Nicky is a twelve-year-old boy who has one blue eye, one brown eye and is partially deaf in one ear. Evil circus performers are intent on taking revenge on Nicky's dad, who was responsible for closing down their wild animal acts. He ends up in hospital in desperate need of a life-saving operation, and only Nicky can help him. But the circus performers want more - they kidnap Nicky and use black magic to create a monster for the nastiest freak show ever. His eyes, ears, nose and mouth spring off his face into independent face creatures with little arms and legs. Face Critters The race is on for them to return to normal and save Nicky's dad, but time is against them because if The Face Critters don't get back onto Nicky's face by midnight, they'll shrivel up and die.