两个母亲

洛杉矶警探乔瑟夫（克莱格·谢菲尔 饰）是个标准败类，嗑药嗑得比谁都勤快，调查命案不忘顺手牵羊，更枉顾家中妻小，专搞迷人可爱的阻街女郎。一宗幼童谋杀案现场，乔瑟夫捡回一只受过诅咒的奇异盒子，打开后怪事不断一桩接一桩：昨夜搞上的妓女意外身亡，他瞬间成为头号嫌疑犯；一连串似幻似真的恐怖体验更不断尾随，无脸怪人四处追杀人群，《养鬼吃人》系列当家猛鬼－针头鬼（Pinhead）也重出江湖，一个头两个大的乔瑟夫该如何解决这谜一般的虚实梦魇？本片改编自克里夫巴克（Clive Barker）恐怖小说「受地狱羁绊之心」The Hellbound Heart，这颗坏心肠的主人正是故事男主角乔瑟夫，身为警察的他自身行为不检点也罢，涉嫌谋杀难以脱罪的他竟然嫁祸好同事，善恶终有报，恶徒乔瑟夫果然陷入万劫不复的魔鬼梦魇，活著比死更痛苦。

　　The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...

　　根据约瑟夫和丽贝卡·鲍在普拉佐集中营的婚礼被斯皮尔伯格的辛德勒名单纪念的真实故事改编。Bau，《战争中的艺术家》是一部战争剧/爱情故事/间谍故事，在这个幸存者正在死亡、大屠杀正在从记忆中消失的时代需要讲述。约瑟夫在营地里运用他的艺术技巧，活了下来，帮助数百人逃走。奇迹般地，他在绝望中找到了爱。一种将持续一生的爱。几年后，当他被传唤为残酷的纳粹军官受审的关键证人时，他被重新带回了大屠杀的生动记忆中。纳粹军官折磨了他并杀害了他的父亲。现在，他呼吁这种爱和精神的韧性来面对他过去的终极恶魔。

　　自从父亲死后，薇若妮卡就一直姊代母职照顾弟弟。思念父亲的她，和两个朋友在日全蚀那天，做了碟仙板以召唤她父亲的灵体。不料就在日光完全遭到遮蔽同时，玻璃破碎，薇若妮卡陷入恍惚状态然后昏迷，朋友们也吓得惊慌失措。薇若妮卡清醒后回家，却开始发现一些异象：东西自己会移动、看不见的地方传来正体不明的呼吸声……她觉得是她把父亲带回了生者的世界，可是这些异象却越发不怀好意，让她备感威胁。在弟弟的帮助下，薇若妮卡展开一项仪式要脱离灵体纠缠，却召唤出始料未及的恐怖幻影，虽然薇若妮卡勇敢地抵抗，但她却浑然不知可怕的后果正等着她……