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.
哇哦！！！我竟然有点懂为啥上古段剧情不需要出现子女了——来看乌梅自体繁殖啊！
creeps the MEN out of me
导演用充满暗寓、极致饱满的艺术表现手法、精致的构图、色彩设计，来表达社会里男人对女人的种种伤害——真是用心了。
A24真是打情色擦边球和拍心理惊悚的邪典热衷者，这部不论细节，主旨隐喻很容易看出来，因此诡异程度没那么深，部分场景确实观感极度不适，各种部位生出下一个男人真是恶心至极，但男人生孩子真是期待一波～
一开始乡下绿色景象太美了，再配上女主的啊啊啊啊！
极为露骨，且非常的写实。希望姑娘们都看看，不要对感情有过多期待。除非你抽中头奖，地球男性3%（也不算少了）。那么你的婚姻在世界的“幸福”衡量中仅仅是一地鸡毛挣扎到老。低于这个忍耐红线的话，就是鸡飞狗跳人间惨剧。出轨、背叛、嫌弃、厌倦、争吵、丧偶育儿、衰老、折磨、度日如年、家暴、pua 、婚内qj 、平淡、冷暴力、悔恨、继续拖着疲惫不堪不忍直视的“生活”生存下去。生死往复，不多如此。这多彩的感情河流，我就不湿鞋了～bye (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)
B+. 太明显了，男人就是恐怖之源。由男性凝视、荡妇羞辱、爹味说教、信奉暴力编织而成的天罗地网，在女性的心理与现实世界中皆成挥之不去的梦魇。
女权文艺恐怖片。可惜目标观众不是三者的合集，得是交集。
从机械姬再到湮灭，亚历克斯嘉兰的电影一向都是未来感元素极强，且配乐极具有氛围感，但这一部作品的画风相较于前两部而言要略微复古，最现代的元素莫过于苹果智能机了。女主那过于保守的装束某种程度上像是一种自我防范的意识，裸男的出现乍一看是恐男，实际上则是对男女情感危机的不安及不确定性在讨论。高潮部分男人不断的在生孩子，但生出的孩子也只是不断的在对母体进行重复，是一种较为扭曲的恐育思想在潜意识里的表达，事实上怀孕的不是她，而是她的闺蜜，这也正是证实了这片子本质依旧还是自己吓自己。不过这个片子还是有着不合理之处，尽管种种臆想奇观都是针对女性在生活中所遇到的危机而产生的嬗变，但其本质更像是构建在男权视角下对女性危机的凝视，远远达不到反思的层面。
我觉得拍的很好的预言电影 预言电影的意思是 不是纯故事片 而是通过凝练生活中的喻体来讲述人类处境的普遍性的片子 在这一点上 我觉得可以打五星 尤其是 女主和前夫自杀前的对话 看似有单个事件的特殊性 其实每个人看着都很眼熟吧 整个摄影一如既往的导演审美 女主站在隧道前的画面 莫名想到了千与千寻的场景
画面非常美，氛围非常惊悚
整体的批判有点过于流于表面了，在肉体恐怖的场景里缺乏一种自洽的逻辑，视听还是属于“A24”级别的不错。
男权社会的男性都是一个样，男性联盟的恶习在男性之间繁衍。祝女孩们都能远离男性
很惊讶居然没有一条评论在讨论男女主演如此相像的问题。女人用自己的形象绘制男人的变异，又或是男人设置一个虚拟的女人靶点表演自己的身份。无论如何，其原意都是个“本是同根生”的悲剧命题。电影本身和往常一样气氛佳高潮乏味
Cineplex. International Village.
我还以为结局是女主拿着斧子🪓往男人的脑门劈上去。
绝了，延续了a24一贯冷峻清新的画面，诡异怪诞的风格，一切慢慢崩溃死亡。循环生子场面在我看这么多年恐怖片中能排前三。男性凝视下的女性处处求生，对异性的恐惧是一切的根源。
和小段一起看。有点类似于《反基督者》，只是两部影片攻击的集体正好相反。最后将所有男人符号化，赋予切开的右手和折断的右脚的特征，连续分娩注定载入恐怖片史册了。
太cult了…想看又给我恶心到了，最后我麻了…a24调色还是很牛逼的
别扯什么隐喻了，故事都讲不明白的电影能叫电影吗？
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