خلاصه داستان : پس از فرار از پناهگاه دیوانه وار که در آن زندانی بود ، جری بلیک (تری اوکین) نقش یک مشاور ازدواج را بازی می کند و موفق می شود یک بیمار (مگ فاستر) و پسر کوچکش (جاناتان براندیس) را جلب کند....

"Stepfather" Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. With a future wife and new stepson who love him, Blake eliminates anyone who stands in his way to building the perfect family.

خلاصه داستان : در یک شهر کوچک در تنسی، یک مورخ چهار داستان ترسناک را برای یک خبرنگار تعریف می کند...

The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.