In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz, wakes up old conflicts, and sets off new emotional storms.
One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.
女歌星斯凯·莱利(娜奥米·斯科特 Naomi Scott 饰)因背痛去朋友家取药,却目睹朋友残忍自杀。几天后,各种奇怪诡异的现象让斯凯大大发疯,身边的亲朋好友都莫名对着她诡异微笑。一天一天过去,斯凯才知道自己传染了微笑诅咒,而受害者没有一位活过一周的,斯凯只能向假死医师莫里斯(彼得·雅各布森 Peter Jacobson 饰)求助……