1989年，位于宾夕法尼亚州的东部矿区麦诺斯维尔小镇，年仅6岁的小男孩马丁·布里斯托尔（蔡斯·佩哈切克 Chase Pechacek 饰）被人绑架。在此后的5年里，马丁身在何处？又经历了什么？无人知晓。 　　1994年的一天，父母双亡的少女艾莉森·米勒（亚历珊德拉·达达里奥 Alexandra Daddario 饰）随叔叔乔纳森（迈克尔·比恩 Michael Biehn 饰）搬到麦诺斯维尔居住。这个出身大城市的女孩渐渐适应了这个偏远乡间的生活，也结识了帅气的男孩威廉（诺兰·吉拉德·范克 Nolan Gerard Funk 饰）。但是新生活的阳光很快退去，那幢废弃的农舍引起了艾莉森注意。她不知道，失踪已久的马丁也在黑暗中注视着他，这个男孩过早地见识了事件最为残酷与血腥的一面……

法国青年克里斯（Fabian Wolfrom 饰），在他11岁时某个夜晚，哈雷彗星接近地球。似乎冥冥中有所感应，他的父母在当晚死于非命。此去经年，哈雷彗星再度接近地球，全世界人民寄予极大关注，各种或科学或玄学的猜测层出不穷，热议纷纷。对克里斯来说这颗星体的造访似乎没有什么特别的，但是他却发现周围人们的举止愈加怪异，人们越来越无法控制自己的情绪，各种暴力和暴动此起彼伏，在所谓的末日为降临前，众生已经陷入绝望的疯狂之中。 　　彗星莅临当晚，克里斯受邀参加一个狂欢派对。谁知未过多久场面便完全失控，各种嗜血恶徒出笼，展开末日杀戮……

Die Journalistin Norah will in Wien einen Neuanfang wagen. Eine Bettlerin sagt ihr voraus, dass sie in sechs Wochen einen Mann namens Arthur Grimm töten werde. Anfangs gibt Norah dem Vorfall keine Beachtung, doch dann passieren merkwürdige Dinge.

Relu is a family man. He has two children, a wife and a double life. Seen through the eyes of his family, Relu Oncescu appears to be an ordinary taxi driver. No one suspects that Relu works as a collector for Capitanu', a local mobster. Neither of the two worlds (his family and the mafia) knows of the other's existence. Relu manages to keep everything under control, but not for long. After accidentally killing a man, he tries to get out of the underworld, but he can't find his way back. Day by day, the secrets he keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface, one by one.

1999年，丹上了11年级，他转学到圣劳伦斯，一所全男生天主教学校。他的父亲因晚期脑癌正在附近的医院接受治疗；他母亲在他只有七岁的时候就去世了。丹与阿努拉克修士关系密切，阿努拉克修士是该校的院长，也是一名心理学家。阿努拉克修士试图治愈丹的睡眠瘫痪。在他的梦里，丹看到了一个让他窒息 的影子当他转移的时候会变得更糟。阿努拉克兄弟在梦中寻找意义；他认为丹对他父亲有某种情结。丹在第一天上班时引起了一阵恐慌，因为他选择了一个高年级学生Trin的座位，Trin一年前在学校后面的湖边神秘失踪。那张桌子没人敢坐，也没人敢扔。他认识了他的同学九和室友乔治，以及来参加年度演出的圣玛丽学校的学生查姆。随着他们四人的关系越来越密切，他们开始调查Trin的失踪，同时帮助Dan摆脱困扰他的阴影

Daniela is losing her hearing. Going deaf is one of her greatest fears. For a moment, reality takes the form of one of her darkest nightmares.

Les ombres ("Shadows") is set in a low rent apartment in Paris' suburb, and depicts the life of a working class family. Pierre, the father, pretends to believe in the love of his wife, who acts as she was a diva. Franck, the son, plays the rocker and escapes as often as possible from the family life. Only Nathalie, the younger one, brings balance into this breaking-down family, and puts life back into the surrounding shadows.

In Manila, a solitary man from a far-away province lives in poverty. The only thing he has is a camera, and he stays at churches hoping people will hire him to take their photographs. During one day, he has three encounters that change his life: the first, with a smooth-talking young man who's standing by the church door who berates him for wasting his life in church, the second with a boy who offers to take his picture, and the third with a Mercedes-driving man who's been stuck in traffic and has no patience left. Is there any deliverance from the soullessness of the city?

Les ombres ("Shadows") is set in a low rent apartment in Paris' suburb, and depicts the life of a working class family. Pierre, the father, pretends to believe in the love of his wife, who acts as she was a diva. Franck, the son, plays the rocker and escapes as often as possible from the family life. Only Nathalie, the younger one, brings balance into this breaking-down family, and puts life back into the surrounding shadows.

Relu is a family man. He has two children, a wife and a double life. Seen through the eyes of his family, Relu Oncescu appears to be an ordinary taxi driver. No one suspects that Relu works as a collector for Capitanu', a local mobster. Neither of the two worlds (his family and the mafia) knows of the other's existence. Relu manages to keep everything under control, but not for long. After accidentally killing a man, he tries to get out of the underworld, but he can't find his way back. Day by day, the secrets he keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface, one by one.