看似平凡的一天，护士安娜（莎拉·波利 Sarah Polley 饰）正准备和丈夫路易斯（Justin Louis 饰）共享快乐的周末，却不知一场恐怖、致命的瘟疫正在大肆蔓延。被瘟疫感染的丧失人性，转而变成嗜血如命、残暴无情的活死人。安娜的丈夫没能幸免，她侥幸从家中逃生，却发现整个城市都已变成活死人的天下，幸存者所剩无几，眼前的世界宛如人间地狱。是时瘟疫蔓延全球，各国都已陷入瘫痪状态之中。
安娜...
When a troubled couple escape to their rural farmhouse for a weekend of re-connection, they realize that their ability to save their marriage will literally determine the fate of humankind itself....