剧情纵览
五年前,一系列模仿名画场景的连环杀人案轰动纽约城,警探斯坦(Willem Dafoe 饰)受命调查此案,然而却迟迟没有进展,令其饱受舆论压力。斯坦以少女克莉斯特(Samantha MacIvor 饰)作诱饵吸引凶手,虽然成功击毙嫌疑犯艾迪,却也导致克莉斯特惨遭杀害。 艾迪一案使斯坦得到警署嘉奖,顺利升职,不过他的心中始终对遇害少女怀有愧疚,并且此案背后似乎另有隐情。心中承受巨大内疚之情的斯坦沉溺酒精,愈加孤僻。五年后,类似案件再次出现,凶手似乎有意以斯坦为目标发出赤裸裸的挑战。斯坦不仅要面对这个狡猾且智商极高的对手,更要面对长久以来困扰自己的心魔……
女性摄影师莎拉(Alysson Paradis 饰)和马西欧(Jean-Baptiste Tabourin 饰)这对幸福的夫妻组成的小家庭即将迎来新的成员,但一场严重的车祸摧毁了他们美好的憧憬。马西欧在车祸中丧生,莎拉以及未出世的宝宝侥幸存活。 圣诞之夜,孤独的莎拉待在家中,等待第二天早晨的生产。这时敲门声响起,一名黑衣女(Béatrice Dalle 饰)请求使用电话。莎拉本能地拒绝了她,谁知黑衣女竟千方百计想要闯进来。她的目的只有一个,抢夺莎拉那尚未出世的孩子。挡路者只有死路一条……
前洛杉矶警察布雷特在保加利亚首都索非亚,担任一栋旧公寓大楼的安保主管。布雷特很快发现了一股邪恶力量,打开了冥界与人类世界的大门……
The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.