为了逃离令人窒息的繁忙生活，库珀（丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）带着妻子利尔（莎朗·斯通 Sharon Stone 饰）从车水马龙的繁华大都市搬到了人烟稀少的纽约州郊外，在那里，他们入住了冷川庄园。曾经，这里被装潢的富丽堂皇，各路名流出入其间，好不热闹。可随着时间的推移，庄园因为无人修缮而渐渐荒芜。 库珀和利尔相信，通过他们不懈的努力能够使庄园恢复往昔的荣光，与此同时，夫妻两人亦发现，他们的邻居幸运的是好相处的那种人。戴尔（斯蒂芬·多尔夫 Stephen Dorff 饰）是庄园原来的主人，出狱后，他回到了这片本该属于他的土地。表面上，戴尔答应帮助库珀和利尔修整庄园，但内心里，他还有这另外的盘算。
Every year, a family home is turned into a haunted house. The purpose is not only to be as terrifying as possible, but also to create a spectacular attraction to draw the neighbours in. In response to some criticism, the father commits irreparable damage.
A roughneck commits a hasty and brutal crime after discovering his scumbag brother is planning to run off with his cheating wife, completely upending the only life he's ever known.
