Ted hangs out on the river banks where he lives his homosexuality in secret. One night his brother's gang shows up for some gay bashing. Shocked by the violence of his brother, Ted decides to confront him...

A strange epidemic had invaded the country of young Earl Prospero. With some well-chosen courtiers, he has entrenched himself in his castle in order to escape this evil. A few months later, ignoring the disease, he decides to organize a large masked ball, excusing all excess. Death, however, is indifferent to all these tricks. Based upon Edgar Allan Poe's novel.