简介
生活在英国伦敦的亚瑟·科普斯，早年他的妻子分娩时身亡，儿子虽然乖巧伶俐，但是亚瑟始终沉浸在亡妻之痛中无法自拔，面上的愁云久久不曾散去。某天，他受派前往某偏远村镇处理一位寡妇的遗产。在这个僻静甚至有些阴郁的小村庄，亚瑟受到了诸多冷遇，人们似乎并不欢迎他的到来，时刻希望他尽早处理完事务回到伦敦。亚瑟不顾别人的劝说，兀自走入老寡妇位于滩渚中央的老房子调查。在此期间，村中有女孩离奇死亡，而亚瑟也时常在老宅四周看到奇怪的人与景象。他的到来慢慢揭开村里的秘密，也使自己陷入莫大的危险之中。
本片根据英国小说家苏珊·希尔（Susan Hill）的畅销小说改编。。Whilst growing up in rural Thailand, a young orphan girl is taught the ways of magic by her grandmother. But when grandmother falls sick, Dau is lured to Bangkok to find work so that she can buy medicine. She finds herself working in a go-go bar, and her journey from naiveté to maturity is swift. She uses the magical skills her grandmother taught her to her advantage, but in do...。A young nanny travels from England to Mallorca to care for two orphaned English children. At first enchanted by the children and their estate, she is then alarmed by their strange behavior and the mysterious events that occur. She doggedly follows her instincts and the truth that slowly, painfully emerges results in everyone's undoing, including her own. -。