Gabriel Higgs has failed to get into Johns Hopkins to study medicine. He's sixth on a list of backup candidates, and must persuade the five people ahead of him to drop out. Gabriel has a family tradition to live up to. Things don't go to plan.

A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.

A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.