妃耦的死给电视台王牌主播霍华德(彼得·芬奇 Peter Finch 饰)带来了沉重的冲击,使他堕进疾苦和哀痛中没法自拔。电视台决定解雇已经无苦处情的霍华德,霍华德的老同伙麦克斯(威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰)成为了传递这一凶讯的不二人选。得知本人行将被 解雇,为电视台做牛做马多年的霍华德很是愤慨,在第二天的节目上,他居然向观众们预…
事业有成、意气风发的史蒂文•弗瑞林(Craig T. Nelson 饰)带着妃耦戴安(JoBeth Williams 饰)和三个孩子搬进了加利福尼亚某郊外社区。但在进住不久,怪事便频仍产生。先是小女儿卡萝(Heather O'Rourke 饰)梦游,对着主动开启漫屏雪花的电视机自言自语。接着便又不明物体从电视机中飘出,莫名的地动,破碎的玻璃杯……云云各种,搅得弗瑞林…
A lawyer whose wife has had an affair sets out to leave her by flying to LA. He becomes ever more involved in the lives of a few fellow travelers on a journey that ends up showing him as much about himself as about the others.