple turn of the century Londoner living among the pollution and squalor while dreaming of moving to America and becoming a famous singer. She stows away on a ship making its way overseas. But one night she is attacked by a creature with glowing green eyes. Her Fate is changed forever. The ship makes landfall on a beautiful deserted island and the crew has vanished. Mary falls in love with her island paradise and the changes in her brought about by the creature with the glowing eyes. But nothing good lasts forever.