When a young auto salesman is forced to give up a vacation with his wife in order to drive an American car to its new owner who lives on the French Riviera, he makes the best of things. First, he gets and old friend to ride along with him. Then, the two of them are joined by another pair of men who want to ride south. The four of them have a great time, talking about women and ...

線路工人湯姆·維特斯基（凱文·貝肯 Kevin Bacon 飾）和麥姬（凱瑟琳·厄比 Kathryn Erbe 飾）是一對(duì)普通的美國(guó)夫婦，他們和兒子杰克（Zachary David Cope 飾）以及麥姬的妹妹麗莎（伊蓮娜·道格拉斯 Illeana Douglas 飾）住在芝加哥的郊區(qū)，生活波瀾不驚。麗莎青春年少，性感迷人，帶著神秘的氣質(zhì)。在一次派對(duì)上，湯姆被麗莎催眠，繼而經(jīng)歷了一場(chǎng)短暫而驚悸的夢(mèng)境。這次經(jīng)歷讓湯姆陷入不安中，奇怪的幻像自此時(shí)常出現(xiàn)在他的眼前，生活也開始為詭異的氛圍所包圍。與此同時(shí)，年幼的杰克似乎也和父親有著同樣的感受…… 　　本片根據(jù)理查德·麥瑟森（Richard Matheson）的同名小說(shuō)改編，并榮獲2000年國(guó)際恐怖導(dǎo)刊最佳影片。