如今街道空无一人，利用这场前所未有的全球灾难的不仅仅是大自然。灵魂比以往任何时候都更加自由，臭名昭著的连环杀手，也就是“锁匠”的灵魂从死亡中复活了，他甚至有更多的潜在受害者。在超自然专家乔丹·迈尔斯（Jordan Myers）的指导下，自我隔离的乔治·帕克侦探（George Parker）能阻止更多的年轻女性成为被封锁的闹鬼的受害者吗？

娜奥米-沃茨在影片中扮演一个名叫玛丽的儿童心理学家，她遭遇了人生中最不幸的事件：丈夫被一场离奇车祸夺去了性命，儿子则因这次灾难变成了植物人。一次偶然的机会，玛丽邂逅了一个叫汤姆的患儿，她将这个诡异的男孩带回家抚养，却因此招来了一连串不可思议的事件。

三个死后被投入地狱的罪人，邮政局小职员伊内丝，巴黎贵妇艾丝黛尔，报社编辑加尔森以及属过场人物的地狱听差。当他们在地狱密室初始相遇时，彼此之间设防戒备，相互隐瞒生前劣迹：加尔森竭力要让他人相信自己是英雄，实际上他是个在二战中因临阵脱逃被处死的胆小鬼，同时又是个沉溺酒色，折磨妻子的虐待狂；艾丝黛尔掩饰色情狂的身份和杀婴罪责，诡称自己是个为了年老的丈夫断送了青春的贞洁女子；伊内丝则充满敌意地牢记“他人”的存在以求尽可能地包庇自己同性恋的往昔。 　　但是，他们不仅彼此封闭自己，同时又相互“拷问”他人，每个人无时不在“他人的目光”中存在并受到审视与监督。由于他们生前恶习不改，真实面目迅速裸露。一旦暴露，便无顾忌，三人间形成了一向相互追逐，另一向相互排斥的双向型三角关系：加尔森希望得到伊内丝拒绝艾丝黛尔；伊内丝希望得到艾丝黛尔拒绝加尔森；艾丝黛尔希望得到加尔森拒绝伊内丝。三个痛苦的灵魂像坐上了旋转木马，永在相互追逐又永远追逐不到的“境况”中，相互的追逐成了一场不堪其苦的煎熬，谁也不能得到，谁也不能安宁，谁也不能退场，其苦状若身陷无间地狱。 　　最终加尔森悟得地狱之中并无刑具的道理：“何必用烤架呢，他人就是地狱！”剧作以加尔森无可奈何地说：“好吧，让我们继续下去吧”一言收场。

在一次重大车祸后，心理学家玛丽-波特曼（娜奥米-沃茨 饰演）失去了丈夫，儿子史蒂芬（查理-希顿 饰演）也瘫痪在床，只剩下一个没有灵魂躯壳。背负着…

三个互相鄙视的人发现自己在地狱里共享一个房间——永远。

在影片《禁闭男童》中，因患上未知疾病，一名男童（查理·肖特韦尔饰）必须过与世隔绝的生活，并日渐衰弱。 他的父母（凯利·蕾莉和马克斯·马蒂尼饰 ）…

Yoo-ra suffers from nightmares every night. One day she meets her high school friends. Jin-tae is a promising artist, In-seok is a chaebol and former thug, Hye-jin likes In-seok, and Seong-ho, who used to be In-seok's errand boy, finally meet up. Yoo-ra asks her friends if they remember the classmate that killed herself. Everyone is flustered and claims they don't. 　　Yoo-ra goes to the bathroom, but passes out after seeing herself in the mirror. Everyone gets in In-seok's car to send Yoo-ra home, but they get into an accident and all become unconscious. When they wake up, they are at a familiar school that's closed. It was the school they went to that has closed down. 　　Why did they end up there? Yoo-ra and her friends tremble in fear for their lives...

Yoo-ra suffers from nightmares every night. One day she meets her high school friends. Jin-tae is a promising artist, In-seok is a chaebol and former thug, Hye-jin likes In-seok, and Seong-ho, who used to be In-seok's errand boy, finally meet up. Yoo-ra asks her friends if they remember the classmate that killed herself. Everyone is flustered and claims they don't. 　　Yoo-ra goes to the bathroom, but passes out after seeing herself in the mirror. Everyone gets in In-seok's car to send Yoo-ra home, but they get into an accident and all become unconscious. When they wake up, they are at a familiar school that's closed. It was the school they went to that has closed down. 　　Why did they end up there? Yoo-ra and her friends tremble in fear for their lives...

年逾六十的意大利老导演莱昂纳多·迪科斯坦佐此前一直活跃于纪录片界，但出手的第一部剧情长片就令人惊艳其老道与熟稔。影片只用了几乎一个场景、一男一女两个演员，就在密闭空间里做足了戏。荒废的空屋里男孩看守女孩，女孩是何身份？关押她的人何时到来？男孩会做何决策？等待她的是何种结局？影片始终处在一片未知的气氛之中，吊足观众胃口。在2012年威尼斯国际电影节上，本片连夺包括费比西奖在内的七项大奖，受到高度评价。

Eight tales of ghostly encounters through the decades, manifesting amid the ruins of a once grand English hotel.