Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
氛围感拉满。前期铺垫的尿点也不多。算是中上作品
看到一个影评“只有抹去人性，才能在这个残酷的世界强大起来”
很一般啊，没有鬼的话为什么一开头有个湿脚印，有鬼的话为什么又是两个男的杀人？所以箱子里的怪物是不能自己杀人吗？
有点拖沓，不知所谓～整体氛围渲染还可以，勉强3星
一开始么鬼怪似的，然后整的平行宇宙，再之后还是另一维度。总之交代的不清不楚
套路一样的，淡得跟水一样的剧情，就是生硬的告诉你我们这是恐怖片，仅此而已
楣间拼书利维坦，上古巨兽含隐喻。
元素太多，讲数学，讲物理，讲宗教，讲亲情，一个也没讲清楚•᷄ࡇ•᷅
元素太多，讲数学，讲物理，讲宗教，讲亲情，一个也没讲清楚•᷄ࡇ•᷅
有点意思，但意思不大，惊吓场面不够。幽灵都是无辜者且不伤人。祭祀活动使得献祭者有了伤口自愈能力。
啥玩意啊，愣是没看懂，那怪物哪来儿的，男的用来干嘛的？
【2022.07.26】没有什么亮点，普普通通，也不恐怖，剧情也一般般，这种题材也不新颖，很普通。
如果剧本再好一些就更棒了，特效这些都做的很好，演技就好像女主好一些，其他人都不怎样。
自家地窖竟然是冥界入口，这房子买的，值了。就该在门口支张桌子收费。
一般吧，怪物造型比较掉san，女主最后复仇比较爽，电影前一小时铺垫除了填时长几乎没什么用。
人家都拍到异世界断魂桥这种桥段了 网友还给这种低评分什么意思？真就对恐怖片这么高要求？ 我很喜欢这类不靠jump scare 做噱头的恐怖片 剧情也有深究的点 考虑到成本可能有限 总体可以上6分
本来想给2星，结局大家都巴扎黑了那就给三星吧
这么弱的女主竟然还有反杀！片子很细节怪物很用心，就是出场太少太少，不错。黑人大姐的戏份完全没必要，无端辞职无端消失难道是为了让女主办不到证件？最后恭喜女主喜提下一任大祭司。
可以看看，前中期气氛烘托的不错，后面那个羊角恶魔出来有点劣质感，不过还好只有一个镜头。
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