Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and her brother Johnny must protect Earth from the space god Galactus and his minion, the Silver Surfer. And if Galactus' plan to devour the entire planet and all its inhabitants doesn't seem terrifying enough, the situation suddenly becomes personal.

An accident occurs on the set of the next episode of A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's technically perfect glove kills the special effects technicians and injures the husband of Heather Langenkamp, who plays Nancy. Her son disappears in an unexplained manner. When Heather wakes up because of the earthquake, she realizes it was just a dream. However, her husband cut his fingers exactly as it happened in her dream.