Polite 7-year-old Vincent Malloy, an ardent fan of Vincent Price, has only one dream: to become just like his idol. With this in mind, young Vincent reimagines his favourite actor's films and stories, unleashing his boundless creativity to conduct strange experiments reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe's tales. Yet, to his great frustration, his mother consistently stands in the way of his ambitions. Poor Vincent, no one seems to understand you.