James Bentley is tried for the murder of Abigail McGinty, the charwoman of Broadhinny who also took in Bentley as her lodger. The evidence is overwhelming, and soon after he is sentenced to hang. Superintendent Spence is not convinced of the man's guilt, and so he visits Poirot, asking him to look into the case. Poirot then heads off to the village, where he becomes the paying guest of Maureen and Major Johnnie Summerhayes. Ariadne Oliver, Poirot's novelist friend, has also come to Broadhinny to collaborate on a stage adaptation of one of her novels with dramatist Robin Upward. With the clue of a bottle of ink purchased by the dead woman shortly before her death, Poirot searches Mrs. McGinty's belongings and finds an edition of The Sunday Comet newspaper, where an article concerning two women connected with famous murders has been cut out. With the story are two photographs of the women. Poirot discovers that Mrs. McGinty had seen one of the photographs before, and knew to whom it belonged to. But which woman was this case connected with Are any of the people living in Broadhinny related to these women, as one of their children Or perhaps one of them is one of the actual women The puzzle pieces begin to fit in, especially after Poirot is shoved into the path of an oncoming train by an unknown entity. But will the murderer strike agai
A mother moves into an old family home to undergo a rigorous treatment that she hopes will help her autistic daughter communicate. The therapy seems successful when the girl miraculously begins to speak. However, she soon discovers that her daughter has come into contact with the tortured entities of the place, who return from beyond to collect a dark debt from the past
年轻女子米歇尔(玛丽·伊丽莎白·温斯特德 Mary Elizabeth Winstead 饰)不久前刚和男友发生争吵,她夜晚驾车奔驰在黑暗的公路上,突然遭遇严重车祸昏迷过去。当她再度醒来时,发现自己被绑住手脚,关在一个密闭的空间里。少顷,一个健硕冷峻的男子霍华德(约翰·古德曼 John Goodman 饰)走了进来。军人出身的霍华德声称地球刚刚遭遇可怕的生化危机,地球人几乎灭亡殆尽。他在数年前未雨绸缪修建了这个设备、资源齐全的避难所,只为生存下去。避难所内,除了霍华德、米歇尔外,还有另外一个年轻男子埃米特。米歇尔对霍华德的说辞半信半疑,她坚信自己遭到了变态狂的拘禁。 真相究竟为何?威胁无处不在……