吉米（安迪·加西亚 Andy Garcia 饰）曾经在黑道中过着刀尖舔血的危险生活，当他厌倦了整日提心吊胆之后，他决定金盆洗手，如今，他经营着一家录像带租售的店铺，小日子过得相当不错，亦很安全。
一天，吉米意外的遭人绑架，原来那是他曾经效忠过的老大想要见他。老大希望吉米能够帮助他去执行一项非常“简单”的任务，去小小地“吓一吓”自己儿子的前女友，以及这个女人的新欢，吉米无奈只能接下了这个活计。本以为这是很快便可以完成的任务，但渐渐地，吉米发现，事态的发展超越了他的预计，他所面临的，竟然是杀身之祸。
The story revolves around three hobos: Brindille, Casquette and La Flèche. Every Tuesday, Brindille and Casquette play the lottery. They lose, but, for a brief moment, they allow themselves to dream. This Tuesday, it’s La Flèche who buys a lottery ticket and Brindille doesn’t like it. But, as it turns out, they win! They’re 125,000 euros up! Their victory represents a way out f...
A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.
1，因驾驶失误，富商爱德华（Bruce Payne 饰）的妻子爱玛（Denice D. Lewis 饰）不幸死于车祸，极度伤心和内疚的爱德华通过《死亡之书》的帮助，使爱玛复活。然而事情的发展却出乎他的意料……
2，疯狂科学家迈登博士（David Warner 饰）躲在寒冷的实验室里，潜心进行他的长寿研究。百年的岁月流逝，他和女助手日久生情，然一场突如其来的火灾摧毁了一切……
3，夫妻警察在追捕罪犯时走失，莎拉（Signy Coleman 饰）为寻找丈夫保罗（Obba Babatundé 饰）走入一间布满残肢断体的恐怖房间，她的噩梦从此开始……
本片根据魔幻小说的创始人美国作家霍华德?菲利浦?勒夫卡夫特的作品《死亡之书》中的几则短篇故事改编，并荣获1994年意大利罗马奇幻电影节最佳特效奖、1994年葡萄牙奇幻电影节国际奇幻电影奖最佳特效奖。
Known as America's Poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow leads an idyllic life...until the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by Civil War and his family torn apart, Henry puts down his pen, silenced by grief. But it's the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet's lost voice as he discovers the resounding hope of rekindled faith.
