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.
3.5，主题呈现的很清晰，但是剧本虎头蛇尾，不太喜欢结尾。埃德加赖特放弃了原来的剪辑风格，不过在时空和人物转换上做得非常丝滑，配乐依然选得非常好听，有些回音的设计挺喜欢的，托马辛的表演超出预期。
this hits too close to home 女主甚至一开始的卧室上就挂着我每天上班都要走过的路 无法客观评分 比预期低还是还是挺好 但是的确该爱导的很多东西没有展现出来 不知道是摸鱼了还是在干什么
视听出彩，对白精妙。但主题含混，高潮的对决到底传达了怎样的价值观点，被男性权力压制的女性复仇不正是主角认同的行为？
赖特的片子节奏永远优秀的像他选的音乐一样。但，本片也太像今敏的《未麻的部屋》和《红辣椒》以及梦那个短片结合一些《红菱艳》的元素。整体整合起来又像是70-80年代的意大利铅黄电影的神叨感。
99 镜头精彩、流畅，选角优秀，情节回想起来是俗套，看的时候还是很入戏的，恐怖部分恰到好处
题材很新颖，和《偷窥者》一样猜不到结局，被编剧带着走，非常有趣。
下面有请迷影导演埃德加赖特和两位当红大美女带来一部点唱机恐怖片，在电影院看绝对震撼，用电脑的话视听效果大打折扣。有几个镜头真的太华丽了，剧情后面有点崩，没想到安雅也不是每套衣服都好看。
其他都好，就是结局太形而上。肯定是疫情惹的祸，太主旋律了，一派合家欢盛景。
虽然不是导演一贯的风格，但还是是一场视听盛宴，就是故事简单了些。
赖特牛逼，第一夜坠入过去的设计是我一直想得不可得的上海坠落夜
太赞了genre大片 比titane更高更圆满 视觉满分 too close to home 感觉lana del rey应该看看这片子哈哈哈low key讽刺很多想要活在60s的女孩们
绚丽的霓虹灯光和金曲串烧把观众瞬间带回到了如梦似幻的60年代，然而看似美好的过往年代实际暗藏杀机，导演用华丽的镜像电影语言渲染出时空穿插的迷幻气氛，各种精妙设计放大了感官层面的刺激，少女缠绕去世母亲的心头阴影被放置到60年代的显微镜里观察剖析，随着角色去感受恐惧和压迫，却过度依赖于剪辑让天马行空的创意娇柔造作起来，高潮的反转匹配不上迷幻的设定，终究演变为由光影符号构建成的复古仪式。
剪辑和镜头是美的 复古的。剧情是烂的不行的。
就知道脫褲子的無臉男鬼沒資格求救哈（ 不過最後做出來的衣服是不是有點太醜了😄
复古、穿越、鬼屋、迷幻、意外结局，不错的惊悚片。
o……kay？/ half as interesting as it is beautiful
这狗屎剧情！导演你不能感觉自己有个好idea就洋洋得意，编不出好剧本就拿出一坨屎来凑！开篇以为是girls help girls或者是双线叙事。后面直接大脑罢工，全无逻辑，降级崩塌，又闹鬼，又精神病的。有病就去治好吗！
这狗屎剧情！导演你不能感觉自己有个好idea就洋洋得意，编不出好剧本就拿出一坨屎来凑！开篇以为是girls help girls或者是双线叙事。后面直接大脑罢工，全无逻辑，降级崩塌，又闹鬼，又精神病的。有病就去治好吗！
【YVR-5th】两位女主不可限量！很适合万圣节这个时间点
埃德加赖特没有让人失望。前半段精妙绝伦的镜像轮转、场景调度、摄影运镜极尽丝滑，各种怀旧金曲搭配双女主不同场景/角度的凝视/对望/附着引发强烈情感共振。就是看着女主吻黑人小哥让我吐了，这就叫专业吧……
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