At a book signing for his best seller, Nicholas Howarth is confronted by sexy Teresa Smith, who says he stole the story when he was her teacher in a woman's prison. Teresa has killed before and won't be stopped as she sets out to destroy Nicholas's reputation, his marriage and his life in her goal to write the final chapter of Honor Student.

些人神秘失踪或遇害后，许多人猜测一部名叫《Cult》的流行电视剧可能诱发了这一系列案件。这部电视剧的女制片助理Skye（杰西卡·卢卡斯 Jessica Lucas 饰）是个爱刨根问底的姑娘，她决定和博客作家Jeff（马修·戴维斯 Matthew Davis 饰）一起展开了一场对该节目某狂热粉丝调查，这位粉丝很可能正在现实生活中重现节目里的各种犯罪行为。