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.
如果我是女主角，在影片最后的情节里我才不会用轮胎爆头这种俗套的手法泄恨，我会直接开车直接压断她的小腿让她哇哇叫，在她满口咒骂声中伸出手比着中指扬长而去。#男人老了记得量力而性以免一命呜呼。
前面的铺垫会让人摸不着头脑，但总体还行，结尾相对还不错。最震惊的是女主一人分饰两角！
题材引人入胜，情色入戏，恐怖入魂，可惜导演功力稍欠缺，后半变成无脑片玩脱了。
难看，浪费时间。说是惊悚片吧，前面各种像公路片啥的，说是凹情怀吧，又很搞笑。然后对于老年人的描写我觉得也很超过，精神病是肯定的。
前面的铺垫会让人摸不着头脑，但总体还行，结尾相对还不错。最震惊的是女主一人分饰两角！
难看，浪费时间。说是惊悚片吧，前面各种像公路片啥的，说是凹情怀吧，又很搞笑。然后对于老年人的描写我觉得也很超过，精神病是肯定的。
“She’s different. She’s SPECIAL.”
不太理解豆瓣评分为何这么低？！
看两个老年人的床戏确实是今年最恐怖的事情了
唯一被吓到的场景是女二尖叫。
X是爱的注脚、是女性符号、是对隐晦的代称、是无限和未知的笔画。这是一部特殊的恐怖片，虐杀的视觉效果，腐朽的皮肉体验，崩坏的精神世界，在躁动与死寂中不断切换的隔绝空间。电视圣经的长袍下长满了现实的虱子，沟壑纵横的容颜里安葬着致命的美貌，性感女郎在吉他边依偎着文艺的曲调，三流摄影让惊魂记蒙上高贵的阴影，冷漠的远景是上帝睥睨，焦灼的特写是魔鬼发酵。录像带、死亡与爱，都是无处告解的情怀。而你并不特别，是年轻才显得特别。
作为kid cudi的音乐粉，想不通除了下海梦之外的原因来接这个角色，不过还是有被他的SIZE惊讶到
A24太想在主题和视觉上作出与Midsommar齐平的恐怖片了，X其实在很大程度上继承了那种无意识的残忍与快乐至死的心理设计。很多快闪式的intercutting很有意思，对于老年，欲望，压抑的阐释也很有洞见。70-80年代的影像卡带的视觉效果和对新浪潮以及The Shining, Psycho之类经典的致敬也可圈可点。
画面质感像80年代，剧情一般，血浆也不多，感觉欧美血浆片好多年没什么精品了
复古、传统、悲凉、无趣，虽然涉及题材新颖，但套路真的太老了 2.5星
节奏:★
X是未知，这两个老人就是电视里说的隐藏在平静生活下的罪犯、恶魔。
其中的一段镜头我愿称之为最强NTR，看着女票与专业男演员做爱做的运动，并全程拍摄下来，这就叫专业。
任你怎么去分析它的主题立意或是风格影像，都改变不了剧情设计很蠢笨的事实，变态与膈应可不是一部恐怖片成功与否的标准。
3.5，性和死亡是恐怖片的基本元素，这部片子再次强调了这一点，强调的方式既直接又巧妙。
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