The saxophonist Fred Madison is haunted by a series of videotapes that resume his life from various points of view. Married to Renée, he attends a party with her where he is approached by a mysterious man who makes fun of him and terrifies him, the next day, Renée is found dead. Fred is arrested for murder and in prison he suffers from terrible migraines. One morning, in his cell, another man, Pete, wakes up in his place, a young mechanic who is immediately released. Fred is so bitter and depressed that even this imaginary life takes a disturbing turn, turning into a new nightmare; he will enter a kingdom of madness and mystery.