故事發生在塞內加爾的大型建筑工地附近，晚上工人們與一名男子發生了沖突，男子的哥哥在工地因工傷喪生。

　　As bacteriologist Lena (38) drives past a burning car, she hears a scream of a dying woman. Lena does not tell her boyfriend how much the incident distresses her, just as she does not talk about the stillbirth she recently had. Instead, she throws herself into her work, intrudes into the life of the deceased, begins an affair with the widower and gradually takes on the role of mother to their son. Her persistent insomnia causes her to lose control between dreams and reality. Finally she accepts the help of a whisperer and then finds her own way to cope with her loss

　　萬圣節前一天，五名狂歡節員工被綁架挾持到一個稱為“肅殺世界”的孤立院子。在萬圣節時，他們會被扔進一個名叫“31”的虐待狂的游戲中，他們將面對一群穿得像小丑一樣的瘋子。然而，小丑并不是唯一需要擔心的，一個更宏大的邪教儀式和更殘酷的陰謀將被喚醒......

　　A journalist who writes about a notorious serial killer, Finster, leaves the city for a more peaceful life but soon learns violence has no boundaries.