Tilbage i 1976 ankommer en specialist i lydeffekter (Toby Jones) fra Surrey i England til et studio i Italien for at udføre et job. Til en ny gyserfilm skal han skabe, optage og mixe lyden af uhyggelige skrig, lemmer der parteres, ilddragere der stikkes i menneskekød osv. Filmens grove visuelle effekter er imidlertid et kæmpechock for lydmanden, som efterhånden som arbejdet skrider frem får sværere og sværere ved at skelne fantasi fra virkelighed.

A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father Ivo Špalj talk about his life, career, and working methods. Over the course of his long life, sound designer Ivo Špalj (*1940) has collaborated on hundreds of films and become a mentor for at least one generation of men and women behind the mixing board. This gentle documentary also shows “Engi” (as he is known to his colleagues) again working with Jan Švankmajer, whose films he has lent their typical, dense, and sophisticated sound mix.

In the heart of the Amazon, Tauary (Brazil) inhabitants invite us to listen to the sounds of the jungle, the birds, and animals. However, there are also some weird sounds: a creature prowling around the trees. Some of them have heard it, very few have ever seen it, and those who did find it never came back. Curupira, creature of the wood takes us in search of this being: a reflection about myths and their place in the contemporary world. It’s a sound thriller in the midst of the jungle.