In a sleepy southern town, the Larkin family suffers a terrible tragedy. Now the Larkin's are about to endure another: Traffic lights blink an eerie warning, a ghostly visage prowls in the streets, and graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror . . . And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form to seek a terrible vengeance . . .

Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?

A mother surprises her kids with a trip to the place she wants to be buried. When they get there, the kids disagree with her decision.

阿德和西蒙是死党，两个酒鬼终日无所事事，只为喝个烂醉，找个女人。阿德靠失业救济金过活，住在她姐姐家旁的拖车里；西蒙是个冷冻渔场的夜班工，他们都不敏感，不再年轻也不英俊。然而他们的冷漠却使他们的这种生活饶有乐趣，找个女人在海滩上胡搞，当着妓女弟弟的面和她上床，而西蒙一生的至爱确是一具他偷来的女尸……

布商赵得鑫穿过古墓时与阴间的书生秦秋帆和少女华红玉相逢。秋帆曾在上京途中被强盗杀死，抛尸在红玉墓地里。红玉的继母之侄王晋卿曾逼红玉下嫁，红玉不堪威迫上吊自杀。后王晋卿强占人妻被杀，到阴间仍不放过红玉。秋帆、红玉彼此相爱，却因没有阳间的婚姻证据而不能在阴间结为夫妻。秋帆将婚牒和两锭银子交与得鑫，请他在婚牒上签名后拿到城隍庙火化，并买口棺材将自己与红玉合葬。得鑫赌博输了银子，银子却变成了纸做的，赌徒将他告上州衙，几名赌徒却是当年杀死秋帆的强盗……

布商赵得鑫穿过古墓时与阴间的书生秦秋帆和少女华红玉相逢。秋帆曾在上京途中被强盗杀死，抛尸在红玉墓地里。红玉的继母之侄王晋卿曾逼红玉下嫁，红玉不堪威迫上吊自杀。后王晋卿强占人妻被杀，到阴间仍不放过红玉。秋帆、红玉彼此相爱，却因没有阳间的婚姻证据而不能在阴间结为夫妻。秋帆将婚牒和两锭银子交与得鑫，请他在婚牒上签名后拿到城隍庙火化，并买口棺材将自己与红玉合葬。得鑫赌博输了银子，银子却变成了纸做的，赌徒将他告上州衙，几名赌徒却是当年杀死秋帆的强盗……

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

In the 1910s, journalist Arvid Stjärnblom and painter's daughter Lydia Stille fall in love with each other.