艾玛(梅根·沃纳 Meegan Warner 饰)是一档恐怖恶搞类综艺节目的制作人,对于这个靠欺骗和伪造愚弄嘉宾的节目,艾玛感到十分厌倦,她打算在做完最后一期节目后就辞职不干。近期,网络上出现了一些更血腥更暴力更真实却也拥有更多观众的恐怖节目,老板要求艾玛和她的同事兼男友马库斯(伊恩 麦杜思 Ian Meadows 饰)做出能够超越这些节目的作品,否则就要炒掉整个制作组。 马库斯将下一期节目的地点选在了一座废弃的疯人院之中,这一次,艾玛负责扮演在医院里工作的护士,以招募园丁之名找来了名为罗汉(乔什·邝·塔特 Josh Quong Tart 饰)的男子。罗汉表面看来安静而又老实,但之后他的种种诡异作为让艾玛开始怀疑,罗汉根本就是一个彻头彻尾的疯子。
在一场艺术品拍卖会上,汤姆(丹尼斯·霍珀 Dennis Hopper 饰)遇见了名为乔纳森(布鲁诺·甘茨 Bruno Ganz 饰)的男人。乔纳森患有血液方面的疾病,这对于他那并不富裕的家庭来说无异于雪上加霜。黑手党找到了汤姆希望他能够帮他们完成一项暗杀任务,不愿意铤而走险的汤姆想到了乔纳森。 汤姆向乔纳森保证,如果后者能够代替他完成任务,那么汤姆的家庭将会得到一大笔的报酬,与此同时,汤姆贿赂了乔纳森的主治医师,两人合伙蒙骗了乔纳森,让他以为自己的病情发生了急速恶化。就这样,心中充满了痛苦和绝望的乔纳森走上了一条不归路,而看着乔纳森苦苦挣扎的模样,汤姆的心中竟然也产生了一种说不清道不明的情绪。
After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility’s supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers both the young and the old…
When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the latter will have to wait for five years until they can inherit the count's money. Very upsetting indeed, all the more as they are required to keep up the Kéraudren estate in the meantime. To collect money, nephews and nieces organize a Son et Lumière show at the manor while busily looking for the missing corpse. But, unexpectedly, they get killed in turns. Murders or accidents Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline and his cousin Edwige investigate and finally succeed in exposing the culprit. And, the count's body being found by chance, all goes back to normal.