The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading "Reserved for You."[1]
Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy.
Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth.
Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond.
After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.
内容有点没劲 看的也挺乱的 看完之后又从头把没看懂的地方捋了一次
很难进入，开始真的非常凌乱，枝枝节节的东西太多了，看得好累人。不过索金在后面慢慢找到了一个情感支点，可惜已经快结尾了，整体下来依然是无趣的
竟然关注到了社交网络监听好的一面···故事也兼顾了疫情期间人们的焦虑，那些反套路设计得也有意思，值得一提的是斜仰视拍法，非常有效表达紧张感
把颁奖季流行的精美的食材都放进锅里煮了一锅汤，喝起来却没有任何味道，不知道是我喝多了汤还是汤太寡淡了。
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这样的家庭事业双成功妻子未尝不是委屈求全的艰辛成果
索金一贯的风格，台词密集的吓人，很容易在开头就被劈头盖脸的信息量砸晕，但是逐渐进去后就好了。
妮可很努力 哈维马马虎虎 其他主创都在捣浆糊
2.5 这电影就是在各位演职人员的能力范围内做出的行活儿吧！好莱坞的那些破事早被拍来拍去拍烂了，不难看但也没什么新意.
被索金狂轰滥炸的输出刺激到疲软，反叛过去的麦卡锡袭来，到移民，女性（一屋子男人里的妮可太像华盛顿邮报里的梅梅，我爱露西这种强调主语的凝视也让人不适，可惜她在情景喜剧里也像测量笑点的严肃电影主演）最终剧作落点回到了戏剧外明星夫妻的婚姻缥缈。感情和怀旧加一星（妮可2封多半还是无惹
索德伯格的新题材尝试，我感觉有点像“后窗”+“网络迷踪”的混合风格。女主身材棒！是一部还不错的惊悚片。
后新冠隔离外出恐惧症，企业应用强行获取生物信息，全球化住家外包黑客个资侦探，俄罗斯雨伞暗杀，社运示威人民帮人民，关键时刻男友不及肥宅，家装达人斗刺客……索德伯格数字摄影风黑片依旧乱来得很开心
上一次看这个导演的片子还是上一次那个极其拧巴无法get为佳作的性谎言录像带……
P.S2：射钉枪建议列入管制武器。
后新冠隔离外出恐惧症，企业应用强行获取生物信息，全球化住家外包黑客个资侦探，俄罗斯雨伞暗杀，社运示威人民帮人民，关键时刻男友不及肥宅，家装达人斗刺客……索德伯格数字摄影风黑片依旧乱来得很开心
要耐心看到后半段，前面部分太多线头了，让人觉得混乱又理不清，但到后面会发现这一切混乱都指向一个聪明又美丽但却蒙蔽的女人。妮可基德曼太棒了，她完美塑造了这个女人，一个极力想要相信谎言，把所有焦虑投射给除了自己丈夫之外的周围所有人的女人。可以说妮可的演技拯救了这部电影。
i love the ending how important is the word home for lucy ps.男主和男配的提名真的水的可以
成本非常低，情节十分简单。既不流畅，又不紧张。十分钟的短片足够了！很难理解这么大牌的导演，拍这么小的题材。这种简单剧本给新手练手就好。
故事挺简单和无聊的，不过出门以后的镜语拍得真的很有趣，感觉非常适合低成本拍摄者学习。
剧本复杂精致，台词考究，无可挑剔。可所有的情感，所有的力量全在片尾爆发，实在是令影片无聊的令人发指。
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