Beautiful Catherine Holly is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Her rich aunt tries to influence a young neurosurgeon to surgically end Catherine's haunting hallucinations. By utilizing injections of truth serum, the neurosurgeon discovers that Catherine's delusions are in fact true and must confront the rich aunt about her own involvement in her son's violent death.

While attempting to contact her ex-lover Iv�an, actress Pepa Marcos is enmeshed in a series of unexpected meetings with and revelations involving Iv�an, his mentally unbalanced ex-wife Luc�ia, his and Luc�ia's son Carlos, Carlos's fianc�ee Marisa, Luc�ia's lawyer Paulina Morales, and Candela, Pepa's model friend who has unwittingly become involved with Shiite terrorists.