The film is adapted from Alex Flynn's 2007 novel of the same name, which uses horror and Gothic clothing to wrap a legendary story of beauty and the beast. The story takes place in Manhattan, New York. Kyle (Alex Pettyfer), a handsome but poor-mannered rich boy, invites his classmate Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen) to his party to make a fool of herself in order to mock her. The insulted Kendra immediately cast a curse on him, turning him into a "monster beast" that everyone hates. Only when a girl truly falls in love with him from the bottom of her heart will the curse be lifted. Seeing his son become like this, Kyle's father cruelly drove him to a house in Brooklyn and put him under house arrest, leaving him only with a loyal housekeeper and a blind tutor. Just when Kyle thought he would never be able to lift the curse, God coincidentally let his classmate Linda (Vanessa Hudgens) live in his house. Will Linda become Kyle's true love and help him get rid of the curse?