1922
A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.
Bernie
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
Stuck
A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.
Joe: The Busybody
A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.
The Hatter's Ghost
A hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour the tailor (Charles Asnavour).
Out of Order!
A labor party leader is having an affair with the opposing party's secretary. Unfortunately for them, there seems to be a corpse in their hotel room just as they managed to sneak in unnoticed.
Crazed
After moving into a boardinghouse, a young woman becomes the object of her lonely neighbor's obsessions.
The Parallel Corpses
About a businessman who murders his stepdaughter after having an affair with her. A crematorium worker who secretly sells coffins to an undertaker discovers two bodies in one of the coffins one day. He suspects what has happened and tries to blackmail the murderer for money.