Overnight, the usual sleepy everyday life of a provincial town turns into a bloody nightmare: the living dead roam the streets, devouring passers-by; a distraught woman prophesies the end of the world, bringing human sacrifices to the glory of God; Wild experiments are being carried out in the dungeons of the morgue. Dietrich and Korb, a photographer and artist, trying to save the city, are trying to understand what happened. But the price of truth turns out to be too high...