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.
韩国前总统金大中与影子幕僚严昌禄的历史改编。
第一次看薛景求的戏，竟然是 大义就是大义，厉害的坚持
你永远不会明白为啥三星和韩国在这部片居然如此紧密。
什么地摊阴谋论大集合。金大中和朴正熙都被黑死了属于
通过这部电影开始了解邻居国度的政权更迭，看看旁人的世界，勿论是非。
老实说我是抱着很高的期待看此片的，也确实有点看头，但问题也很明显。对历史的演义，就说选举策略这事，当年受条件所限，自然不可能有如今大数据分析这些手段，而且一切都是开先河之举，想到做到就已经不易，这是历史赋予的逻辑合理性。但你是今人，要迎合今人的审美趣味，就不能仅满足于和观众达成某种谅解，你得超越。这样一个谋士在今人眼中并无丝毫高明之处，他若自始至终不摇摆，则更是了无生趣，即使往政治中注入正义的鸡血，也是枉然。打个比方，你塑造诸葛亮，也得重塑才有成功的可能性，就算伎俩无法升级，也该极尽斗智之能事，把谋略做得更花哨更传奇一些。就这点遗憾。几个主要角色的演技都还在线，情感、心理都到位，叙事很成熟很韩国。
又一部反映上世纪韩国政坛的作品，与《南山的部长们》相比，天生就缺少戏剧冲突和看点，所以情节弱一些，不能完全拿来比较，要是比较也是应该跟其他反映前总统事迹的电影比，比如《辩护人》，但是《辩护人》虽讲了前总统的故事，但是是从政前的故事，一时想不起应该跟谁对比。这部电影两大主演都是实力派，韩国可以肆意拍摄政府题材，可拍的点太多了
韩国的政治片真是独具一格，非常有味道。扣掉一星是因为片中金大中的理念太理想化了，最后当选的结局似乎有那么一点迎合政治正确的味道，相比之下我还是更喜欢南山的部长们。本身这个影子是举正义大旗者抽离出的阴暗面的故事足够拿五星的。
“搞政治的人不会演戏也是无能的”——韩国政坛奥斯卡
故事完整而紧凑，导演的运镜非常讲究，光线明暗教科书级别的调度。双男主的对手戏拳拳到肉，薛景求内敛而又有力的表演，李善均也并不逊色，韩国的政治片真是世界顶级水平。
“政治是活的生物”，继《南山的部长们》《王者》《局内人》后又一部好看的政治片，爱！
来自希腊的亚里士多德这样说：
你说他是为了民族大义吧，好像也不是，也不是为了钱，只能理解是为了理想吧，诸葛亮是不是也是这样想的。
程序正义与结果正义
【千影计划251】离《南山的部长》还是差一截，远没有前者来的霸气和一气呵成
2星半，除了灵机一动的点子，人物塑造、选举角逐等都很一般般，难得韩国全演技派男主的制作会如此拉垮，和摩加迪沙一个水平
3.5 比较习惯韩国的剧情片，不觉得慢或者无聊，但确实没什么高潮
几位演员都挺好，最爱还是李善均。
政治从来都不是理想的，有其自身的运转法则，公平、正义、民主……是理想与目标，而政治才是实现这些目标的过程与日常，保持纯洁怕脏了手，就请收起理想远离政治吧。
没有人关心是谁操纵了一颗炸弹，他们只关心正义和事业。
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