 An eight episode adaptation of Stephen King s short stories, primarily from the Nightmares and Dreamscapes series. "Battleground" follows a quiet hitman becoming a target for violent revenge when he finds a mysterious package on his doorstep; A young woman and her attorney husband getting lost in a notoriously evil London neighborhood named "Crouch End"; "Umney s Last Case" is a 1930 s era detective who realizes he s the main character in a novel, and he s being written out; A successful filmmaker films himself in "The End of the Whole Mess", recalling his genius brother s life and the scientific plan he applied to end world violence with unanticipated results; "The Road Virus Heads North" drives into gear as a celebrated writer realizes the demonic figure in the painting he s just acquired, is changing to show that it s onto the same stretch of road he s on; "The Fifth Quarter" has an ex-convict who goes to dastardly means to find treasure that puts his family s life at risk; "Autopsy Room Four" is the occupancy of a man whose about to witness his own autopsy and he s speechless to stop it; A husband and wife on a spontaneous road trip, whose stopover in a town inhabited by late music legends, might not be temporary when they re told "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band".