 Four horror tales based on urban legends. The first story  Terror in Topanga , has a smoking addict (Cristina Raines) going out to buy some cigarettes despite there being a killer in the neighborhood. The second story  Bishop of Battle , has a teenager (Emilio Estevez) who becomes so good at a video game, that the game comes to life to collect him. The third story,  The Benediction  (based on Stephen Spielberg s  Duel ) has a priest (Lance Hendrickson) whom has lost his faith, leaving his monastery and stalked on the road by a black pick-up truck from hell, literally. The fourth story  Night of the Rat , (loosely based on  Poltergeist ) has a couple (Richard Masur and Veronica Cartwright), along with their young daughter, battling a giant rat living in their suburban home.