Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
也可以说是弱鸡小孩成长史！我甚至以为最后反派要放狗咬死小男孩呢。不过反派的绑架动机是为啥？一不为钱，二不为娈童，也没看出来哪里变态，电影没交代动机，百思不得其解！
Good child performances and very cathartic ending
节奏铺陈略显沉闷，室内解密逃生，室外追查支线等方式割裂感较严重且互动观感不佳，至男主与反派对峙时才真正意义上让观者大呼痛快，为本片昏昏欲睡的前半部打入一剂猛药达到回春效果。
还算不太平庸的恐怖片吧，奇幻元素让整体显得更娱乐化了一些。
冤魂电话拯救录。剧情紧凑紧张，第一个冤魂出现时吓了我一跳。
如果你有什么关于青少年成长问题的见解要发表，麻烦您整理一下然后简明扼要地发在导演（编剧）您的推特或者脸书上，而不是脑子一拍“诶我能不能搞个故事框架把我想表达的东西给套进去然后拍成电影”
太顺遂了，男孩儿逃离的过程，即使是有通灵的能力。不过最后被朋友鼓励挥起拳头那段还蛮励志的。btw，坏蛋全程没露脸我都猜到是伊桑霍克了，鬼知道为什么
太普通也太平淡了，甚至都不肯解释解释通灵的背景，怎么美国佬这么喜欢看儿童失踪故事？和登子一样人均炼铜癖？
人鬼合作，复仇逃生。
设定有点意思，铺垫过长半小时了才切题，之后就顺畅无比，男主耐力定力心理状态稳得一批，接完电话还不忘说谢谢，不到最后一刻绝不放弃，很厉害
情节紧张，很重视细节，几乎都能衔接上，合格的惊悚片……
在配乐上确实加强了观感。歌曲本身自带的年代感以及后几段的诡秘感让这个带点小奇幻的惊悚片有了一丝亮点。这种剧情本身的模板是挺常见的，但我觉得其实本身就没有黑色电话打进来过，更像是芬尼为了自救想尽一切办法而产生的幻觉？当然只是一种想法。但怎么说伊桑·霍克出演的角色真的好水...还有种见光死的感觉，没有面具就会害怕。但怎么想，掳童犯居然是被芬尼的计谋搞死的，自己大意是一回事，难道芬尼比罗宾强吗？还是之前的都没来得及反抗就被杀害了啊？最后一段是本片精华了。
我不理解...这么粗糙的吗，剧情解释不通...而且那可是伊桑霍克啊，我还以为能成为新一个经典面具杀手，结果就这...配角人设也莫名其妙，各种莫名其妙
虽然小男孩的“地下战争”确实有惊险有爽快，但核心动因始终没有交代清楚，就是：怪人到底为什么要囚禁他。虽然片中有提及说怪人要找人玩个游戏，但一直到他死这个都没解释这是啷个游戏，咋个玩法……所以总让人觉得莫名其妙。
环球公司出品，不会差！不是鬼片，是犯罪片！拍摄不错，但这种案件没什么看头，而且对前因后果，以及罪犯心理的刻画太少，情节显得单薄无趣
7.5可以有
伊桑霍克演了快半辈子的boss了吧，今天居然被小学生反杀了。挺不错的，抛开剧情一些不合理的地方，挺扣人心弦的
7.5/10 感谢环球的免费试映。俨然是Anti- bully film
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