在这部浴血凶宅恐怖/悬疑片中,本片由一位探长调查一间明星失踪案开始，分别阐述了四段围绕在一间老屋的恐怖故事。第一个故事讲述了一对夫妇搬来这间老屋，丈夫是位恐怖小说家，没想到笔下创造的恐怖人物竟然出现在现实生活了；第二个故事讲了一个退休的经纪人搬来这间屋子住，偶然发现小镇上有间蜡像馆，里面有一个叫“莎乐美”的蜡像有着动人的美貌，让他无法忘记，可是事情却越来越离奇；第三个故事讲了一位父亲带着女儿来到老屋，父亲请来了一位女家教教导女儿学习，后来女家教发现女儿和父亲各有蹊跷；第四个故事讲的是一个准备拍摄吸血鬼电影的明星搬来老屋，因为拍摄现场需要吸血鬼斗篷，他来到一家神秘的商店买了一件古老的斗篷，结果让他变成真正的吸血鬼。
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house and its tragic previous tenants: 1) A hack novelist encounters a strangler who's the villain of his books, leading his wife to question his sanity, 2) Two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woman from their past, 3) A little girl with a stern, widowed father displays an interest in witchcraft, and 4) An arrogant horror film actor purchases a black cloak which gives him a vampire's powers.
