生物学博士赛斯和妻子宝莉驾车去郊外游玩，路上，他们遭遇了另一对夫妇。丹尼斯和蕾丝是一对亡命鸳鸯，他们希望偷渡墨西哥开始新的生活，但是汽车在路上抛锚。因此，丹尼斯劫持了赛斯夫妇的汽车，并将他们绑作人质。 驾驶汽车的宝莉无意中轧到一个奇怪生物，引起汽车爆胎。众人下车查看，赛斯惊奇地发现被压扁的动物竟仍有生命迹象。

杰克?金伯勒（Matthew Knight 饰）一家的血腥灭门惨案轰动全芝加哥，而杰克本人也在严密监视的精神病院近乎病房中被残忍杀害。从此，金伯勒家所在的公寓成为全城闻名的凶宅，住户纷纷搬离此地。只有公寓管理员麦克斯（Gil McKinney 饰）和他的妹妹萝丝（Jadie Hobson 饰）、侄女丽莎（Johanna Braddy 饰）坚持住在这里。年幼多病的萝丝似乎能够看到那名面色惨白的男孩，麦克斯的状态也变得越来越怪。 加耶子的妹妹直子（Emi Ikehata 饰）通过报纸来到这座公寓，她知道加耶子的怨念还没有终结，这个恶灵新的杀戮才刚刚开始……

A fourth season of 12 episodes has been confirmed and will premiere on June 23, 2014 on MTV. This will be the first season not to star Crystal Reed. New cast additions include Meagan Tandy as Braeden (who only appeared in 2 episodes of season 3), Dylan Sprayberry as "Liam", Khylin Rambo as Mason “an out-and-proud athlete” and Mason Dye as his best friend Garrett. Dylan O'Brien confirmed in an interview that Malia Tate (Shelley Hennig) would be a regular next season and joins the pack.