After enduring a bad breakup with his long time girlfriend on the side of an old Oklahoma highway, a young man moves into a 1968 VW Beetle with 8 foot spider legs.

At his grandmother's house, Scott and his friend Emily meet Rufus, a swashbuckling, furry creature who begs them to help restore his fading kingdom. Wizard Abbott's spell book contains the magic healing formula - but Abbott's ancient nemesis Lilith, posing as Grandmother's servant, wants the book too! To save Rufus' magical world, Scott and Emily must face many exciting challenges...

Hardworking teenager Sean feels let down by life, but faces a crisis of character through a series of his own bad decisions.

The film puts forth the notion that America's history is being replaced by another version in which plunder and exploitation are the defining characteristics. It also posits that the way the country understands the past will determine the future.