Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
中国式的灵异事件，不同的是人家拍的怎么就这么高级这么艺术呢。。最后的反转也是一个不错的一翻。加一星。。桑迪代表着60年代英国？看着辉煌，实则千疮百孔。桑迪即是凶手，也是被害者。
作为看铅黄片长大的人，这个片有非常丰满的铅黄要素，但缺少最关键的那个——似宗教的神秘氛围，扎根在欧洲人文的阴翳，突出一个引人入胜。当然时代需要创新，但作为赖特粉，渐入佳境后的展开让我感觉在看Doctor who。配乐也很致敬，但远没有goblin的电子乐在你的背后吹拂阵阵阴风的爽快感。最喜欢真凶最后上楼梯那段的特效，满脑子都是未麻的部屋
金曲大赏是吧，这电影是有点吓人，中间我还来了个外卖可把我吓死了
当编剧有个好点子但圆不出一个好故事会做出什么样的电影？——请看本片。
电影的起始点子都很不错，但越到后面，影片在视觉呈现上就显得越来越普通了，故事发生地也从具体的地方转变成了更加抽象的空间，反而造成了一种无益的失真。
好久没有看过风格这么明显的电影了，电影中独特的风格是一种品牌性的，观众会不由自主的理解，并且成为创作者的一部分。我好喜欢这种风格电影中女孩的性格和电影的风格融合，总之这部电影透露着一种从内而外的协调感和完整性。
有几段戏拍得不错的，剪辑音乐也很棒…但这个可怕的开头和结尾是在干什么…
我的两个小女神的化学反应很奇妙！揭露事实的时候很奇妙！但最后的时装秀很拉垮…
除了流动的音乐和最后的丧尸，看不太出是赖特的作品。但是影像风格真的太好看了。Dinna Riggs的谢幕。
与现实掺杂在一起，精神病人的异想世界。
埃德加的趣味和可爱荡然全无
不过故事真的太扁平了，就像1+1=2一样的，女主的形象很贴近生活，我身边也有不少这样的人
抄了好多《未麻的部屋》的构思，今敏太惨了，你们就不能换个人抄吗？？
而且视听上的美感已经有很多新派恐怖片做到了，算不上创新，但出现了极为少见的男鬼还是很有趣的。
关于夜总会门口海报的事情，据说导演听了好朋友昆丁.塔伦蒂诺的建议，换成了现在这个。看到这个名字，我就大大的感叹为什么昆丁.塔伦蒂诺能成为大师，首先他不墨迹，光这一点就甩很多人几条街不止。其次，他对度的把握，对氛围的拿捏，有非常人之处。 感叹完，再看此片，故事本身是不错的，愣是被拍成了个哗众取宠。摇头。
可能是卡司的关系吧，这部成了近期有点小火的片子。看下来也就觉得故事是还可以的，但是导演拍得不太行。还是快点把《极盗车神2》拍出来吧。
确实不太行，埃德加赖特还是老老实实做喜剧吧
开头女主的舞蹈还挺可爱，镜像处理很棒，但剧情远没有片名来得吸引人。几个角色都很令人讨厌，除了黑人小哥。
表达的形式挺有趣的，可是要表达的内容还欠一点考虑。
精美而又乏善可陈，可惜了深埋在女性视角下对命运反扑的悲情主题，过于着迷风格化塑造与对经典复刻的创作思路，让本值得深挖的时代对话与两性问题都流俗在了视听享乐层面，可谁又驾的住60s英伦摇滚的魅力攻势呢，甜美诱惑的soho不眠夜，用邪典气十足的酱果味血浆特调来点缀，I dont care what they say, I wont stay in a world without love，这不也是一场两小时即危险而又不愿醒来的梦么
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