On a snowy night, an elderly woman tucks her granddaughter into bed. The girl asks why it snows, and the grandmother tells the story of a man with scissors for hands, who lived in a mansion at the top of a hill. She explains that an inventor created the man, whose name was Edward, but died before he was finished. Thus, Edward was left incomplete and alone. Many years earlier, Peg Boggs goes door-to-door selling Avon cosmetics to her neighbors, all of whom live in homogenous, pastel-colored houses. Unable to make a sale, Peg drives to the end of the street, where an out-of-place gothic mansion sits atop a hill. Trespassing onto the property, she discovers a garden full of beautifully manicured topiaries. Peg wanders inside the mansion and follows a metallic sound to the top floor, where parts of the roof have caved in. In the corner, Peg sees a cowering figure with scissors for hands. She starts to run, but he gently implores her not to go. She asks where his parents are, and he tells h