作家吉恩与妻子米雪儿是一对年轻夫妇,他们从一位远房亲戚那里继承了一幢神秘的豪华古堡,因此引发了二人对这个陌生亲戚强烈的兴趣,想要挖掘他的生平写成一本小说。 然而这对夫妻却不知道自己正被窥视着,再加上一个居心叵测的老管家,一场精心安排的致命陷阱正等着他们…… 这部黑色惊悚片讲述一段诡异的三角关系。作家尚与妻子从神秘的邻居老人那里得到一项重大礼物,那就是一幢豪宅,可是他们必须遵守两件事才能得到这份厚礼,一是要雇佣房子原来的女管家,二是不得丢弃任何老人原来的照片和信件。故事的情节也随着这桩奇怪的交易而变得越加复杂Jean and Michelle, a young, bankrupt couple are surprised to learn they've inherited the palatial townhouse of their landlord, Guillemet complete with mysterious housekeeper, Clémence who has to keep on. Photographs reveal that the dead man spied on the wife (their apartment window faces his townhouse) in various states of undress. The mysterious housekeeper starts leaving clues around the house that reveal to the husband that his wife may know more about the dead man than she is letting on and may have had something to do with his death.