Brett is a high-school outcast who doesn't run with the in crowd, unlike Samantha, the cheerleader he has a desperate crush on. Then one day, he gets a parcel in the mail -- a totem with the power to grant his deepest, darkest desires. Brett wishes for Samantha to love him, and she does, although after a while her affection starts leaning toward obsession. Then murders start occurring in the school, which Brett gradually starts to connect to the totem.

Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.

故事发生在90年代纽约的一家餐厅，此时正聚集了一些城市中微不足道的梦想家与计划者──他们是一群销售“黄牛票”的掮客，正在庆祝当日丰硕的成果。而盖瑞在这一堆违法销售票券、美其名为“掮客”的乌合之众里位居“主席”之职。经过几年下来，盖瑞凭着他敏捷的智能和言语、以及所谓“盗贼仁义”般的人生哲学，悠游于这个行业之中并累积了不少的财富。但是，盖瑞遇到了两个问题，让他的世界必须改变，其一是与他交往多年的女友琳达终于厌倦了他这种反复无常的生活，其二是突然有另一坏蛋黄牛欲介入盖瑞的地盘，成为纽约的“黄牛票大王”。他该如何抉择呢, 放弃女友?还是放手一博?