本片分为5个故事：《索命棕榈祭》为了逃避法律责任，母亲将儿子送到偏远的寺庙当苦行僧少年跟随师傅们来到一个山村，师傅向其讲述了当地用棕榈祭台祭祀饿鬼的风俗。少年本不以为然，最终却发现师傅言之凿凿；《同房鬼病人》青年因车祸骨折，不得已被安置在一间多人病房养伤。不过病房内只有两人，除他之外还有一个脑死亡的老人。夜幕降临，老人竟然起身向青年袭来；《亡命背包客》一对来自日本的青春男女行至泰国境内，他们拦下一...

Set in the deep freeze of a northern Michigan winter, when a group of college students volunteer to assist their psychology professor with his research, their weekend retreat turns into a nightmare....