Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his...then hangs himself. But it seems Winant had a shadowy, protective elder brother who believes in personal revenge. And each of the card players in turn feels a faceless doom inexorably closing in. Dark streets and sexy torch-singer Fran lend ambience.
Successful businessman Jake takes his pregnant girlfriend Lindsey on a babymoon trip to an upscale desert resort. When they get there, Lindsey discovers that Jake's meddlesome soon to be ex-wife, Gwen is there too. In a dream vacation gone wrong, it becomes apparent that someone is determined that Lindsey will never use her return ticket.
A couple of Australians introduce three American backpackers to the local legend of Lemon Tree Passage where a ghost of a motorcyclist warns young drivers to slow down. After seeing the ghost first hand they uncover a malevolent force that posses the area and threatens to wreak havoc on the final days of their vacation. Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of an evil force much more heinous than the local myth believed.
一个夜晚,美艳而富有的女作家凯瑟琳(莎朗•斯通 Sharon Stone 饰)与某球星狂欢后驾车落入水中,结果该球星死亡而凯瑟琳却安然无恙。 警方怀疑这是一起谋杀案,委派精神病医生格拉斯(大卫·莫利塞 David Morrissey饰)对凯瑟琳进行精神鉴定。因为其他原因,凯瑟琳被无罪释放了。但此后她却要求格拉斯对其进行精神治疗,格拉斯也想通过凯瑟琳这个案例完成一篇学术论文。 在这个过程中,格拉斯被凯瑟琳的美丽与智慧所吸引,渐渐忘记了医生与病人的原则,陷入了无法自拔的情爱之中。 就在这时,他感觉身边的一切都发生了可怕的变化,而这些又都与凯瑟琳有关。他仿佛生活在这个女人所编织的无形的网中。 那么他能够逃离这个危险女人的掌控吗?他该如何抉择?
A mathematician and author, Luke Williams, is travelling up to London on a train when he meets a old lady, Lavinia Fullerton, who is also going to London, to Scotland Yard. Lavinia tells Luke that in her small village several people have died. The local police are certain that it was all accidental and are taking no action but Lavinia isn't convinced. In London Luke watches, horrified, as Lavinia is run over in a hit and run and he becomes convinced that she was telling the truth. He travels down to the village and with the aid of a local girl, who is also convinced that the deaths were murder, sets out to solve the mystery.
A cloaked figure slips into an exclusive psychiatric clinic and murders one of the female patients. Meanwhile, various sexuals liaisons are revealed. The mystery killer continues with his massacre he beheads a nurse with a scythe, pushes a chauffeur into a spiked “Iron Maiden”, strangles an older female patient, kills a nymphomaniac with an axe, and shoots a lesbian through the neck with a crossbow. Doctor Clay and the police set a trap for the killer using one of the attractive female patients as bait. However, they are not prepared for the onslaugth that follows…
An ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions, another man must try to penetrate the booby trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.