On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and goes through a radical metamorphosis. As several classmates go missing, a bloody coming-of-age story takes its course.
路易斯带著一家人从城市迁居到缅因州的乡间小镇开始，由于家门前经常有卡车飞驰，附近的宠物常遭遇被碾死的悲剧，然后被葬在附近的印第安墓园。而这座墓园也因此被称作宠物坟场。不幸的是，路易斯·克里兹的爱女也惨死车轮之下，同样被葬在宠物坟场，他的亡魂却被起死回生成为恐怖的杀人魔，宁静的小镇不再宁静。
一位医生拥有一具叫做品，皮肤薄如蝉翼，可以看清楚肌肉与器官的栩栩如生的假人。借助腹语，品可以用通俗易懂的方式向孩子们讲述身体的构造与运作机制。医生夫妇在车祸中死后，他的儿子李昂将他假想种的密友转移到了品的身上。他开始以品为借口用各种极端的方式过分地保护他的妹妹乌苏拉，让她远离爱慕者。
Single mother Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin's aggressive behaviour, she visits his late father's estranged family in small-town Luxembourg, which hides a much darker nature. When she realizes that Martin could become like them, Elaine is forced into a desperate fight for her son's future.
