خلاصه داستان : دو هزار سال پیش، یک پادشاه لیبی دارای یک باسیلیسک (اژدهای مار شکل) است که مردم را متحجر می کند، در طول خورشیدگرفتگی با یک عصای طلایی به سرنوشت مشابهی دچار می شوند. هر دو این و چندین قربانی توسط باستان شناس مدرن حفاری می شوند ...

Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.