在这部吊人树追缉令惊悚片中,女精神病医师发现自己屋内吊着一具尸体，侦探尼克和助手对此案进行调查。其后，一起起与精神病院病人有关的行凶案屡屡发生，尼克发现电脑上有一个“吊死鬼”的猜字谜游戏，并且发现该游戏与杀人案有很大的关系。一个连续谋杀的凶手开始和当地警察玩起了全真吊死鬼游戏，在血泊中出现了凶手，还有显然是想作为和时间的二部曲竞争的杀害录像，真凶出现了，谁也想象不到的结局……
Death by noose. A nasty way to die if you're not dropped from a length, but instead just had the support kicked from beneath you. A series of murders like this is taking place, linked to a net-based game of 'Hangman', the words of which are linked somehow. Detective Roos (LDP) is on the case. He finds himself drawn to Grace Mitchell (Madchen Amick), who is somehow connected to all of the victims. Hangman is a story of pure vengeance, against everyone who burdened the killer's mind.
