非常不错的悬疑片，纯粹靠打磨精良的剧本取胜，摄影凌厉，年代作品中常见的镜头极速推近，制造张力，多次反转的剧情在铺成和递进中彰显其高明的优势。轮椅的年轻姑娘自小父母离异随母亲生活，孤苦无依的她接受父亲邀请去探亲，迎接她的却是从未谋面的继母。下榻当晚她看见了父亲的尸体，第二天却接到了他的电话，之后她又不断看见父亲尸体。一切没有怀疑的那么简单...

Penny Applebee"s parents were divorced when she was quite young and she grew up with her mother. After her mother"s death, the wheelchair-bound Penny has accepted her father"s invitation to live with him. She arrives only to learn that her father is away though her stepmother - who she is meeting for the first time - proves to be quite welcoming. On her first night however, she sees a light in the summerhouse and upon investigation, sees her father sitting there, apparently dead. Others can find nothing there and tell her she must have imagined it. She later sees his body in library and then again in the pool. She comes to believe that her stepmother and her father"s friend, Doctor Pierre Gerard, are plotting to drive her insane. She gets a sympathetic ear from Bob, the chauffeur, who feels there has to be some rational explanation for what has been happening.