In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 1800s, the townsfolk talk quietly and restrain their movements lest they incur avalanches. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother (an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers) and Klara's attraction to her father (who lusts after his other...。美国内布拉斯加州的玉米田,有位农夫厄尔给奇某日突然暴毙,他的儿子书亚和养子埃利于是被送芝加哥市的波特夫妇家中寄养。这一对农家兄弟开始在大都市上学,书亚很快便适应了新环境,并交了个女友玛莉亚,但埃利却开始影响他的同学,使所有的同学被他洗脑。很快地,举凡对埃利造成阻碍的成人,包括波特太太和校长诺伦神父,相继暴毙身亡,在一片混乱中,唯一保持清醒的只有书亚,他看清了埃利的狰狞面目,并在埃利想利用一种特别的玉米征服世界之前出面阻止,他能否制服这恶魔化身的弟弟?。