故事发生在伦敦的汉普斯特富人区，帝王艾米丽（黛安·基顿 Diane Keaton 饰）刚刚失去了她的丈夫。一次偶然中，帝王艾米丽透过望远镜，发现有一个名叫唐纳德（布莱丹·格里森 Brendan Gleeson 饰）的流浪汉住在远处荒野中的一座棚屋里。渐渐的，艾米丽对这个男人产生了怜惜和兴趣。艾米丽面临着很严峻的债务问题，当她向好友菲奥娜（莱丝利·曼维尔 Lesley Manville 饰）求助时，意外的得知，菲奥娜和她的丈夫，正在打着唐纳德所居住的那片高价土地的主意。于是，艾米丽决定挺身而出，帮助唐纳德捍卫他赖以生存的土地。经历了种种波折之后，两人总算找到了当年为唐纳德安装家具的邻居菲利普先生（詹姆斯·诺顿 James Norton 饰）为唐纳德作证。
回复 :When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.
回复 :在一座18世纪隐密的城堡里，一场化妆舞会正要开始，而一个戴着面具的杀人凶手跃跃欲试，想要教这些宾客一种新的狂欢方式。这部电影可说是爱伦坡经典恐怖小说的现代改编版，这些毫无戒心的宾客一样发现自己被困住了，玩着一场攸关生死的捉迷藏，有个人则以杀人为乐，大肆狂欢。这个凶手不想拖泥带水地解决屋子里的人，于是屋内的宾客急速骤减，蕾贝卡则是唯一的幸存者，她有足够的勇气来面对这名面具杀手吗？她的命运将是如何，是安然逃过一劫，还是终究也成为凶手的祭品呢？
陈乔恩
回复 :原作《绿衣鬼》
