Peggy, a former addict, who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.
就读于某医学院的奥利维娅·“丽芙”·摩尔（罗丝·麦克莱弗 Rose McIver 饰）学业精进，甜美可人，她原本拥有美好光明的人生，谁知一个反常的决定彻底颠覆了她既定的命运。经不住同侪的劝说，她参加了一个在轮船上举行的狂欢派对。可是派对上一种神秘的药物令所有人变成了嗜血如命的狂暴丧尸。次日一早，奥莉维娅从裹尸袋中坐起，她明明已经死…
