剧集聚焦扎克瑞·昆图饰演的查理·曼克斯——一个食用小孩子的生命气息来保持青春的超自然人物，在食用了孩子们的生气后，曼克斯把他们的身体储存在“圣诞乐园”。这是地个冰冷、扭曲、曼克斯想象中的圣诞村庄，在那里，每天都是圣诞节，不快乐是违法的，而孩子们渐渐变成食尸鬼一般的存在。艾什利·康宁斯(《费雪小姐探案集》《金翅雀》)饰演女主——一位来自新英格兰的少女维克·麦昆，她的出现威胁了曼克斯的整个世界。
James Bellamy has started his new job in the City but he is feeling out of sorts and is completely bored. He's also broken off his engagement with Phyllis. Lady Marjorie is planning a trip that a trip to New York to see Elizabeth and then on to Canada. Richard Bellamy is busy writing a biography of his father-in-law Lord Southwold and has engaged a pretty young typist, Miss Forrest, prepare his manuscript. When Miss Forrest comes to work on a Saturday, James orders lunch for both of them in the dining room that leads to a major confrontation with Hudson over whether wine should be served. James is trying to impress the young woman by playing master of the house - his parents are away for the weekend - while Hudson feels it is his role to ensure the rules of the house are followed when the master is away. A humiliated Hudson feels he has been put in an impossible situation and given the lack of proper standards, feels he must resign. Darker clouds lie ahead for everyone, however. Written by garykmcd
While recovering from a severe injury, Wisting receives an anonymous letter. The cryptic content leads Wisting to suspect a possible injustice in an old murder case where a 17-year-old girl was killed, and her ex-boyfriend was convicted
AMC的在线台Shudder拿下电影改编剧《鬼作秀 Creepshow》，这部剧改编自Stephen King执笔﹑George Romero执导的同名诗选恐怖电影，而剧集版将由George Romero负责。 电影《鬼作秀》分成六个恐怖故事，其后来还出了两部续集及衍生漫画。
不甘成为只靠掠夺和狡猾诡计讨生活的女流之辈。她，要成为传奇。
