The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading "Reserved for You."[1]
Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy.
Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth.
Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond.
After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.
故事上没有任何新意，就是哈姆雷特式王子复仇记。上次看王子复仇记，还是冯导的《夜宴》，本片拍的比《夜宴》高出一个《满城尽带黄金甲》。在融入维京历史和习俗的基础上，故事完整且紧凑，没有明显的剧情bug。故事基底是莎翁剧，片中所有人物的表演都比较外放，有明显的戏剧表演风格，但在导演的统一安排下，并不突兀，反而呈现出异样的美感。画面——属于大银幕的画面是本片的最大的亮点之一。安雅在片中特别的美，闪烁的女性的光辉让维京的阴霾一扫而空。期待看好莱坞商业动作片的就算了，期待看故事反转的别点开了，期待看阿宝色风光片的也请出门右转。本片存在较大的审美隔阂，粗颗粒的狂野风，对于习惯了美颜磨皮的人来说很难受。电影是视听的艺术，本片的视听享受绝对是一流的，仅仅是套用了一个经典故事的内核，这决不是原罪，这是传承！
冰岛风景大型宣传片，文本实在是太无聊了相比灯塔的猎奇还有退步
ATJ大妹子贡献了本片最亮眼的视效。剩下的，无论情节抑或是画面，别说看过其它书籍电影，但凡玩过AC Valhalla也不至于吹
光怪陆离的北欧中世纪，这导演每次都能把让人惊喜
电影野蛮中带着知性美，画面视觉带感。
@Louis Hartlooper Complex
如果不是在电影院我应该坚持不下去，唯一觉得有意思的就是对动物性的崇拜的呈现了
咱就是说 梁朝伟跟陈法拉生出来的孩子长成刘思慕这样合理吗 （没有说刘思慕不好的意思）
7分的水平，相比于故事人物逻辑啥的，质感这一点还算不错。演员喊叫越是声嘶力竭，越能代表这导演技法多笨拙，到最后甚至妮可基德曼都开始疯狗叫喊搭配王八剑法了…
【6.5-】你看过的哈姆雷特+你看过的A24风格+你看过的北欧神话+你看过的冰岛风光=一部处处都仿佛看过的电影
制作考究，影像风格突出，却没能达到理想的高度。一方面是影片具有的丰富意象，神话与宗教、命运与抉择、复仇与死亡、野兽与人性等等，另一方面却是影片简单直白的叙事和人物自白，很大程度上消解了那厚重的意象，淡化了作者性的表达。
制作精良 编剧太弱 用了哈姆雷特的故事 可是把哈姆雷特人性的部分抽走了 剩下一个空壳 就显得特别单薄
用电影方式来呈现的一篇北欧萨迦。原来莎剧《哈姆雷特》对原著中的维京民族风做了巨大的删减。
北欧的战舞太cool
穷山恶水不仅出刁民，也出摄影大片。这种荒凉的地方，确实对摄影非常友好。
看睡着了醒了又倒回去继续看的 复仇王子的故事的确有点腻了虽然E大妮可atj都挺喜欢 为什么母子kiss那里氛围好强 熟悉的冰岛场景不知道啥时候能再去看
整体观感很不错，剧情很经典，无论是画面还是音乐还是表现形式上那种粗粝和野蛮展现的淋漓尽致。一点不足就是女主太像个现代人了，还用起了巫术，观感很怪
恭喜人类在真人电影上达成了游戏cg可以达成的高度（这么一说是不是还挺没劲的，希望战神系列被拍出来，可惜会去拍的一定是爆米花导演）
每一处台词和画面都让亚洲人尴尬，
打斗软绵无力犹如儿戏，人物刻画几乎没有，最出色的就是摄影了。我先走一步。
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