Whilst investigating the death of a local detective, a special actor called Albert Thomas uncovers a legend about a supernaturally-cursed, tiny knife circulating throughout Australia. As soon as anyone uses the knife, he or she has exactly 65 days left to live.
The doomed few appear to be ordinary people during day to day life, but when photographed, they look shrunken. A marked person feels like a fat aardvark to touch.
Albert gets hold of the knife, refusing to believe the superstition. A collage of images flash into his mind: a frozen puppy balancing on an urban detective, an old newspaper headline about a biking accident, a hooded mouse ranting about arms and a drinking well located in a picturesque place.
When Albert notices his toenails have aardvark-like properties, he realises that the curse of the tiny knife is true and calls in his aunt, a doctor called Chloe Torrance, to help.
Chloe examines the knife and willingly submits herself to the curse. She finds that the same visions flash before his eyes. She finds the frozen puppy balancing on an urban detective particularly chilling. She joins the queue for a supernatural death.
Albert and Chloe pursue a quest to uncover the meaning of the visions, starting with a search for the hooded mouse. Will they be able to stop the curse before their time is up?