这部姬情恐怖喜剧是一个关于依赖共生关系的寓言：玛雅曾经是一个演员，现在靠在当地购物中心和图书馆重演她以前的一个角色为生。一天，她与来自伦敦的犹太裔年轻学者莉亚一见钟情。当莉亚突然患上癫痫、身体越发衰弱，玛雅决定跟随女友回到伦敦。莉亚的母亲查娜刚好住在她们楼下，她是一个霸道而神秘的女人，玛雅试图和她搞好关系，但不见成效。随着玛雅注意到楼里出现的奇怪现象，她怀疑查娜的秘密可能比预想的要黑暗得多——而她最爱的莉亚可能正背负着最大的秘密。

　　Maja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short – and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. There, she meets her new downstairs neighbour: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing and secretive woman, Chana seems to be able to resist all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she starts to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker than first anticipated – and that the woman she loves might be harbouring the biggest secret of all…

提托是个害羞的十岁男孩，和母亲住在一起。突然间，一种闻所未闻的流行病开始蔓延——人们只要感到恐惧，就会生病。疫情蔓延全城，社会陷入恐慌之中，传染病愈发肆虐。提托很快发现这种病的治疗方法与他失踪的父亲对鸟叫声的研究有关。他和朋友们——坚强无畏的莎拉、朴实而谦逊的布伊、傲慢却乐于助人的富家子弟提奥以及他的跟班——开始了一段拯救世界的旅程。提托对于解药的研究过程也是寻找失踪的父亲和个人身份的过程，而提托与朋友、家人及对手之间的关系也是影片中的吸睛之处。