A skateboarder investigating the mysterious death of his roommate is led into the inner workings of a self-help company, and the pharmaceutical lab behind it.
When their mother is hospitalized in a car accident, Pim and Putt suddenly discover that they have a set of grandparents they've never known about. But a terrifying truth has long been hidden within the walls of their grandparents’ house, a truth that gradually reveals itself to Pim and Putt through a mystical hole, unleashing hair-raising horror on their family.
In the suburban neighborhood of Mumbai, a wall separates the haves and the have-nots. Sudhir and Seema, a newly married middle class couple, live a life without hardship while Vishwas, a slum dweller, dreams of dignity for his people. Their lives collide as post nightfall the town fills up with ominous cries and moans that don't belong to people - they belong to zombies .
多比斯(罗宾·威廉斯 Robin Williams)主持的脱口秀节目非常犀利,能旁征博引言辞刺骨地把美国总统们讽刺一番,把听众乐得心花怒放。甚至有听众建议他不如参选总统,一展身手。
多比斯的参选让他成为了草根阶层的代表,自然也获得了民众的大量支持。而且,多比斯拥有的杰出口才更是在辩论赛中占尽优势,令他在众多候选人中显得卓越不凡。大选结果让多比斯大为振奋——无背景无资历的他竟然以超过半数德票选获得总统之位。
选举期间,统计票数的程序员埃莉诺(劳拉·琳妮 Laura Linney)让多比斯暗暗动心。正是这个姑娘,在关键时刻发现统计系统出错,选举结果其实源于一个BUG……
查理·克劳(达拉斯·罗伯茨 Dallas Roberts 饰)是一档电台深夜节目的主持人,长久以来他的事业和生活水平持续走低,节目收听率不升反降,面临被砍掉的危险;生活上他业已离异,与前妻、儿子的关系势同水火。某晚,查理接听了名叫杰夫的17岁少年的电话,少年声称正被神秘的影子人所困扰,精神几近崩溃,此后还给查理寄送了相关医学实验的资料。虽然查理将其当作少年无聊的恶作剧,但是杰夫在连线过程中举枪自杀还是在社会上引起了不小的震动。蒙受公众作秀指责的查理,为了挽救收听率不得不按照制作人的指示对此事进行跟踪调查。在此过程中,曾与之有过一面之缘的年轻女性意外死亡,令其受到极大的触动。
越来越多影子人的目击者发表声明,一系列秘密进行长达三十年的实验悄悄揭开神秘面纱……