在艾尔摩街的噩梦

　　年轻的孕妇露丝逃脱了凶残的儿童邪教。在接下来的十年里，她匿名生活，试图使儿子免遭她小时候所经历的恐怖，但有邪恶跟着她，现在，她必须面对邪恶，或者失去孩子……

　　圣诞前夜，虽然家人热切地期盼，但美丽干练的女律师安吉拉（瑞秋·尼科尔斯Rachel Nichols 饰）仍在办公室努力工作，进行最后的冲刺。繁冗的工作终至尾声，安吉拉独自下到地下车库，准备驱车回家。不过她的车无论如何也发动不了，车库电梯门也被锁住，于是她只好向保安托马斯（韦斯·本特利 Wes Bentley 饰）求助。托马斯友善恭敬，热情施以援手，却不知其心中藏着怎样的黑暗念头。　　写字楼大门紧锁，致使准备乘计程车回家的安吉拉在此返回保安室求助托马斯。时机业已成熟，托马斯露出狰狞面目，他绑架了安吉拉，强迫她参加自己的圣诞晚宴。这个爱慕安吉拉的小男人，给安吉拉带来一个宛如噩梦般的圣诞节……

　　Sheila Hood is an ex-cop whose marriage is on the rocks. Rather than confronting her husband about an affair, she hides surveillance cameras in her home and watches his transgressions, becoming a voyeur of her own life. Her husband, Tom Kale, is an ornithologist who begins an affair with an ex-girlfriend, Merle James, whose beauty and fragility echoes that of the birds he studies. Ray Starling, the charismatic owner of a boutique hotel, is Merle’s lover, and has dealings with her father, Mr James, a powerful oil baron who operates in the shadows but whose influence touches the whole city. Merle’s younger sister, Hazel, is also drawn to Tom, but trapped in Starling’s web of power. Calvin is an cop whose loyalty to his ex partner, Hood, is tested when mounting evidence from her own surveillance tapes connects her and Tom to Starling’s murder, and perhaps even Merle’s mysterious death.

　　故事发生在英格兰北部的纽卡斯尔，因为遭遇了次贷危机，瑞奇（克里斯·希钦 Kris Hitchen 饰）不仅丢掉了工作，还背负上了巨额的债务。为了维持生计，瑞奇贷款买了一辆小货车，准备靠送货来开启事业的第二春，哪知道他这一没有经过思考的举动给整个家庭都带来了无法挽回的伤害 。　　瑞奇的妻子艾比（黛比·哈尼伍德 Debbie Honeywood 饰）是一名家政工，专门为残疾人和老人服务，如今，她不得不依靠公交车往返于不同的雇主家中，这令她感到非常的疲惫。为了偿还货车的贷款，瑞奇不得不将更多的时间花费在工作上，这令他们的大儿子塞布（瑞斯·斯通 Rhys Stone 饰）感到备受冷落。