The Dead Time is a "psycho-cinematic" dark comedy that reveals a middle-aged man, Sam Primrose, in the midst of crisis. After experiencing a terrible car accident, Sam ends up flat on his back and unconscious in a strange hospital. In a state of delirium Sam has a "dead time" dream. In this dream Sam imagines that the alter-ego side of his faulty personality manifests itself as his diabolical double. Sam's demented opposite chases Sam around and attacks him with sarcasm, irony and the terrible truth. Will Sam survive this self-bombardment, or will death be the ultimate lesson?