Plot Summary:Professor David Ash is invited to Edbrook to calm the fears of the elderly nanny of the Mariell family. Nanny Tess is seeing things, and Ash's book debunking such phenomenon makes him a good choice to set her mind at ease and convince her she is just tired and stressed. But soon after arriving David too begins to doubt his senses, and watching the odd behavior of the three grown Mariell children doesn't make his task any easier. In fact, he begins to think Nanny Tess isn't really just tired and stressed out after all.
大卫(艾丹·奎因 Aidan Quinn 饰)是就职于耶鲁耶稣学院的灵学教授,某日,他收到艾德布鲁克家三兄妹的邀请,前往宅邸调查发生在那里的灵异事件。罗伯特(安东尼·安德鲁斯 Anthony Andrews 饰)带人冷淡而疏离,西蒙(Alex Lowe 饰)则恰恰相反,是个热情活泼的年轻人,最让大卫在意的,是最小的妹妹克里斯汀娜(凯特·贝金赛尔 Kate Beckinsale 饰),她的自信和独立深深的吸引着大卫。 随着时间的推移,大卫无法抵挡克里斯汀娜的魅力,和她走到了一起,与此同时,宅子里接二连三发生的灵异事件一次又一次的挑战着大卫的信仰。某日,大卫竟然看到了自己死去的妹妹朱丽叶特(Victoria Shalet 饰)的灵魂,在朱丽叶特的引导之下,大卫走进了一个隐藏多年的秘密之中。