Three college students, Ryan, Jake, and Erica, set out to film a great horror movie for one of their class projects; but during filming, something goes terribly wrong and the students suddenly find themselves in their own worst nightmare. Some of the events are caught on tape by the camera that Jake continues to record with, a camera that is later retrieved by two detectives, Adams and Dalton. It's now a race against time, and the detectives must use the video to rescue the students. As the case goes deeper, the detectives eventually find themselves in the middle of a dense forest on the outskirts of town, and what they uncover is far worse than what they could have ever imagined
故事发生在车水马龙的繁华大都市阿姆斯特丹,运河之中接连浮现的尸体让市民们陷入了恐慌的情绪之中,种种蛛丝马迹显示,这是一起由同一人所犯下的连环杀人案。案件的负责人是艾里克警探(休伯·史塔普 Huub Stapel 饰),心中的正义感让他决心定要找出隐藏在幕后的凶手。
在朋友约翰(Wim Zomer 饰)的协助下,艾里克将怀疑的目标放在了当地的潜水员圈子之中,他也因此结识了美丽善良的劳拉(莫妮卡·梵·德·冯 Monique van de Ven 饰)。功夫不负有心人,随着调查的深入,嫌疑人的身影终于浮出了水面,然而,在艾里克逐渐接近真相的同时,危险也慢慢地来到了他的身后。
60年代末的美国,伴随着战争的残酷与遥远以至似乎不可相信的登月壮举,年轻人们寻找着自身与世界的呼应。在纽约州白湖临近的小镇上,犹太青年艾略特(Demetri Martin 饰)为了照顾吝啬的母亲,放弃纽约的设计师工作回家帮忙打理汽车旅馆的生意,为了改善举步维艰的经营,艾略特借自己当地商会会长的便利,筹备举办例行的音乐节活动。与此同时,第一次伍德斯托克音乐节由于原定举办地当地政府的反对宣告停滞,艾略特抓住这次机会,邀请主办方迁址自己家乡,当地居民对嬉皮士观众们可能造成的危害忧心忡忡,艾略特在发布会上放弃收取门票的宣言更让各地音乐爱好者蜂拥而至,观众人数达几十万之众,让举办地成为了陷入狂欢的独立共和国。随着音乐节的进行,艾略特一家的问题亦得到了缓解……
本片根据Elliot Tiber的回忆录改编。