ARNOLD

Lord Arnold Dwellyn and his lover Karen have just been married. However, this is no ordinary marriage because Arnold is a recent corpse. There are also interesting conditions: Arnold is not to be buried. His body will remain in the family mansion and Karen, in order to inherit his estate, must remain by him in the mansion permanently.

Not everyone is pleased by this arrangement, including Arnold's wastrel younger brother Robert (with whom Karen has been having a secret affair), his widow Lady Jocelyn and his solicitor cousin Douglas Whitehead; in fact, the only one who is happy with the situation is Arnold's sister Hester.

When everybody starts trying to find ways of breaking Arnold's will and trying to find a huge sum of cash hidden somewhere on the family estate, mysterious deathtraps, apparently planned by Arnold well in advance of his death and tailored to each of the victims, begin dealing with the greedy claimants and all this while the local constable is investigating the mysterious deaths in a less than effective manner.

Arnold's carefully planned deathtraps begin eliminating the greedy relatives one by one as they attempt to break his will and hunt for hidden money, while the local constable investigates the mounting body count.

The elaborate traps and pre-recorded messages reveal Arnold's ultimate revenge on those who valued his fortune over his life, satirizing the destructive power of greed and entitlement. The film's ending cements its darkly comic tone, as inheritance schemes literally self-destruct and the law remains haplessly ineffective.