1972年，美军在越南溃败撤离柬埔寨之后，纽约时报驻柬埔寨的战地记者辛尼（萨姆·沃特森 Sam Waterston饰）仍留在当地继续采访。柬埔寨人潘迪（吴汉润 Haing S. Ngor饰）是辛尼的当地翻译兼助手。辛尼在潘迪的帮助下，多次化险为夷逃过鬼门关。两人在战火纷飞中结下了深厚的友谊。1975年，红色高棉占领金边。辛尼得以全身而退，然而潘迪却因为没有护照而被捕，开始了生不如死的地狱生活。在柬共的劳动改造中，潘迪目睹了红色高棉政权的残暴血腥，受到了非人的待遇。1978年，越共入侵柬埔寨，潘迪趁机逃亡到泰国边境，与一直在寻找他的老朋友辛尼重逢。本片荣获1985年第57届奥斯卡金像奖最佳男配角、最佳摄影和最佳电影剪辑三项大奖。?豆瓣
The film tells the story of single mother “Kara” (Elizabeth Roberts) who moves from New York to the quiet countryside with her two children for a job opportunity she can’t afford to turn down. The family moves into their humble new guesthouse. Kara begins her work as a private nurse to “Walter,” (Bruce Davison) a man stricken with multiple sclerosis and an appraiser of rare antiquities with a secretive past.Her teenage son, Jesse, (Arman Darbo) is unhappy about this most of all. Losing his friends and moving to the middle of nowhere hasn’t made his job of looking after his little sister, “Cambria,” (Chloe Perrin) any easier.Doom precedes them. “Akiba,” (Treva Etienne) a shady international associate of Walter’s, brings with him a mysterious relic of ancient origin. “Kara” encounters run in with a local sheriff played by genre veteran actor Denise Crosby.All too quickly they discover the relic contains more than just legends. Inside, waits a terrifying creature born of ancient darkness and pure instinct…a pre-historic cave Spider unlike the modern world has ever seen.
麦克?萨维奇（Ben Stewart 饰）是纽约警署一名普通警员，他从小生活在缺乏温暖和关爱的家庭里，母亲贩毒，父亲与妓女鬼混，这使得麦克形成了自闭和阴暗的性格。成为警员后，他经常受到嫌疑人的羞辱和诘问，这令其内心的黑暗进一步扩大。心理逐渐失衡的麦克开始绑架年轻女子，然后用白色绷带缠住的头部，将她们打扮成木乃伊的模样杀害。急于平息民众恐慌的纽约警署并为深入调查，而是找来替罪羔羊。这让麦克更加肆无忌惮。前后共有三名年轻女性遇害，直到第四个女孩出现在他的面前……?豆瓣
