In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

In a quiet corner of the countryside, Don Carlos, a respectable father, carefully prepares food for his daughter. While he cooks to the tune of the tango "Por una cabeza", everything seems normal until a disturbing truth is revealed: the empanadas are made with human flesh.

Camila and Julia play hide and seek in a house where there is an evil presence.