Victor, an unemployed film director, his wife just died and left him a 9-year-old son. The difficulties depressed him so much and he became a drunk. The alcoholism was the only way to allow him to escape into the LaLaLand, the drunken illusions had become so real that he evolved into a great dreamer, telling wonderful stories to his son. His drunkenness also made him a would-be director who thought he himself actually directed those fantastic stories he told his son.
莉比（艾什莉·贾德 Ashley Judd 饰）和丈夫尼克（布鲁斯·格林伍德 Bruce Greenwood 饰）之间的感情十分要好，两人共同养育乖巧可爱的儿子马蒂（本杰明·韦弗 Benjamin Weaver 饰），幸福生活堪称典范。可是，在忽然之间，尼克神秘失踪留下大量血迹，莉比则沦为嫌犯最终锒铛入狱。莉比将马蒂托付给了好友安吉（安娜贝丝·吉什 Annabeth Gish 饰），自己则在狱友玛格丽特（罗马·玛菲娅 Roma Maffia 饰）和伊芙琳（达文尼亚·麦克法登 Davenia McFadden 饰）的帮助下为了洗清罪名而做着不断的努力。 一晃眼六年过去，塔维斯警官（汤米·李·琼斯 Tommy Lee Jones 饰）成为了获得了假释的莉比的监护人，而此时的莉比发现，尼克不仅没有死亡，甚至改头换面带着儿子和安吉过着隐姓埋名的生活。经历了双重背叛的莉比决定反击，而尼克也绝不会坐以待毙，一场充满了阴谋与危险的恶战即将拉开帷幕。
供职于某银行信贷机构的美丽女孩克莉丝蒂安（艾莉森•洛曼 Alison Lohman 饰）经过多年的努力，事业终于有所起色；她和男友克雷（Justin Long 饰）的恋情虽遭对方母亲的反对，却也是情投意合，顺风顺水。可是，一场无妄之灾将她的人生推向谷底。 住在布雷顿大街的吉普赛老妇人希尔维娅•加纳什（Lorna Raver 饰）因医疗纠纷面临房产被收回的困境，克莉丝蒂安同情她的遭遇，无奈规定所限无能为力。愤怒至极的加纳什迁怒于无辜的克莉丝蒂安，两人在车库中发生激烈搏斗，加纳什更向对方落下无情诅咒。在接下来的日子里，克莉丝蒂安遭遇诸多恐怖和离奇的事件。她决定拜访加纳什解决这一切，却发现老妇人已经去世。而魔鬼黑山羊的诅咒仍在继续……
