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.
亚历克斯·加兰用浓烈的视觉风格，自然装置完成了一部乔丹·皮尔式的，包含二元对立的议题的恐怖片，幽灵与记忆在回忆被去魅，又在不安的哥特空间之中被重新发现，在设定上如同“造访带”，但并不是塔可夫斯基的而是形如斯特鲁伽茨基的原著描写。无数的宗教隐喻是对于《创世纪》的改写。亚历克斯·加兰和迪库诺最大的不同在于一种反-启示录精神，在《机械姬》中，其实现是哈拉维式的赛博格宣言，《男人》则是圣经的后现代结构主义阐释，而裸身的亚当则逼近一个荣格式的等级制原型，他的不断自我生殖是符号-结构社会的裂变与自我生产，在这种压迫性的封闭中，女性只能被迫扮演夏娃，承受人类“堕落”的指控。happy ending的结局和前几部作品相比显得邪气不足，导演本身可以处理为一个恶之社会在恐惧的伊甸园之上的就地诞生。
又是中情局高层出卖自己特工，过河拆桥杀人灭口的戏码？美队的小胡子不错！
自己拯救自己。
目前为止网飞大制作里面最好的一部，男女主之间没什么火花，但比鬼影特攻红色通缉令好不少
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恐男惊悚片，片中呈现的男人都一个样（字面含义），令人恐惧的点却有多种，控制欲旺盛、易暴易怒、猥琐、幼稚、虚伪。虽说是提供了一种恐男的视角，让人了解了这种想法，但倒不如说有了以上几种特点的人都会让人恐惧。无论男女，搞性别对立的最蠢了。
多国取景经常被视作是大片的标配，但是并非服务于剧情的过度的多国取景就是在卖弄和烧钱。本片就是如此，感觉好像不将网飞的2亿美元烧光就对不起网飞的大手笔投资似的，剧情几分钟就要换个国家，乱七八糟，毫无必要。如果将多国取景的钱省下来多拍几场血脉贲张的动作戏，岂不更好。我非常反感所谓的“大片”不好好讲故事而玩弄多国取景。
绝了，这个影像和寓意，不是一般人拍不成这样吧。厉害了。
教堂里的特写真是瘆得慌。
生理结构给女性带来了无法回避甚至无法抵御的规训 - 繁殖 当然 在社会生活中 everything comes in the name of love 这个片子对于女性来说是彻头彻尾的恐怖片
自从书写了夏娃偷食禁果之后，女性至今逃不过被男性归罪的轮回。前半段以绿色为主色调，大自然与女主的回音契合得非常有默契，画面充满美感，刚刚逃离男人的女主得以得到片刻的喘息。后半段用了地狱般的红色做了一场大戏，令女人恐惧的五种男人上演连环孕育。这段很解气，男性完全可以靠自己繁衍后代，但是男性繁衍出来的后代，没有一个好东西。这些罪恶的果实，却反过来强有力地对女人进行着精神控制，成功达到了心理恐怖的境界，其中还不乏思考性。虽然故事到最后都不是太能看懂，但可以肯定的是这部片子绝对不差。女性始终被男性凝视，谴责，伤害，女性需要走出这场矛盾的困局，摆脱被历史强行施加的罪名。当然大部分得靠女性自己的力量，因为帮助自己的男性，到最后很可能是伪善者。
[视][20.7.18想看]大片不如漫威，即是悲哀。想想<光灵2>，数据再好看，奈飞续集就像微软游戏一样难产。全球多地取景，摄影剪辑一般，香港元素，奥迪撞奔驰，扛炸唐老大抱香车，穿手<帕克>，小女孩表情失控像小11，断指
网飞是把大数据电影玩明白了，当红顶流2男+1女，坠机追车街头枪战，打情骂俏走马观花都给你来一遍，剧本有就行，类型片元素给够，危机感这种东西比桃总的ass存在感还要低。续集也确定了，观众和片方也在某种程度上达成高度默契，一边骂着俗套一边续订，被大数据吃的死死的
恐男核能现场，最后真的太邪了。各种指代确实都没毛病，但它们真的能构成一个完整的、有前后逻辑的剧作吗？
本片的象征和隐喻的意味很浓，我的理解就是其实讲的是男性对女性的漠视，误解，歧视和伤害等等，光是无声的凝视就足以让她们惊恐。
格斗不够真实...除此之外不错, 动作片奇缺的时代, 我们还能期待比这个更好的么? 高司令花了大量时间练肌肉了....
音乐画面构想演员都很喜欢。世世代代，同一个可怜又可怕的种类，生生不息，每一个人其实都背负着两个共同体的矛盾。爱这个命题的最终出现介于斧头和疲惫的眼神之间。圣坛和裂手的意象表现的很充分了。
作为看过就忘的爆米花动作片还是很合格的。所有桥段都包括，从团灭敌人到追车到公车大战到最终Boss一对一，应有尽有。本来这种中规中矩的片只能给三星，Chris Evans演傻叉坏蛋真是好可爱，每次出场都笑料不断（虽然不是故意搞笑的。。。），再给一星。
无脑片，看个热闹，请了俩大明星，结果毫无化学反应，网飞真有钱
从婚姻到社会，女性挣扎在男性恶意之中，或仅是在幻觉中被迫害妄想？不是很明确，主题也因此让人迷惑，喜欢摄影和色调延续自湮灭，不喜欢这个讲故事的方式，导演没有太强调怪奇故事，而是外化一种恐慌的心理状态，配乐还不错
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