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.
豆瓣分这么低啊，不至于吧🙈欧阳万成演圣诞浪漫喜剧没啥不合适的——难道大家更愿意看演他哥哥的那位帅哥演绎josh的那些细腻情绪么 lol 我是没胃口。结尾致敬love, actually自然不尬，好评~
Tag是亚裔？一查wiki都惊呆了“Barnet wurde als Sohn einer japanischstämmigen Mutter geboren”，他妈是瑞典日本混血，是我见识短了。Anyway，很不错的圣诞电影，就是故事有点Klischee，太vorhersagbar.
2. Tony和Riff抢枪那段设计的不错。
歌舞片爱好者实在看不下去，无力吐槽………斯皮尔伯格运镜调度功力还在，但真的不适合歌舞片吧。另外男女主什么情况，跳得跟中国音乐剧似的，男主唱也够拉胯……
虽然有点假但作为online dating支持者，还是要给个三星鼓励一下哈哈哈。Jimmy超cute！以及他为何长着一张华人程序员的脸。。。
是看完会微笑的圣诞电影！Jimmy Ouyang在此片中的人格魅力令本颜狗服气（但吻戏我看着还是违和哈哈哈
没想到……最后是个悲剧……看完才想起来看看豆评分，em……已经忘记了当时为啥要下这个电影，but，里面几个镜头真的美啊，几首音乐也很带感，总体来说，比现在几个院线好点，算是不浪费时间了。……
在好莱坞的电影里面，其实是不会出现亚裔和白人女性接吻的镜头的。因为做过调查，美国观众看到这种镜头会反感。至少这部电影能突破这种刻板映像。
连字幕都不加了，却还要他得到集体的认同？故事太老了。
没什么太新鲜的但演的不错 在一些（许多）小地儿悄悄讽刺LA人有被攻击到
一個看了開頭就能知道結尾的口水故事，一切都在意料之中。
这种罗密欧与朱丽叶式的一见钟情，再现在已经无法让观众买账了，特别是怎么才能把握那个一见钟情的平衡点，所以原模原样把40年前的剧情搬上来观众欣赏不来很正常。 经典之所以是经典是因为它也符合当时人们的审美和思想。
想起大卫伯德维尔吐槽，相比港片，好莱坞的黑帮火并戏就像三明治，三板斧，机位很少，看起来就是扭打在一起，毫无美感和张力，眼前就是个反面典型，而且丝毫不肯脱离舞台剧的外壳，把舞台剧的走位分毫不差地嵌入到电影实在违和，五六十年代的故事放到现在看更加奇特，和刚杀了自己兄长的男友啪啪，又把嫂子置于更危险的境地，这不是绿茶吗…
瓊瑤阿姨都汗顏
对不起，但私以为真的没有你们说的这么不堪...即便第三幕结束的仓促，但结合打光或是人物站位的调度来看，竟有一种杜琪峰般的港片风范，摄影也变得冷峻残酷，再无舞蹈与歌唱，也再无逃生梯上的隔窗对望。此时此刻与前两幕的制片厂华丽风格相比较，一时间竟有种《红楼梦》似的物是人非之感。更何况斯皮尔伯格这次是真的牛逼啊，开头那个定场镜头的摄影机运动就足以让许多当代导演学个五六年了，仅靠一个镜头便把观众拉入暴力动荡的贫民街区之中。尽管后面可以看出斯皮尔伯格正努力在好莱坞化和去好莱坞化间挣扎，但形式间的隐喻却仍然塞得满满当当，甚至在最后的枪响中共同发力，让我有种莫名的升华的快感...真正诠释了如何通过剧作之外的视听元素来拯救一个平庸的剧本
在好莱坞的电影里面，其实是不会出现亚裔和白人女性接吻的镜头的。因为做过调查，美国观众看到这种镜头会反感。至少这部电影能突破这种刻板映像。
就好像…因为一首歌买了一盘CD，然后发现那是整张专辑唯一一首好听的曲子…
抵不过男女主颜值带来的伤害（对不起不应该颜控）
看笑了 金球奖诚不我欺 果然是音喜类最佳影片
恕我直言 这电影的三观真的有点歪。Josh是用照片骗了她 到她接受不了的不是被骗 而是Josh太丑吧 如果一开始喜欢的就是Josh这样的脸的人 见面了反而是帅哥 她还会那么生气？最后又喜欢上了我更觉得是心里愧疚而非真的发现自己和他情投意合。另外 Jimmy和妮娜真的毫无CP感 接吻完全没火花恋情也感觉让人看不到头 就算我喜欢Jimmy我也不能昧着良心说他帅吧 妮娜眼大胸大腰细腿长（攀岩时还看到手臂有肌肉线条）真是全世界男人都喜欢的类型 ，不是说Josh这种类型不配得到爱情 而是现实中这样的搭配 如果男方不是非常自信内在条件优越的人儿他和妮娜这样一起以后绝对会给他非常非常大的压力。PS男二长得有点像森林狼的拉塞尔 帅但真的太蠢了。
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