Robert and Taylor Usher expect to be happy in their new house in Northridge, California where years ago, murder and mutilations destroyed the former residents. It doesn't matter to the Ushers, until those who caused the deaths come back, those that live in the earth, those that need, those that are not human. The Ushers new house stands between them and what they must have.
If you were a brilliant geneticist, working on a secret government genetic engineering project, and your fiancee dumped you because your sperm were not viable, what would you do to resolve your mid-life crisis? Dr. Gino Conti creates his own son by combining reptilian and human DNA, but discovers fatherhood an extraordinary challenge when his son's anger management issues include eating people.
Em 1898, no Sudão, Harry Faversham (Heath Ledger) inesperadamente pede baixa de seu posto no exército britânico, pouco antes de uma importante batalha contra os rebeldes locais. Por sua atitude sua noiva Ethne Eustace (Kate Hudson) e seus três melhores amigos entregam a Harry uma pena branca cada, símbolo do que acreditam ter sido uma atitude covarde. Decidido a reconquistar a confiança perdida, Harry decide partir para o Sudão após saber que Jack Durrance (Wes Bentley), seu melhor amigo, está em apuros.
The gates of Heaven & Hell have been broken and the afterlife is in ruins. One group of new arrivals must find a way to put things right to prevent an eternal battle between good & evil.