一艘在深海被困的潜艇上突然出现一名神秘樵夫，而这艘潜艇带着不稳定的货物，已经被困在水下好几个月了。随着陷入恐惧的船员们穿过遇难船的走廊，发现自己正在接近最黑暗的恐惧的源头。

世界七大经济强权领袖齐聚一堂，准备召开闭门会议，为应对全球危机起草联合宣言。没想到正事还没谈上几句，七人就在迷雾笼罩的森林中迷失了方向。随着夜幕降临，不明声响、诡异影动，让平时冷静从容、优雅有礼的领袖们渐渐失去理智。当他们在森林深处撞见令人瞠目结舌的怪奇景象，如何全身而退成为这群人唯一重要的课题⋯⋯

根据导演自述本片是最“自传的”的作品。影片背景是20世纪30年代，人物包括温尼伯曲棍球队中一群好色淫荡的队员，另外还有一间“美容堕胎沙龙”里的雇员。曲棍球员盖尔神魂颠倒地迷上了拥有美貌的梅塔和她的母亲。梅塔一开始压抑着盖尔的情欲，直到一位医生将梅塔死去父亲的双手移植到盖尔手臂上，他的激情才得以...

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 daughter), leading to duels and suicidal plunges galore. All this is shot in the style of an early German sonal film, complete with intertitles, crackly sound-track and 'hand-tinted' colour effects.- Written by Michael Brooke