When a nuclear device causes an electromagnetic pulse that kills power to more than 200 million people, a teenage girl must help lead her family to survival in a dark new world.

影片分为两个故事，全部根据爱伦•坡的小说改编。杰西卡（AdrienneBarbeau饰）的丈夫厄尼斯特（BingoO’Malley饰）病入膏肓，精神病医生罗伯特（RamyZada饰）与杰西卡有染。两人合伙撺掇厄尼斯特将数百万遗产留给妻子。这对男女最终如愿…