17岁的苍井空在一家夜总会当女招待，为了挣房租，养活她的小男孩和他懒惰的父亲，他的父亲对打妻子毫无顾忌。然而，现实要变得多么黑暗，才会扼杀透进来的希望之光?
An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.
Two estranged brothers come together and discover old family secrets after inheriting their grandfather's property. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by a creature lurking in the shadows.
母亲即将出狱的消息让莱姆（马丁·康普斯顿 Martin Compston 饰）的心中充满了喜悦，因为他明白，母亲是无辜的，她惨遭牢狱之灾只是为了替她那混蛋男友斯坦（Gary McCormack 饰）顶罪。在母亲出狱之前，莱姆还有好多事情要忙，他希望母亲能真正的获得自由，这意味着她必须远离一切可能将她拉下水的人，其中包括斯坦和莱姆的祖父。 在莱姆的计划中，他将带着母亲前往农村开始新的生活，但这已计划若想成功，钱是不可缺少的重大前提。就这样，莱姆和小伙伴们开始变着法子赚钱，甚至涉及到了一些非法交易，在不知不觉间，一心向钱的莱姆突然发现，自己已经陷入了麻烦之中无法自拔。
大户人家的大少奶奶的陪嫁丫鬟上吊死了，夜半歌声吓坏一大宅子的人，还把大小姐给吓坏了，从此不言语，一日家里来了美术老师，彻查此案，发现疑点重重，嫌疑人一个接一个，但是都没能找出真凶...
