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.
权力滥用，民粹主义，体制之殇……
但至少 是个开始吧
任何国家任何地方都有不公的事，有的地方能说，有的地方不能说
饱含冲击力的电影，看的时候就一直在想 “这里需要多少钱多少人？” “剪辑是怎么构思的？”
有两次反转。刚开始看的时候想到了前段时间发生的唐山事件，当然这部电影不止于此。政治，教育，体制，法律，舆论，媒体，涉及的内容更多，以至于演员也多，对于脸盲患者来说有点困难。
反转再反转，结尾有点仓促，律师那条线信息量好大，可以展开拍个续集
这种片子不太适合给身边人安利，因为你不知道谁是那种看《战狼》会看到肾上腺素飙升的主。
情绪被配乐塞得很满，慢镜头多到想两倍速，探讨的议题也不新鲜（我们拍不出不代表主题很新）。这片子更多的分都是打给“片子之外的共情分”吧，片子本身没啥意思。
韩国以及印度的电影，为何敢于这么拍出黑暗，国内连拍都不敢吧，敢拍的导演演员肯定直接被封杀，几乎不可能过审，都让国民活在童话之中，感谢韩国印度拍的这种电影，让我们看清楚人性
阿三真正的开始崛起了，至少可以自我审视。电影的黑暗是为了现实的光明。有的地方电影只拍光明而是掩盖黑暗。
韩国以及印度的电影，为何敢于这么拍出黑暗，国内连拍都不敢吧，敢拍的导演演员肯定直接被封杀，几乎不可能过审，都让国民活在童话之中，感谢韩国印度拍的这种电影，让我们看清楚人性
看完很震撼，在国内广电总局此类题材一定是过不了审的，一天到晚报道印度日本韩国的负面新闻，但说实话，印、日、韩在电影娱乐方面真的是已经不知道甩中国多远了
一锅乱炖，乱炖一锅，为反转而反转，简直到了可笑的地步。密不透风的音乐哦，耳朵和脑仁儿被轰两个多小时。
反转挺有意思…还是和之前我评论的另一部电影类似，像是抓住了一个社会典型现象的问题点，然后硬拓展出来的假想故事，还是有一些逻辑漏洞的…如果我们要靠编造完美切题的故事来影射一个社会问题中微小的点（舆论影响观念），然后蜻蜓点水地带上几个幕后剧（各种典型社会问题），这显得有一些过于取巧…
后半段的反转略精彩~结尾有些拖沓，不干脆~
我对印度电影一直不关注，之前很讨厌那种运动励志片。但是他们没有严苛的审查。题材很丰富。可以说不同的内容。这样也有助于创作者的创新和故事的饱满。
7.5，近年来印度电影佳作频出，博采众长、表现出惊人的成长，逐渐摆脱“歌舞片”之刻板印象。两小时四十分的时长导致叙事略显拖沓，整体上情绪＞叙事，但胜在承继于歌舞片传统的情绪调动能力，情节数次反转之间情绪渐高。还有令人惊叹的主题承载：体制、媒体、女性主义、阶级、政治等等，更讶异的是各方主题完成度都算不错，并且与剧情融合极佳。
反转再反转，结尾有点仓促，律师那条线信息量好大，可以展开拍个续集
我们对它呈现出的“尖锐”的赞美仅仅来自于我们遭受的审核制度。
律师一句句的质问真的就像导演的满腔赤诚，对这个国家发出的一声声呐喊，每15分钟就有人遭受不幸，为何只有她被看见了？反观我们，那些被看见的是不幸也是幸，网络以秒在更新热度，又有多少被遗忘。我们满足于获得“即时正义”，而鲜有人关心与追究根本。说到这，又要自省，是老师说的：坐在观众席我们有评论的权利，那我们敢踏进去吗？
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