True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt moves himself and his family into a house where a horrific crime took place earlier, but his family doesn't know. He begins researching the crime so that he can write a new book about it to help his flailing career. He uses some "snuff" film footage he finds in the house to help him in his research, but he soon finds more than he bargained for. There is a figure in each of the films but who or what is it? As a result, his family start to suffer (as does he) and things take a turn for the worse. Will they survive? 我默默地觉得计划生育还是好。。布谷的“美国家庭记录片”计划！。险屋恶童。恐怖度大大低于预告片，很多疑点没有看懂。不要看预告片。自己的一些分析和推论。很不错的美式鬼片。我的剧本。Boogie eats Cookie。吞噬小孩灵魂的恶灵bughuul住在自己的图像里，它的图像就是它的世界的入口。 埃里森·奥斯沃特（伊桑·霍克 Ethan Hawke 饰）是一个十几年前小有名气的犯罪小说作家，为了寻找创作灵感，他不惜一次次搬入曾经发生过命案的凶宅。时至今日，为了重现往昔的辉煌，他再次带着妻子崔茜（Juliet Rylance 饰）以及一双儿女特里夫（Michael Hall D'Addario 饰）和艾丝莉（Clare Foley 饰）搬入一栋凶宅。在收拾阁楼时，他偶然发现一卷家庭录影带，里面记录着房子前主人一家快乐幸福的生活瞬间以及他们被吊死在树上的惨烈画面。此后的日子里，他一遍遍观看录影带，从中寻找罪犯的蛛丝马迹，并且在房屋内的每个角落追查线索。 在这一过程中，各种诡异事件相继在家人身上发生。埃里森此时已难以抽身……
