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奥吉(雅各布·特瑞布雷 Jacob Tremblay 饰)是一个10岁的男孩,除了头戴一个巨大的太空头盔外,他和其他的同年龄孩子别无二致。头盔下隐藏了奥吉因为各种手术而伤痕累累的脸庞,它不仅完美的隐藏起了奥吉脆弱自卑的内心,也成功的防止了奥吉的模样吓到别的孩子。奥吉没有上过学,他的所有文化知识都是母亲伊莎贝尔(朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)在家教授给他的。然而,伊莎贝尔渐渐感觉到,家庭课堂无法满足奥吉的成长需要,除了学习知识,奥吉还必须学会的,是如何同除了家人以外的人交流。在忧虑重重之中,伊莎贝尔将奥吉送入了一间公立学校里,在那里,奥吉面临的是他人生中必须要战胜的挑战。
克莱尔小时候有个假想的朋友,长大后她回到童年的家,却遭到“曾经朋友”的折磨。尽管是一部美式恐怖片,风格却非常多元化,从预告可窥紧绷于弦的气氛。
曾经驰骋战场的退伍老兵安布罗斯·麦金利(Nick Damici 饰)终究也抵挡不了衰老和死亡的侵袭,妻子早年去世,儿子威尔(伊桑·恩布里 Ethan Embry 饰)兀自忙着事业,父子关系虽不冷淡却也绝非亲近,双目失明的安布罗斯搭乘着儿子的汽车搬入名为克莱森特湾的老年社区,陪伴他的只有一条忠诚的狗狗。搬入当晚,住在隔壁的老妇人被一只饿狼模样的怪兽袭击身亡,而安布罗斯则经历了极其恐怖且终生难忘的夜晚。从医生口中得知,该社区每个月都会发生一次类似案件,但警方无一例外都将其归咎为普通的野兽所为。 得不到亲人的救助,更无法奢望父母的庇护,安布罗斯只能融入社区,寻找拯救自己的办法……
The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.