David Lang was once a big deal - a cult hero who wrote and directed the underground horror flick Zombie Film Schooland its two sequels in the late 1980s, earning himself the pop-culture nickname of "Zombie Guy." But now it's the late 1990s and David often feels like a real zombie guy, just another Hollywood script doctor living off his former glory. The only thing that makes David feel really alive is his love for Holly Markham, a beautiful, brilliant and complicated cabaret singer and writer - "an unstable planet," David calls her, as sometimes they make love for days, while other times she freezes him out completely.David and Holly seem to have finally reached the end of their relationship's twists and turns when Holly at 42 discovers that she's pregnant. Even David isn't sure that going forward with the pregnancy is a good idea - and Holly has no doubt that it could never work. Then again, Holly may never have another chance to be a mom. And who is that otherworldly being that David thinks he sees on their bed?.