Skupinka študentov by sa rada stala súčasťou bratstva Alpha Sigma Rho. Aby sa tak stalo, musia sa podrobiť jednej skúške - stráviť noc v starom opustenom sídle, o ktorom koluje množstvo pochmúrnych legiend. Garth Manor, ako sa to sídlo volá, sa stal pred 12 rokmi svedkom brutálnej vraždy rodiny, ktorá ho obývala. Hovorí sa, že jeden z členov rodiny to prežil a dodnes sa skrýva v dome. Vyzerá to tak, že na dnešnú noc sa len tak skoro nezabudne...

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.

A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.