Niekoľko rokov po občianskej vojne sa zasneženým kopcami Wyomingu rúti dostavník. Vezie sa v ňom John Ruth, lovec ľudí, známy aj ako „Kat“, a Daisy Domergueová. Jeho čaká odmena, vypísaná na jej hlavu, ju proces a slučka. Po ceste stretnú dvoch mužov - majora Marquisa Warrena, bývalého vojaka, z ktorého sa tiež stal obávaný lovec ľudí a Chrisa Mannixa, južanského odpadlíka, ktorý o sebe tvrdí, že je novým šerifom v meste, kam majú všetci namierené. Keď im silná víchrica zabráni pokračovať v ceste, rozhodnú sa hľadať útočisko v drevenici u Minnie, ktorá je obľúbenou zastávkou dostavníkov. Vo dverách ich však nevíta majiteľka, ale niekoľko cudzincov, ktorí sa rozhodne netvária prívetivo. Nad horským priesmykom zúri snehová búrka a ôsmi pocestní začínajú tušiť, že do mesta sa nakoniec asi nedostanú...
Príbeh sa začína v bohom zabudnutej osade, kde žijú dvaja starí čudáci, ktorí si radi uhnú a majú veľmi radi kapustovú polievku. Ich život plynie nezmeneným tempom až do chvíle, kým neďaleko nepristane veľmi sympatický mimozemšťan, ktorému zachutí tiež kapustová polievka a dokonca si z nej urobí "exportný artikel" do vesmíru. Od tejto chvíle sa začína odvíjať séria bláznivých príbehov, v ktorých vynikne komediálny talent hlavných protagonistov...
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Fantomas vymyslel ďalší pekelný kúsok: najbohatším ľuďom sveta dá na výber – buď život alebo tzv. daň z práva na život. Všetci ohrození boháči sa stretnú v Škótsku, v prepychovom zámku lorda MacRashleye. Nechýba ani novinár Fandor, jeho snúbenica Helena a komisár Juve so svojim pomocníkom. Nikto však netuší že na zámku je aj Fantomas, ktorý vďaka svojmu prestrojeniu a umeniu v zhotovovaní dokonalých masiek sa stane dokonca samotným lordom Rashleyem. Snaží sa získať diamanty v cene milión dolárov, ale v pätách má Fandora s Helenou a komisára Juvea...
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.
When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned chief executioner Rahim. Aiman's desire to become the hangman's apprentice is not only professional but born of an unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that haunts him.
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.
Nick slowly loses his mind while too afraid to leave his house.
The executioner Xie Qi, who is in charge of the ghost-headed knife, will encounter the ghost of a woman who is back for revenge because he killed the female prisoner during the taboo of three quarters of noon. The people of the town were very angry and blamed Xie Qi for all the inauspicious things that happened. Xie Qi wants to use the old method of stitching up the human head back to its body and subsequently burn it to pacify the female ghost, but unexpectedly the human head was stolen, and the body sewer was killed. The case of the town’s wealthy merchants grave moving and the girl’s disappearance, things start coming together, and Xie Qi is now in grave danger…
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town. However, the man is known and liked in the town, and the citizens band together to try to help him avoid capture.
The people of a town are condemned to die one by one by a mysterious stranger who erects a gallows in the town square.