The Creeps

A man who calls himself Jamison visits the Rare Books Room and expresses interest in Frankenstein's original manuscript. After reading it, he steals the manuscript and vanishes. Anna is left to realize someone has manipulated the trust around priceless books.

Anna hires private detective David Raleigh to track down Jamison. David quickly discovers that the man claiming Jamison is actually Dr. Winston Berber, a scholar with multiple doctorates. Berber collects rare manuscripts, including Frankenstein, The Werewolf of Paris, and The Mummy, and he plots to obtain Dracula as well.

Berber reveals his larger plan: using the Archetype Inducer to revive the four greatest monsters from horror literature. He has the manuscripts needed and believes these powers will help him control the created beings. He seeks the first edition of Dracula to complete the setup.

Berber returns to the library in search of Dracula and abducts Anna, taking both the Dracula manuscript and Anna to his laboratory. Anna fights back with a pair of scissors, but Berber incapacitates her with a taser. David is still unaware of the exact location but races to stop him.

Berber confines Anna to a lab table and proclaims that she is the required virgin for his ritual. He intends to use her to calibrate the Archetype Inducer. David finds Berber's address and breaks into the lab, overpowering Berber and freeing Anna.

As Anna and David escape, Berber activates the machine and the four monsters—Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman, Dracula, and The Mummy—step out, only to discover that they are miniature.

In the ensuing chaos, the monsters kidnap Miss Christina, Anna's supervisor, thinking she is Anna. The mistake prompts frantic attempts to reposition the ritual and locate the rightful participant.

Dracula insists that Berber restart the procedure with Christina, but the experiment fails to proceed correctly. The machine's balance remains off, threatening the ritual's purpose.

Dracula tries to bite David's neck, but he repels the attack with his crucifix and escapes. The pursuit leads back to the library, where the monsters capture Anna and David.

Berber learns that Anna is not a virgin, so he concludes that the only way to balance the ritual is to find a virgin male. Dracula confirms that David is the one; preparations for the human sacrifice resume.

Anna points out that mortals in the real world will die, while the monsters could live on in their novels. David and Anna free themselves from their cuffs, and Christina reappears as a Viking, grabbing Berber and disappearing with him. The monsters realize the machine has turned them into archetypes.

The monsters urge David to restart the machine, and the four are sucked back into their respective novels. The Viking Christina and Berber vanish, leaving the lab empty and the men to reflect on what just happened.

Anna gives David a $6,200 check for his services and reveals that Berber's lab has been torn down. She also gifts him the first English edition of Venus in Furs. David riffs about film adaptations, but Anna interrupts with a kiss, ending their day.