在第一次圣餐庆祝活动结束后，一个被监管的自由骗子在他的小女儿死于车祸后开始了血腥的复仇之路。

影片将通过展现海地女孩Clairvius Narcisse的个人命运，来探讨民族与幻想的边界。Narcisse是伏都教法术的牺牲品，巫术将她变成了僵尸。时间线将在1962年的海地与现代法国巴黎之间跳跃，而故事则围绕着15岁的Narcisse，和她身为巫毒女祭司的姨母之间进行。

创作进入瓶颈的知名作家杰克（爱德华·福隆 ?Edward Furlong 饰），为了写出足够恫吓人心的恐怖之作，在经纪人的安排下来到了冰天雪地的山区。单亲妈妈佩妮（克莉丝汀·布丝 Kristin Booth 饰）带着儿子科尔接到了杰克，并将其带回丈夫曾经经营的屠宰场。佩妮风趣幽默，屠宰场内的摆设也足够阴森。谁知刚刚还有说有笑的佩妮，突然一转身将杰克锁在屠宰室内，声称是受经纪人所托，要在接下来的五天内逼迫杰克写出合格出色的剧本。　　郁闷的编剧身不由己，只得就地取材，将所处的环境和遇到的人和事编入故事中。创作似乎有条不紊地进行着，但意想不到的是也即将发生……

影片改编自著名惊悚小说作家斯蒂芬·金的同名小说。泰德（蒂莫西·赫顿 Timothy Hutton 饰）是一位小说作家，曾经，他以乔治史塔克为笔名所创作的恐怖小说让他获得了读者的认同和喜爱。如今，对一切渐渐感到厌倦的泰德决定不再拿乔治史塔克当做挡箭牌，他要用自己的真名写作，为此，他甚至为乔治史塔克准备了一座空坟墓，举行了一场虚构的葬礼。　　然而，也就是从这一天开始，小镇上接连发生了多起凶残的凶杀案，而凶案现场上，居然遍布着泰德的指纹。周围发生的一切让泰德开始怀疑，此事和乔治史塔克有着千丝万缕的关联，然而，乔治史塔克，一个笔名，真的能够犯下这些恐怖的罪行吗？

When Dylan Wilson purchases a collection of seven paintings to hang in his wealthy estate, he has no idea what horrors he has unleashed for himself, his wife; Gina, his college son; Louis, his teen-age daughter; Donna, and his two little kids. Only Father Mendale knows what evils lurk inside this deadly art and the history of Dorian Wilde; the artist who made a pact with dark forces when he created these paintings that represent the seven deadly sins. Now, anyone who comes in contact with these pictures are corrupted by Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, Envy, and Wrath. It's up to Father Mendale and Louis' girlfriend; Kim to save Dylan and his family before they are all destroyed by the Art of the Dead.