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.
我对政治电影的兴趣程度确实不高；另外关于字幕，虽然和电影无关，但还是要说被它恶心到了啊！2月份出资源的时候，被看着不像是机翻的字幕骗进来看，看了20分钟彻底被字幕折腾疯了，只好弃也；这会儿5月又搜出来看，发现字幕好了一点儿，但整体看下来依旧非常不够格 … 我建议各大字幕组选择做字幕就用点心，虽然在这片儿网络地之上，看电影的资源和字幕纯属都是大伙儿自个儿发光发热非盈利建立起来的东西，但这也都是自己的选择啊，要么就不要做，没有字幕我就不看呗，何必恶心人？
若政治真到了可以“为达目的不择手段”的地步，那么这些政客总有一天会以国家的名义牺牲人民的利益～胸膛里的良心远比围栏里的鸡蛋更重要～
拍得景还不错，虽然在同质类里面也有，内容就还好。
演技一流的二流政治剧情片。
画面感很强，故事性缺少一些冲突，明明很刺激 给人的感觉倒不是很强烈
抱着看韩系政治惊悚剧的心态来的，这是什么搞笑娱乐剧啊，不架枪不下药，坐着就是陪你唠
韩国政治家都是专业的演说家、优秀的表演家、野心的操纵家，如果背后再有个高智商的影子策划家，那么这一场场的选举终将成为没有硝烟的战场。而且战火还是相当激烈的！李善均的音色依然充满磁性，好听到爆！因为两位优秀的男主，相比《南山部长》，更喜欢这部！
是因为拿了影帝和男配所以打算瞅瞅，没有最后二十分钟的话是三星，因为我喜欢爆炸之后的反转。比起薛景求我更喜欢李善均的表演，两人监狱出来那段很有意思，飙戏很爽。我存的这版字幕真的太简翻了，纯靠我多年经验艰难个人理解了一波。
相比韩国其他同类型影片少了一些劲爆感多了一些娱乐化，两大影帝的加持为其加了不少分。选举和权利向来是泡菜国的政客们玩弄的游戏，难怪近年越来越多骚操作。韩国唯一让我不舍的也就只有电影了。
比南山的的部长们少了冷峻，多了和睦温馨。艺术性地金大中和背后的竞选军师严昌禄在70年代并肩作战最后又形同陌路的故事，二元对立的手段目的之争一直伴随着两位主角的人物形象和剧情走向。不过故事是非常理想化的，我想导演更想突出的应该是严，首尾呼应偷鸡蛋也是对正完美的织就他的人物个性。另外薛耿求和李善均穿着古典正装四目相对畅谈拥抱真是太有CP感了。
现实中如果真有这样的能人而又没有在明面上，那后果大概率是死得很惨。
今年一月韩国公映的政治大片，用虚构的手法演绎金大中70-80年代竞选的沉浮历史，好处是写了两个不同价值观的主人公的博弈及情谊，类似《三国演义》历史小说的写法。获韩国自己的百想电影奖最佳导演及最佳男演员奖、最佳男配角奖。
韩国讲故事的能力依然还有，一个当代贾诩的心路
虽然太脸谱，虽然过度维护金大中，虽然主旋律，虽然爽文，虽然开头鸡蛋寓言结尾17年后重逢都应该去掉，但是这里有很强的表达:“是否能够用卑劣的手段实现崇高的目的”。另外总是感觉得到全片都在说“zz是永远肮脏的，请远离zz”。
其实，他们本来心里想的就是一码事，只不过有人要说出来，有人要做出来。
高丽国政治类型片的标准产品，一切都合乎标准，经典款。
字幕有点崩，断断续续看了几次才继续下去，进入到党内竞争那段开始渐入佳境，竞选的阴暗诡计一波接一波。开头和结尾关于偷鸡蛋的隐喻，一下子就把候选人和影子的性格特征诠释的清清楚楚，很有意思。
薛景求 李善均 赵宇镇 刘在明 啊啊啊啊啊a
虽然太脸谱，虽然过度维护金大中，虽然主旋律，虽然爽文，虽然开头鸡蛋寓言结尾17年后重逢都应该去掉，但是这里有很强的表达:“是否能够用卑劣的手段实现崇高的目的”。另外总是感觉得到全片都在说“zz是永远肮脏的，请远离zz”。
若政治真到了可以“为达目的不择手段”的地步，那么这些政客总有一天会以国家的名义牺牲人民的利益～胸膛里的良心远比围栏里的鸡蛋更重要～
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