The story unfolds against the background of winter-time Salzburg traditions: A group of 7 "Perchten" haunt a village during every Raunacht, one of the group only stopping when finding someone to replace him. These beings were once called by young Martin to free him from his aggressive grandfather, but now they are after him. His grandmother, girlfriend and niece ("Triple Goddess") finally manage to banish the Perchten back to where they came from, unfortunately too late for him.

The film was almost entirely shot on location, each character being carefully dressed to subconsciously tell about the local remains of paganism.

production design: Hannes Salat & Alexandra Maringer
standby prop: Stephan Würzl
art department driver: Andreas Gschwandtner
set builders: Hermann Schwaiger, Christian + Stephan Notdurfter, Andreas + Sepp Huber