Jack (simon pegg) is a childrens author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered.
when jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent, and a mysterious hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in jacks script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown as jack is forced to confront his worst fears; among them love, laundry and serial killers.