After suffering a stroke, Judith Albright moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents. In order to escape, she'll need to convince everyone around her that she doesn't actually belong there after all....
'Villisca' is a ghost story set in the actual house of the notorious and still unsolved 1912 ax murders. Three outcast teenagers break into the house in search of answers, but discover something far beyond their worst fears....
作为一个电影公司的制片人，Griffin Mill（蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰）每天要从无数的剧本里面挑选极少的几部拍成电影。他最近的日子不太好过，先是Larry Levy（彼得·盖勒 Peter Gallagher饰）和他竞争日益激烈，然后又是不断收到匿名的恐吓信，让他忐忑不安。他怀疑是某个被他拒绝了的编剧所为。他把怀疑集中到一个叫David Kahane的编剧身上，于是他在电影院找到David并和他一起来到酒吧。后来两人竟争吵起来，在停车场甚至发展成打斗。在打斗中，David不慎摔下下水道身亡，Griffin只能将其伪装成是被抢劫身亡的样子。作为最后一个见到David的人，Griffin成了警方的嫌疑人，更让他恐惧的是，他还是收到匿名的恐吓信，甚至在他的车上发现了一条蛇......接下来，Griffin该怎么玩这个游戏？...
