A cosmic nightmare from the minds of h.p. Lovecraft and cult director, richard stanley, color out of space follows nathan gardner nicolas cage, theresa gardner joely richardson and their children, whose recent retreat to rural life crumbles when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite melts into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space time. Mutant technicolor flora start sprouting, and local animals begin to display bizarre deformities. Soon, the gardner's realize that they too are susceptible to the extra terrestrial pathogen, and must escape the contagion that has consumed their farm. With the help of a friendly hydrologist elliot knight and eccentric neighbour tommy chong, the family attempts to battle a nebulous entity that they can barely begin to understand. What chance can a few humans have against a force capable of traversing the gulf between worlds, a nightmarish being that exists beyond the limits of the human spectrum?