Alfie is a schizophrenic boy who dreams of escaping Doctor Poppy's institution, which is home to eery robotic nurses, sassy wriggling worms, and mean old patients. His dream is to return to his family cabin where his mother was killed and buried in some mysterious way. In his disturbed mind, all Alfie wants is to dig his mother from her grave and to live at her side for the rest of his days. Certain that his chance to escape is at hand when he finds a key that he believes will bring down the tall walls surrounding the institution, he begins to plot. Problem is, Alfie doesn't know where he's supposed to insert the key-all he knows is that he must act before Doctor Poppy, who has a reputation for murdering unruly patients, foils his plan. If caught, Alfie will surely be punished severely.