Právnik Peter Banning má na svoju rodinu málo času. Prešvihne dokonca aj dôležitý baseballový zápas svojho syna. Na prehováranie svojej ženy Moiry si vezme pár dní voľna a odletí s rodinou do Londýna, navštíviť babičku Wendy. Petrove deti Jack a Maggie sú unesené pirátskym kapitánom Hookom do krajiny Nekrajiny. Peter cíti, že prišiel o deti preto, že ich zanedbával, ale nevie čo má robiť. V noci ho navštívi malá víla a pripomenie mu, že ako malý chlapec býval Petrom Panom a viedol v krajine Nekrajine partiu stratených chlapcov. Dokázal vtedy v súboji poraziť zlého kapitána Hooka. Víla Petra odnesie do krajiny Nekrajiny. Stratení chlapci ho nespoznávajú, rovnako ako jeho vlastné deti, ktoré podľahli čaru kapitána Hooka. Peter sa snaží rozpomenúť na svoje detstvo a znovu nájsť stratenú schopnosť lietať. Hook mu na to dáva tri dni. Potom s ním vybojuje rozhodujúci duel.
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance.
Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.
Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
A disturbed boy kills his father with his farm tractor and his arm is mangled in the process. He's taken to a mental hospital where he's outfitted with a hook to replace his lost hand and, years later, he's eventually released from the asylum. He returns home to find his mother has remarried, which sets him off on a murderous rampage.
A grizzled derelict tells a quartet of horror tales to a trio of young campers.