美国内布拉斯加州的玉米田，有位农夫厄尔给奇某日突然暴毙，他的儿子书亚和养子埃利于是被送芝加哥市的波特夫妇家中寄养。这一对农家兄弟开始在大都市上学，书亚很快便适应了新环境，并交了个女友玛莉亚，但埃利却开始影响他的同学，使所有的同学被他洗脑。很快地，举凡对埃利造成阻碍的成人，包括波特太太和校长诺伦神父，相继暴毙身亡，在一片混乱中，唯一保持清醒的只有书亚，他看清了埃利的狰狞面目，并在埃利想利用一种特别的玉米征服世界之前出面阻止，他能否制服这恶魔化身的弟弟？
长久以来，宫本明（石黑英雄 饰）都生活在哥哥笃（渡边大 饰）的阴影之中，笃不仅长相英俊而且品学兼优，和深得家人喜爱的笃相比，整日无所事事不学无术的明简直就像是跳梁小丑。然而，就在某一天，完美的笃突然失踪从此了无音信，这场意外并没有将明从压力中解放出来，反而令他坠入了更深的黑暗之中。 一次偶然中，一位名叫青山冷（水川麻美 饰）的神秘美女找到了明，她不仅持有笃的驾照，更告诉明，她知道笃的下落。就这样，在青山冷的指引下，明和自己的一帮朋友们踏上了彼岸岛的土地之上，让他们没有想到的是，等待着他们的，竟然是可怕的吸血鬼，以及无穷无尽的死亡与痛苦。
Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals. "King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation. From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film. The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge. The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king. Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.
本作は2ちゃんねる?オカルト板のスレッド「死ぬ程洒落にならない怖い話を集めてみない？」で語られた都市伝説の1つを映画化するもの。辺鄙な山道でヒッチハイクをしたばかりに狂気の一家に追われる若者たちの末路が描かれる。
当前共同主持人杰克·埃弗雷特（JakeEverett）回到广受欢迎的电视早间节目主持人娜奥米·斯宾塞（Naomi Spencer）的职业生活中时，该节目的成功突飞猛进，但娜奥米的个人生活开始崩溃。
医生路易斯（Dale Midkiff 饰）因工作关系，携妻子瑞秋（Denise Crosby 饰）、女儿艾莉和儿子普吉离开芝加哥搬到了某小镇中，新家近傍公路，屋后有一条蜿蜒小路。邻居杰德（Fred Gwynne 饰）老人介绍小路通往宠物坟场，那里埋着多年来死在公路上的动物们。第一天上班，路易斯就遭遇了一位重伤死亡的患者，他仿佛看到死者对他说话，对方声称为了感谢他的救助，将阻止他接近鬼魂。不久，儿女的猫被车撞死，杰德带领路易斯将猫埋葬在山上的印第安坟场，而猫竟然复活了，担心女儿伤心的路易斯松了一口气，但复活的猫咪变得异常暴力与恶臭。数天后，小儿子不幸被车撞死，伤心欲绝的路易斯想把儿子的尸体埋入印第安坟场……
新年前夕，威德（Mark Wilson 马克•威尔森 饰）、罗伯特（Pascal Langdale 帕斯科•兰格戴尔 饰）、妮可（Julia Ballard 朱丽娅•贝拉德 饰）等五个互不相识的人相继收到神秘的邀请函，邀请他们参加一个派对，派对地点在一座大厦27层顶楼上。 然而令他们奇怪的是，派对房间被装饰成儿童的派对，每个人都有对应的座位：猪、失败者、双面人、没心肠和情人男孩。是有人恶作剧？还是某种主体派对？正当他们困惑不解之时，危及扑面袭来，一场派对变成了残酷无情的狩猎游戏……
故事發生在冰島的房地產狂熱時期，一位加拿大籍的醫學生從患有思覺失調的外婆那裡繼承了一棟老房子。許多房地產開發商都催促她賣掉房子，她收到一條神秘的消息，迫使她調查家族秘辛。她發現了一段隱藏許久的家庭悲劇，外婆的死也存在諸多疑點，但她不知道自己正惹禍上身。
