在这部夜迷情喜剧片中,恰克（亨利·温克勒 Henry Winkler 饰）拥有一份非常特殊的职业——停尸房管理员。之前是白班的他被调整到了夜班的岗位之上，这也就意味着，他必须和自己最最讨厌的同事比尔（迈克尔·基顿 Michael Keaton 饰）共同值班，比尔是一个神神叨叨的人，他古怪而又自认为伟大的计划令恰克感到恶心。
恰克和比尔周围生活着一群应召女郎，一天，比尔听闻她们抱怨自己失去了工作的场所，灵机一动的比尔决定将停尸房借用给妓院做生意，自己坐收渔翁之利，就这样，停尸房这样一个恐怖又严肃的地方，每一夜却在上演着声色迷离的暧昧场面。恰克感觉自己快要被这超现实的画面给逼疯了。
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night as their brothel. Against his better judgement, he gets talked into the idea, only to find that it's more than his boss that has objections to this bit of entrepreneurship.
