Forfatterspiren, Jack, og hans familie passer et elegant, men mørkt hotell over vinteren. Kort tid etter at de ankommer begynner hotellet å utøve sin ondskapsfulle kraft.

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Josef finds a propeller hat and does everything he can to be able to fly with it. That's roughly the short film narrative of film student Claudius, who does everything in his power to finally shoot his graduation film. But making films isn't that easy, not to mention flying.