课外辅导

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　西蒙（凯德·麦拉德 Kad Merad 饰）曾是一名非常有名的小提琴演奏家，对这项乐器充满了热情与喜爱，可是如今，他却现身巴黎的一所初中之中，成为了那里的一群六年级孩子们的小提琴老师。西蒙对待音乐的态度非常的严肃，他自己的个性也十分不苟言笑，因此无法和班上的孩子们打成一片，孩子们在调皮捣蛋的同时也非常惧怕这位老师。　　阿诺（艾尔弗雷德·雷利 Alfred Renely 饰）是一个非常害羞的男孩，和班上的其他孩子不同，他对待小提琴有着和西蒙一样的热爱。阿诺的憧憬渐渐点燃了西蒙内心里快要熄灭的火焰，在阿诺的影响下，西蒙找到了人生新的方向。

　　布雷克（克里斯托弗·阿波特 Christopher Abbott 饰）是一名住在旧金山的丈夫和父亲。当他自己的父亲失踪并被判定死亡之后，他继承了他位于俄勒冈州乡下偏远地区的童年老家。当他和他事业有成的女强人妻子夏莉特（朱莉娅·加纳 Julia Garner 饰）的婚姻逐渐走向破裂，布雷克就说服夏莉特带着他们年幼的女儿金洁（玛蒂尔达·弗 思 Matilda Firth 饰）一起离开城市，前往他的童年老家度假。　　但是当这一家人在深夜来到这座农舍时，他们突然遭到一只看不见的怪兽攻击，为了逃离危险，他们就躲进农舍里面，并且将所有入口封住，而那只怪兽则在外面徘徊。当他们惊惧地试图度过漫漫长夜时，布雷克却开始出现奇怪的举动，而且逐渐变成一种不知名的怪物，于是夏莉特就被迫必须决定：到底是屋内的恐怖更致命，还是外面的危险更可怕？

　　燥热枯燥的长途旅行，怪物卡车司机“锈钉”（肯·科齐格 Ken Kirzinger 饰）的血腥旅程仍未结束，17号公路上布满残肢断体，娱乐着他的邪恶趣味。某个平凡的路边小餐馆，奥斯汀（Gianpaolo Venuta 饰）、米克（Ben Hollingsworth 饰）、爱丽莎（Leela Savasta 饰）、鲍比（Jake Manley 饰）和茱尔（Kirsten Prout 饰）等五个准备参加公路汽车拉力赛的青年男女正在讨论行车路线，他们向邻桌打听17号公路存在与否，却得知了“屠杀小巷”的传言和警告。　　无所畏惧的年轻人当然不信这个邪，他们快意上路，并遭遇“锈钉”的卡车。年轻人仗着汽车性能的优势，恣意戏耍“锈钉”，但却惹到了一个绝不能随便招惹的恶魔……